600/1000V PVC Insulated, PVC Sheathed, Armoured Power Cables to BS 6346 (2-5 Cores)

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

Application

The cables are intended for use in fixed installations in industrial areas, buildings and similar applications.

Standards

Basic design to BS 6346

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	Extruded PVC or taped bedding comprising two or more layers of PVC tape or other synthetic tape (for cables having a nominal conductor area of 16mm² and above).
Armouring	Galvanized steel 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	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 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		FGD400 1VVMV-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
						Extruded Bedding	Taped Bedding
No.xmm²		mm	mm	mm	mm	mm	mm	kg/km
2 Cores
2x1.5a	2	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.4	12.3	-	278
2x2.5a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	13.6	-	355
2x4.0a	2	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.4	15.1	-	437
2x6.0a	2	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.5	16.5	-	524
2x10a	2	1.0	0.8	1.25	1.6	20.1	-	835
2x16a	2	1.0	0.8	1.25	1.6	21.9	21.9	1045
2x25b	2	1.2	1.0	1.6	1.7	23.0	22.6	1535
2x25a	2	1.2	1.0	1.6	1.7	26.7	26.3	1608
2x35b	2	1.2	1.0	1.6	1.8	24.8	24.4	1839
2x35a	2	1.2	1.0	1.6	1.8	29.2	28.8	1941
2x50b	2	1.4	1.0	1.6	1.9	27.8	27.4	1364
2x70b	2	1.4	1.0	1.6	1.9	30.4	30.0	2328
2x95b	2	1.6	1.2	2.0	2.1	35.5	34.7	3759
2x120b	2	1.6	1.2	2.0	2.2	38.0	37.2	3217
2x150b	2	1.8	1.2	2.0	2.3	41.3	40.5	3732
2x185b	2	2.0	1.4	2.5	2.4	46.4	45.2	6669
2x240b	2	2.2	1.4	2.5	2.5	51.2	50.0	6432
2x300b	2	2.4	1.6	2.5	2.7	56.4	54.8	7680
2x400b	2	2.6	1.6	2.5	2.9	61.9	60.3	12535
3 Cores
3x1.5a	2	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.4	12.8	-	311
3x2.5a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	14.1	-	405
3x4.0a	2	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.4	15.8	-	510
3x6.0a	2	0.8	0.8	1.25	1.5	18.0	-	727
3x10a	2	1.0	0.8	1.25	1.6	21.2	-	998
3x16a	2	1.0	0.8	1.25	1.6	23.1	23.1	1291
3x25b	2	1.2	1.0	1.6	1.7	25.0	24.6	1879
3x25a	2	1.2	1.0	1.6	1.7	28.2	27.8	1989
3x35b	2	1.2	1.0	1.6	1.8	27.1	26.7	2286
3x35a	2	1.2	1.0	1.6	1.8	30.8	30.4	2439
3x50b	2	1.4	1.0	1.6	1.9	30.5	30.1	1638
3x70b	2	1.4	1.2	2.0	2.0	35.0	34.2	3272
3x95b	2	1.6	1.2	2.0	2.1	39.3	38.5	4789
3x120b	2	1.6	1.2	2.0	2.2	42.2	41.4	4068
3x150b	2	1.8	1.4	2.5	2.4	47.5	46.3	5231
3x185b	2	2.0	1.4	2.5	2.5	51.9	50.7	8660
3x240b	2	2.2	1.6	2.5	2.6	57.8	56.2	8395
3x300b	2	2.4	1.6	2.5	2.8	63.2	61.6	10006
3x400b	2	2.6	1.6	2.5	3.0	69.6	68.0	16856
4 Cores
4x1.5a	2	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.4	13.5	-	353
4x2.5a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	15.0	-	466
4x4.0a	2	0.8	0.8	1.25	1.5	17.8	-	708
4x6.0a	2	0.8	0.8	1.25	1.5	19.2	-	850
4x10a	2	1.0	0.8	1.25	1.6	22.8	-	1186
4x16a	2	1.0	1.0	1.6	1.7	26.3	25.9	1751
4x25b	2	1.2	1.0	1.6	1.8	27.8	27.4	2254
4x25a	2	1.2	1.0	1.6	1.8	30.7	30.3	2401
4x35b	2	1.2	1.0	1.6	1.9	30.3	29.9	2769
4x35a	2	1.2	1.0	1.6	1.9	33.7	33.3	2972
4x50b	2	1.4	1.2	2.0	2.0	35.4	34.6	2198
4x70b	2	1.4	1.2	2.0	2.1	39.2	38.4	3961
4x95b	2	1.6	1.2	2.0	2.2	44.3	43.5	5891
4x120b	2	1.6	1.4	2.5	2.4	49.3	48.1	5437
4x150b	2	1.8	1.4	2.5	2.5	53.6	52.4	6357
4x185b	2	2.0	1.6	2.5	2.6	59.0	57.4	10827
4x240b	2	2.2	1.6	2.5	2.8	65.7	64.1	10363
4x300b	2	2.4	1.6	2.5	3.0	72.0	70.4	12420
4x400b	2	2.6	1.8	3.15	3.3	81.3	79.3	22477
5 Cores
5x1.5a	2	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.4	14.3	-	396
5x2.5a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.5	16.3	-	538
5x4.0a	2	0.8	0.8	1.25	1.5	19.0	-	807
5x6.0a	2	0.8	0.8	1.25	1.6	20.9	-	987
5x10a	2	1.0	1.0	1.6	1.7	25.8	-	1581
5x16a	2	1.0	1.0	1.6	1.7	28.4	28.0	2039
5x25a	2	1.2	1.0	1.6	1.9	33.5	33.1	2840
5x35a	2	1.2	1.0	1.6	1.9	36.6	36.2	3518
5x50a	2	1.4	1.2	2.0	2.1	43.0	42.2	4881
5x70a	2	1.4	1.2	2.0	2.2	48.1	47.3	6325

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

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)
	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