600/1000V PVC Insulated, PVC Sheathed, Armoured Power Cables to BS 6346 (Single Core)

FGD300 1VVMAV-R (CU/PVC/PVC/AWA/PVC 600/1000V Class 2)

Application

The cables are mainly used in power stations, mass transit underground passenger systems, airports, petrochemical plants, hotels, hospitals, and high-rise buildings.

Standards

Basic design to to BS 6346

Approvals

TUV Certification (Z1 17 01 98200 004)

Fire Performance

Flame Retardance (Single Vertical Wire Test)

BS EN 50265-2-1

Voltage Rating

600/1000V

Cable Construction

Conductor	Annealed copper wire, stranded according to BS 6360 class 2.
Insulation	PVC TI 1 according to BS 7655-3.1.
Bedding	PVC.
Armouring	Aluminium wire
Outer Sheath	PVC TM 1 according to BS 7655-4.1.
Outer Sheath Option	UV resistance, hydrocarbon resistance, oil resistance, anti rodent and anti termite properties can be offered as option. Compliance to fire performance standard (IEC 60332-1, IEC 60332-3, UL 1581, UL 1666 etc) depends on the oxygen index of the PVC compound and the overall cable design. LSPVC can also be provided upon request.

Colour Code

Insulation Colour	Brown or blue
Sheath Colour	Black, other colours can be offered upon request.

Physical AND THERMAL PROPERTIES

Maximum temperature range during operation (PVC)

70°C

Maximum short circuit temperature (5 Seconds)

160°C

Minimum bending radius

	Circular copper conductors	6 x Overall Diameter
	Shaped copper conductors	8 x Overall Diameter

Construction Parameters

Conductor		FGD300 1VVMAV-R
No. of Cores xCross Section	Class of Conductor	Nominal Insulation Thickness	Nominal Bedding Thickness	Nominal Armour Wire Diameter	Nominal Sheath Thickness	Approx. Overall Diameter	Approx. Weight
No.xmm2		mm	mm	mm	mm	mm	kg/km
1x50	2	1.4	0.8	1.25	1.5	19.1	820
1x70	2	1.4	0.8	1.25	1.6	21.1	1070
1x95	2	1.6	0.8	1.25	1.6	23.4	1390
1x120	2	1.6	1.0	1.6	1.7	26.3	1600
1x150	2	1.8	1.0	1.6	1.7	28.3	1900
1x185	2	2.0	1.0	1.6	1.8	30.8	2450
1x240	2	2.2	1.0	1.6	1.9	34.1	3100
1x300	2	2.4	1.0	1.6	1.9	37.0	3760
1x400	2	2.6	1.2	2.0	2.1	42.0	4850
1x500	2	2.8	1.2	2.0	2.1	45.6	5930
1x630	2	2.8	1.2	2.0	2.2	49.7	7390
1x800	2	2.8	1.4	2.5	2.4	55.8	9400
1x1000	2	3.0	1.4	2.5	2.5	61.0	11430

ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES

Conductor Operating Temperature	70°C
Ambient Temperature	30°C

Current-Carrying Capacities (Amp) according to BS 7671: 2008 table 4D3A

Conductor cross-sectional area	Reference Method C (clipped direct)		Reference Method F (in free air or on a perforated cable tray, horizontal or vertical)
	Touching		Touching			Spaced by on cable diameter
	2 cables, singlephase a.c. or d.c. flat	3 or 4 cables, threephase a.c. flat	2 cables, singlephase a.c. or d.c. flat	3 cables, threephase a.c. flat	3 cables threephase a.c. trefoil	2 cables, d.c.		2 cables, single-phase a.c.		3 or 4 cables, three-phase a.c.
	2 cables, singlephase a.c. or d.c. flat	3 or 4 cables, threephase a.c. flat	2 cables, singlephase a.c. or d.c. flat	3 cables, threephase a.c. flat	3 cables threephase a.c. trefoil	Horizontal	Vertical	Horizontal	Vertical	Horizontal	Vertical
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
mm2	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
50	193	179	205	189	181	229	216	229	217	230	212
70	245	225	259	238	231	294	279	287	272	286	263
95	296	269	313	285	280	357	340	349	332	338	313
120	342	309	360	327	324	415	396	401	383	385	357
150	393	352	413	373	373	479	458	449	429	436	405
185	447	399	469	422	425	548	525	511	489	490	456
240	525	465	550	492	501	648	622	593	568	566	528
300	594	515	624	547	567	748	719	668	640	616	578
400	687	575	723	618	657	885	851	737	707	674	632
500	763	622	805	673	731	1035	997	810	777	721	676
630	843	669	891	728	809	1218	1174	893	856	771	723
800	919	710	976	777	886	1441	1390	943	905	824	772
1000	975	737	1041	808	945	1685	1627	1008	967	872	816

Voltage Drop (Per Amp Per Meter) according to BS 7671: 2008 table 4D3B

Nominal Cross Section Area	2 cables d.c.	Ref. Methods C&F(clipped direct, on trays or in free air)
		2 cables, single-phase a.c.						3 or 4 cables, three-phase a.c.
		Touching			Spaced*			Trefoil and touching			Flat and touching			Flat and spaced*
1	2	3			4			5			6			7
mm2	mV/A/m	mV/A/m			mV/A/m			mV/A/m			mV/A/m			mV/A/m
		r	x	z	r	x	z	r	x	z	r	x	z	r	x	z
50	0.93	0.93	0.22	0.95	0.92	0.30	0.97	0.80	0.19	0.82	0.79	0.26	0.84	0.79	0.34	0.86
70	0.63	0.64	0.21	0.68	0.66	0.29	0.72	0.55	0.18	0.58	0.57	0.25	0.62	0.59	0.32	0.68
95	0.46	0.48	0.20	0.52	0.51	0.28	0.58	0.42	0.175	0.45	0.44	0.25	0.50	0.47	0.31	0.57
120	0.36	0.39	0.195	0.43	0.42	0.28	0.50	0.33	0.170	0.37	0.36	0.24	0.43	0.40	0.30	0.50
150	0.29	0.31	0.190	0.37	0.34	0.27	0.44	0.27	0.165	0.32	0.30	0.24	0.38	0.34	0.30	0.45
185	0.23	0.26	0.190	0.32	0.29	0.27	0.39	0.22	0.160	0.27	0.25	0.23	0.34	0.29	0.29	0.41
240	0.18	0.20	0.180	0.27	0.23	0.26	0.35	0.175	0.160	0.23	0.20	0.23	0.30	0.24	0.28	0.37
300	0.145	0.160	0.180	0.24	0.19	0.26	0.32	0.140	0.155	0.21	0.165	0.22	0.28	0.20	0.28	0.34
400	0.105	0.140	0.175	0.22	0.18	0.24	0.30	0.12	0.130	0.195	0.160	0.21	0.26	0.21	0.25	0.32
500	0.086	0.120	0.170	0.21	0.165	0.23	0.29	0.105	0.145	0.18	0.145	0.20	0.25	0.19	0.24	0.30
630	0.068	0.105	0.165	0.195	0.150	0.22	0.27	0.091	0.145	0.17	0.135	0.195	0.23	0.175	0.22	0.28
800	0.053	0.095	0.160	0.185	0.145	0.21	0.25	0.082	0.140	0.160	0.125	0.180	0.22	0.170	0.195	0.26
1000	0.042	0.091	0.155	0.180	0.140	0.19	0.24	0.079	0.135	0.155	0.125	0.165	0.21	0.165	0.170	0.24

Note: *Spacings larger than one cable diameter will result in a large voltage drop.
r = conductor resistance at operating temperature
x = reactance
z = impedance

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