600/1000V XLPE Insulated, PVC Sheathed, Armoured Power Cables to BS 5467 (2-5 Cores)

FGD400 1RVMV-R (CU/XLPE/PVC/SWA/PVC 600/1000V Class 2)

BS Code: 6942X/6943X/6944X/6945X

Application

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

Standards

Basic design to BS 5467

Approvals

TUV Certification (Z1 17 01 98200 003)

Fire Performance

Flame Retardance (Single Vertical Wire Test)

BS EN 60332-1-2

Voltage Rating

600/1000V

Cable Construction

Conductor	Annealed copper wire, stranded according to BS EN 60228 class 2.
Insulation	Extruded XLPE GP 8 according to BS 7655-1.3.
Bedding	PVC.
Armouring	Galvanized steel wire
Outer Sheath	PVC Type 9 according to BS 7655-4.2.
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
Sheath Colour	Black, other colours can be offered upon request.

Physical AND THERMAL PROPERTIES

Maximum temperature range during operation (XLPE)	90°C
Maximum short circuit temperature (5 Seconds)	250°C
Minimum bending radius
Circular copper conductors	6 x Overall Diameter
Shaped copper conductors	8 x Overall Diameter

Construction Parameters

Conductor		FGD400 1RVMV-R
No. of Cores x Cross 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
2 Cores
2x1.5^a	2	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.3	12.1	320
2x2.5^a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	13.6	365
2x4.0^a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	14.7	440
2x6.0^a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	15.9	470
2x10^a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.5	18.0	800
2x16^a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.5	20.4	900
2x25^b	2	0.9	0.8	1.25	1.6	20.4	1240
2x25^a	2	0.9	0.8	1.25	1.6	24.1	1240
2x35^b	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.7	23.3	1710
2x35^a	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.7	27.7	1710
2x50^b	2	1.0	1.0	1.6	1.8	25.8	1800
2x70^b	2	1.1	1.0	1.6	1.9	29.0	2320
2x95^b	2	1.1	1.2	2.0	2.0	33.1	3150
2x120^b	2	1.2	1.2	2.0	2.1	36.1	3880
2x150^b	2	1.4	1.2	2.0	2.2	39.3	4820
2x185^b	2	1.6	1.4	2.5	2.4	44.7	5920
2x240^b	2	1.7	1.4	2.5	2.5	49.0	7300
2x300^b	2	1.8	1.6	2.5	2.6	53.5	8770
2x400^b	2	2.0	1.6	2.5	2.8	59.0	10905
3 Cores
3x1.5^a	2	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.3	12.6	340
3x2.5^a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	14.1	408
3x4.0^a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	15.3	498
3x6.0^a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	16.6	600
3x10^a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.5	19.5	915
3x16^a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.6	21.6	1130
3x25^a	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.7	26.7	1710
3x25^b	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.7	23.6	1710
3x35^a	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.8	29.4	2100
3x35^b	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.8	25.7	2100
3x50^b	2	1.0	1.0	1.6	1.8	28.5	2450
3x70^b	2	1.1	1.0	1.6	1.9	32.2	3120
3x95^b	2	1.1	1.2	2.0	2.1	37.0	4310
3x120^b	2	1.2	1.2	2.0	2.2	40.4	5160
3x150^b	2	1.4	1.4	2.5	2.3	45.5	7160
3x185^b	2	1.6	1.4	2.5	2.4	49.8	8600
3x240^b	2	1.7	1.4	2.5	2.6	55.1	10755
3x300^b	2	1.8	1.6	2.5	2.7	60.2	13080
3x400^b	2	2.0	1.6	2.5	2.9	66.6	15810
4 Cores
4x1.5^a	2	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.3	13.3	390
4x2.5^a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	15.0	470
4x4.0^a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	16.4	580
4x6.0^a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.5	18.7	805
4x10^a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.5	21.1	1090
4x16^a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.6	23.4	1320
4x25^a	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.7	28.9	1840
4x25^b	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.7	26.1	1840
4x35^a	2	0.9	10	1.6	1.8	31.9	2310
4x35^b	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.8	28.6	2310
4x50^b	2	1.0	1.0	1.6	1.9	32.0	2970
4x70^b	2	1.1	1.2	2.0	2.1	37.7	4240
4x95^b	2	1.1	1.2	2.0	2.2	41.7	5400
4x120^b	2	1.2	1.4	2.5	2.3	47.1	7000
4x150^b	2	1.4	1.4	2.5	2.4	51.4	8350
4x185^b	2	1.6	1.4	2.5	2.6	56.6	10130
4x240^b	2	1.7	1.6	2.5	2.7	63.0	12840
4x300^b	2	1.8	1.6	2.5	2.9	68.8	15530
4x400^b	2	2.0	1.8	3.15	3.2	78.1	19950
5 Cores
5x1.5^a	2	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.4	14.3	430
5x2.5^a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	16.1	545
5x4.0^a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.5	17.8	680
5x6.0^a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.5	20	840
5x10^a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.6	22.9	1105
5x16^a	2	0.7	1.0	1.6	1.7	26.6	1450
5x25^a	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.8	31.5	2245
5x35^a	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.9	34.8	2840
5x50^a	2	1.0	1.2	2.0	2.0	40.4	3895
5x70^a	2	1.1	1.2	2.0	2.2	46.3	5145

^a Circular or compacted circular stranded conductors (class 2).
^b Shaped stranded conductor (class 2).

ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES

Conductor Operating Temperature	90°C
Ambient Temperature	30°C

Current-Carrying Capacities (Amp) according to BS7671:2008 table 4E4A

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	27	23	29	25	25	21
2.5	36	31	39	33	33	28
4.0	49	42	52	44	43	36
6.0	62	53	66	56	53	44
10	85	73	90	78	71	58
16	110	94	115	99	91	75
25	146	124	152	131	116	96
35	180	154	188	162	139	115
50	219	187	228	197	164	135
70	279	238	291	251	203	167
95	338	289	354	304	239	197
120	392	335	410	353	271	223
150	451	386	472	406	306	251
185	515	441	539	463	343	281
240	607	520	636	546	395	324
300	698	599	732	628	446	365
400	787	673	847	728	-	-

Voltage Drop (Per Amp Per Meter) according to BS7671:2008 table 4E4B

Conductor cross- sectional 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	31	31			27
2.5	19	19			16
4.0	12	12			10
6.0	7.9	7.9			6.8
10	4.7	4.7			4.0
16	2.9	2.9			2.5
		r	x	z	r	x	z
25	1.85	1.85	0.160	1.90	1.60	0.140	1.65
35	1.35	1.35	0.155	1.35	1.15	0.135	1.15
50	0.98	0.99	0.155	1.00	0.86	0.135	0.87
70	0.67	0.67	0.150	0.69	0.59	0.130	0.60
95	0.49	0.50	0.150	0.52	0.43	0.130	0.45
120	0.39	0.40	0.145	0.42	0.34	0.130	0.37
150	0.31	0.32	0.145	0.35	0.38	0.125	0.30
185	0.25	0.26	0.145	0.29	0.22	0.125	0.26
240	0.195	0.200	0.140	0.24	0.175	0.125	0.21
300	0.155	0.160	0.140	0.21	0.140	0.120	0.185
400	0.120	0.130	0.140	0.190	0.115	0.120	0.165

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

Products

Contact Us

Hot

Certificate

Join the newsletter