600/1000V PVC Insulated, PVC Sheathed, Armoured Power Cables to IEC 60502 (2-4 Cores)

FGD400 1VVMV-R (CU/PVC/PVC/SWA/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 adapted to IEC 60502-1

Fire Performance

Flame Retardance (Single Vertical Wire Test)

IEC 60332-1-2

Voltage Rating

600/1000V

Cable Construction

Conductor	Annealed copper wire, stranded according to IEC 60228 class 2.
Insulation	PVC/A according to IEC 60502-1.
Inner Covering	Extruded PVC or polymeric compound.
Armouring	Galvanized steel wire
Outer Sheath	Extruded PVC Type ST1/ST2 according to IEC 60502-1.
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	Two-core: Brown, blue Three-core: Brown, black, grey Four-core: Blue, brown, black, grey Five-core: Green-and-yellow, blue, brown, black, grey Other colours can be offered upon request.
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(≤300 mm²); 140°C(>300 mm²)
Minimum bending radius
Circular copper conductors	6 x Overall Diameter
Shaped copper conductors	8 x Overall Diameter

Construction Parameters

Conductor				FGD400 1VVMV-R
No. of Cores x Cross Section	Class of Conductor	Nominal Insulation Thickness		Nominal Inner Covering Thickness	Armour Wire Diameter	Nominal Sheath Thickness	Nominal Overall Diameter	Approx. Weight
No.xmm2		mm		mm	mm	mm	mm	kg/km
2 Cores
2x2.5	2	0.8		1.0	0.8	1.8	14.0	380
2x4.0	2	1.0		1.0	1.25	1.8	16.7	604
2x6.0	2	1.0		1.0	1.25	1.8	17.7	689
2x10	2	1.0		1.0	1.25	1.8	19.3	841
2x16	2	1.0		1.0	1.25	1.8	21.1	1037
2x25	2	1.2		1.0	1.6	1.8	24.8	1513
2x35	2	1.2		1.0	1.6	1.8	27.0	1843
2x50	2	1.4		1.0	1.6	1.9	30.7	2356
2x70	2	1.4		1.0	2.0	2.1	34.5	3179
2x95	2	1.6		1.2	2.0	2.2	39.2	4042
2x120	2	1.6		1.2	2.0	2.3	42.2	4764
2x150	2	1.8		1.2	2.5	2.5	47.2	6095
2x185	2	2.0		1.4	2.5	2.6	51.6	7207
2x240	2	2.2		1.4	2.5	2.8	57.2	8861
2x300	2	2.4		1.6	2.5	3.0	62.8	10608
2x400	2	2.6		1.6	2.5	3.2	70.3	13385
3 Cores
3x2.5	2	0.8		1.0	0.8	1.8	14.5	432
3x4.0	2	1.0		1.0	1.25	1.8	17.4	689
3x6.0	2	1.0		1.0	1.25	1.8	18.4	800
3x10	2	1.0		1.0	1.25	1.8	20.2	1001
3x16	2	1.0		1.0	1.6	1.8	22.8	1405
3x25	2	1.2		1.0	1.6	1.8	26.0	1860
3x35	2	1.2		1.0	1.6	1.9	28.5	2325
3x50	2	1.4		1.0	2.0	2.0	33.3	3266
3x70	2	1.4		1.2	2.0	2.1	37.0	4108
3x95	2	1.6		1.2	2.0	2.3	41.6	5245
3x120	2	1.6		1.2	2.5	2.4	45.9	6677
3x150	2	1.8		1.4	2.5	2.6	50.4	8016
3x185	2	2.0		1.4	2.5	2.7	54.8	9466
3x240	2	2.2		1.5	2.5	2.9	61.2	11805
3x300	2	2.4		1.6	2.5	3.1	66.8	14181
3x400	2	2.8		1.6	3.15	3.4	76.7	19235
3x500	2	2.8		1.8	3.15	3.7	83.6	23011
3 Cores+1 Earth Conductor
3x10/6	2	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.25	1.8	21.9	1140
3x16/10	2	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.6	1.8	24.2	1633
3x25/16	2	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.6	1.8	27.9	2145
3x35/16	2	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.6	1.9	30.8	2659
3x50/25	2	1.4	1.2	1.0	2.0	2.0	36.4	3739
3x70/35	2	1.4	1.2	1.2	2.0	2.1	40.1	4720
3x95/50	2	1.6	1.4	1.2	2.5	2.3	46.3	6398
3x120/70	2	1.6	1.4	1.4	2.5	2.4	50.3	7746
3x150/70	2	1.8	1.4	1.4	2.5	2.6	55.0	9128
3x185/95	2	2.0	1.6	1.4	2.5	2.7	60.3	10916
3x240/120	2	2.2	1.6	1.6	2.5	2.9	67.0	13713
3x300/150	2	2.4	1.8	1.6	3.15	3.1	74.6	17403
3x400/185	2	2.6	2.0	1.8	3.15	3.4	84.1	20704
3x500/240	2	2.8	2.2	2.0	3.15	3.7	91.8	25817
4 Cores
4x4.0	2	1.0		1.0	1.25	1.8	18.5	792
4x6.0	2	1.0		1.0	1.25	1.8	19.7	931
4x10	2	1.0		1.0	1.25	1.8	22.3	1185
4x16	2	1.0		1.0	1.6	1.8	24.5	1672
4x25	2	1.2		1.0	1.6	1.9	28.2	2260
4x35	2	1.2		1.0	1.6	2.0	31.1	2854
4x50	2	1.4		1.0	2.0	2.1	36.7	4013
4x70	2	1.4		1.2	2.0	2.3	40.4	5104
4x95	2	1.6		1.2	2.5	2.5	46.6	6996
4x120	2	1.6		1.4	2.5	2.6	50.6	8400
4x150	2	1.8		1.4	2.5	2.7	55.3	10008
4x185	2	2.0		1.4	2.5	2.9	60.6	11906
4x240	2	2.2		1.6	2.5	3.1	67.3	14963
4x300	2	2.4		1.6	3.15	3.4	74.9	18944
4x400	2	2.6		1.8	3.15	3.7	84.4	24304
4x500	2	2.8		2.0	3.15	3.9	92.1	29351

