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
2x1.5a	2	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.3	12.1	320
2x2.5a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	13.6	365
2x4.0a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	14.7	440
2x6.0a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	15.9	470
2x10a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.5	18.0	800
2x16a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.5	20.4	900
2x25b	2	0.9	0.8	1.25	1.6	20.4	1240
2x25a	2	0.9	0.8	1.25	1.6	24.1	1240
2x35b	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.7	23.3	1710
2x35a	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.7	27.7	1710
2x50b	2	1.0	1.0	1.6	1.8	25.8	1800
2x70b	2	1.1	1.0	1.6	1.9	29.0	2320
2x95b	2	1.1	1.2	2.0	2.0	33.1	3150
2x120b	2	1.2	1.2	2.0	2.1	36.1	3880
2x150b	2	1.4	1.2	2.0	2.2	39.3	4820
2x185b	2	1.6	1.4	2.5	2.4	44.7	5920
2x240b	2	1.7	1.4	2.5	2.5	49.0	7300
2x300b	2	1.8	1.6	2.5	2.6	53.5	8770
2x400b	2	2.0	1.6	2.5	2.8	59.0	10905
3 Cores
3x1.5a	2	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.3	12.6	340
3x2.5a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	14.1	408
3x4.0a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	15.3	498
3x6.0a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	16.6	600
3x10a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.5	19.5	915
3x16a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.6	21.6	1130
3x25a	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.7	26.7	1710
3x25b	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.7	23.6	1710
3x35a	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.8	29.4	2100
3x35b	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.8	25.7	2100
3x50b	2	1.0	1.0	1.6	1.8	28.5	2450
3x70b	2	1.1	1.0	1.6	1.9	32.2	3120
3x95b	2	1.1	1.2	2.0	2.1	37.0	4310
3x120b	2	1.2	1.2	2.0	2.2	40.4	5160
3x150b	2	1.4	1.4	2.5	2.3	45.5	7160
3x185b	2	1.6	1.4	2.5	2.4	49.8	8600
3x240b	2	1.7	1.4	2.5	2.6	55.1	10755
3x300b	2	1.8	1.6	2.5	2.7	60.2	13080
3x400b	2	2.0	1.6	2.5	2.9	66.6	15810
4 Cores
4x1.5a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.3	13.3	390
4x2.5a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	15.0	470
4x4.0a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	16.4	580
4x6.0a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.5	18.7	805
4x10a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.5	21.1	1090
4x16a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.6	23.4	1320
4x25a	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.7	28.9	1840
4x25b	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.7	26.1	1840
4x35a	2	0.9	10	1.6	1.8	31.9	2310
4x35b	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.8	28.6	2310
4x50b	2	1.0	1.0	1.6	1.9	32.0	2970
4x70b	2	1.1	1.2	2.0	2.1	37.7	4240
4x95b	2	1.1	1.2	2.0	2.2	41.7	5400
4x120b	2	1.2	1.4	2.5	2.3	47.1	7000
4x150b	2	1.4	1.4	2.5	2.4	51.4	8350
4x185b	2	1.6	1.4	2.5	2.6	56.6	10130
4x240b	2	1.7	1.6	2.5	2.7	63.0	12840
4x300b	2	1.8	1.6	2.5	2.9	68.8	15530
4x400b	2	2.0	1.8	3.15	3.2	78.1	19950
5 Cores
5x1.5a	2	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.4	14.3	430
5x2.5a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	16.1	545
5x4.0a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.5	17.8	680
5x6.0a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.5	20	840
5x10a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.6	22.9	1105
5x16a	2	0.7	1.0	1.6	1.7	26.6	1450
5x25a	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.8	31.5	2245
5x35a	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.9	34.8	2840
5x50a	2	1.0	1.2	2.0	2.0	40.4	3895
5x70a	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)
	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