Note: Other conductor sizes & core confi gurations are available upon request.

ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES

Conductor Operating Temperature	70°C
Ambient Temperature	30°C

Current-Carrying Capacities (Amp) according to BS 7671: 2008 table 4D4A

Conductor crosssectional area	Reference Method C (clipped direct)		Reference Method E (in free air or on a perforated cable tray, horizontal or vertical)		Reference Method D (direct in in groud or in ducting in groud. in or around buildings)
Conductor crosssectional area	1 two-core cable, single-phase a.c. or d.c.	1 three-or four core cable, three-phase a.c.	1 two-core cable, singlephase a.c. or d.c.	1 three-or four core cable, three-phase a.c.	1 two-core cable, single-phase a.c. or d.c.	1 three-or four core cable, threephase a.c.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
mm2	A	A	A	A	A	A
1.5	21	18	22	19	22	18
2.5	28	25	31	26	29	24
4.0	38	33	41	35	37	30
6.0	49	42	53	45	46	38
10	67	58	72	62	60	50
16	89	77	97	83	78	64
25	118	102	128	110	99	82
35	145	125	157	135	119	98
50	175	151	190	163	140	116
70	222	192	241	207	173	143
95	269	231	291	251	204	169
120	310	267	336	290	231	192
150	356	306	386	332	261	217
185	405	348	439	378	292	243
240	476	409	516	445	336	280
300	547	469	592	510	379	316
400	621	540	683	590	-	-

Voltage Drop (Per Amp Per Meter) according to BS 7671: 2008 table 4D4B

Nominal Cross Section Area	Two-core cables d.c.	Two-core cable, single-phase a.c.			Three- or four-core cable, three-phase a.c.
1	2	3			4
mm2	mV/A/m	mV/A/m			mV/A/m
1.5	29	29			25
2.5	18	18			15
4.0	11	11			9.5
6.0	7.3	7.3			6.4
10	4.4	4.4			3.8
16	2.8	2.8			2.4
		r	x	z	r	x	z
25	1.75	1.75	0.170	1.75	1.50	0.145	1.50
35	1.25	1.25	0.165	1.25	1.10	0.145	1.10
50	0.93	0.93	0.165	0.94	0.80	0.140	0.81
70	0.63	0.63	0.160	0.65	0.55	0.140	0.57
95	0.46	0.47	0.155	0.50	0.41	0.135	0.43
120	0.36	0.38	0.155	0.41	0.33	0.135	0.35
150	0.29	0.30	0.155	0.34	0.26	0.130	0.29
185	0.23	0.25	0.150	0.29	0.21	0.130	0.25
240	0.180	0.190	0.150	0.24	0.165	0.130	0.21
300	0.145	0.155	0.145	0.21	0.135	0.130	0.185
400	0.105	0.115	0.145	0.185	0.100	0.125	0.160

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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