600/1000V LSZH Insulated, Non-sheathed Power Cables to BS EN 50525-3-41 (Single Core)

FTX100 1Z-R (CU/LSZH 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 BS EN 50525-3-41

Fire Performance

Flame Retardance (Single Vertical Wire Test)	EN 60332-1-2; IEC 60332-1-2
Reduced Fire Propagation (Vertically-mounted bundled wires & cable test)	EN 60332-3-24 ; IEC 60332-3-24
Halogen Free	IEC 60754-1; EN 50267-2-1
No Corrosive Gas Emission	IEC 60754-2; EN 50267-2-2
Minimum Smoke Emission	IEC 61034-2; EN 61034 -2

Voltage Rating

600/1000V

Cable Construction

Conductor: Annealed copper conductor, stranded according to BS EN 60228 class 2.
Insulation: Crosslinked polyolefin material type EI 5 according to EN 50363-5.
Insulation Option: UV resistance, hydrocarbon resistance, oil resistance, anti-rodent and anti-termite properties can be offered as option.

Colour Code

Black, Blue, Brown, Grey, Orange, Pink, Red, Turquoise, Violet, White, Green and Yellow. Bi-colours of any combination of the above mono-colours are permitted.

Physical And Thermal Properties

Maximum temperature range during operation: 90°C
Maximum short circuit temperature (5 Seconds): 250°C
Minimum bending radius
OD<8mm: 4 × Overall Diameter
8mm≤OD≤12mm: 5 × Overall Diameter
OD>12mm: 6 × Overall Diameter

Construction Parameters

Conductor		FTX100 1Z-R
No. of Cores × Cross-sectional Area	Conductor Class	Nominal Insulation Thickness	Nominal Overall Diameter	Approx. Weight
No.×mm²		mm	mm	kg/km
1x1.5	2	0.7	3.1	23
1x2.5	2	0.8	3.7	35
1x4.0	2	0.8	4.3	52
1x6.0	2	0.8	4.8	73
1x10	2	1.0	6.2	120
1x16	2	1.0	7.2	180
1x25	2	1.2	9.0	285
1x35	2	1.2	10.2	375
1x50	2	1.4	12.0	510
1x70	2	1.4	14.0	720
1x95	2	1.6	16.0	995
1x120	2	1.6	18.0	1230
1x150	2	1.8	20.0	1520
1x185	2	2.0	22.0	1900
1x240	2	2.2	25.0	2480
1x300	2	2.4	28.0	3100
1x400	2	2.6	31.5	3950
1x500	2	2.8	35.0	4950
1x630	2	2.8	39.0	6360

Electrical Properties

Conductor Operating Temperature : 90°C
Ambient Temperature : 30°C

Current-Carrying Capacities (Amp) according to BS 7671:2008 table 4E1A

Conductor cross-sectional area	Ref. Method A (enclosed in conduit in thermally insulating wall etc.)		Ref. Method B (enclosed in conduit on a wall or in trunking etc.)		Ref. Method C (clipped direct)		Ref. Method F (in free air or on a perforated cable tray, horizontal or vertical etc.) Touching			Ref. Method G (in free air) spaced by one cable diameter
	2 cables, single-phase a.c. or d.c.	3 or 4 cables, three-phase a.c.	2 cables, single-phase a.c. or d.c	3 or 4 cables, three-phase a.c.	2 cables, single-phase a.c. or d.c. flat and touching	3 or 4 cables, three-phase a.c. flat and touching or trefoil	2 cables, single-phase a.c. or d.c. flat	3 cables, three-phase a.c. flat	3 cables, three-phase a.c. trefoil	2 cables, single-phase a.c. or d.c. or 3 cables three-phase a.c. flat
										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
1.5	19	17	23	20	25	23	-	-	-	-	-
2.5	26	23	31	28	34	31	-	-	-	-	-
4.0	35	31	42	37	46	41	-	-	-	-	-
6.0	45	40	54	48	59	54	-	-	-	-	-
10	61	54	75	66	81	74	-	-	-	-	-
16	81	73	100	88	109	99	-	-	-	-	-
25	106	95	133	117	143	130	161	141	135	182	161
35	131	117	164	144	176	161	200	176	169	226	201
50	158	141	198	175	228	209	242	216	207	275	246
70	200	179	253	222	293	268	310	279	268	353	318
95	241	216	306	269	355	326	377	342	328	430	389
120	278	249	354	312	413	379	437	400	383	500	454
150	318	285	393	342	476	436	504	464	444	577	527
185	362	324	449	384	545	500	575	533	510	661	605
240	424	380	528	450	644	590	679	634	607	781	719
300	486	435	603	514	743	681	783	736	703	902	833
400	-	-	683	584	868	793	940	868	823	1085	1008
500	-	-	783	666	990	904	1083	998	946	1253	1169
630	-	-	900	764	1130	1033	1254	1151	1088	1454	1362

Voltage Drop (Per Amp Per Meter) according to BS 7671:2008 table 4E1B

Conductor cross-sectional area	2 cables d.c.	2 cables, single-phase a.c.									3 or 4 cables, three-phase a.c.
		Ref. Methods A&B (enclosed in conduit or trunking)			Ref. Methods C, F&G (clipped direct, on trays or in free air)						Ref. Methods A&B (enclosed in conduit or trunking)			Ref. Methods C, F&G (clipped direct, on trays or in free air)
					cables touching			cables spaced*						Cables touching, Trefoil			Cables touching, Flat			Cables spaced*, Flat
1	2	3			4			5			6			7			8			9
mm²	mV/A/m					mV/A/m		mV/A/m			mV/A/m			mV/A/m			mV/A/m			mV/A/m
1.5	31	31			31			31			27			27			27			27
2.5	19	19			19			19			16			16			16			16
4.0	12	12			12			12			10			10			10			10
6.0	7.9	7.9			7.9			7.9			6.8			6.8			6.8			6.8
10	4.7	4.7			4.7			4.7			4.0			4.0			4.0			4.0
16	2.9	2.9			2.9			2.9			2.5			2.5			2.5			2.5
		r	x	z	r	x	z	r	x	z	r	x	z	r	x	z	r	x	z	r	x	z
25	1.85	1.85	0.31	1.90	1.85	0.190	1.85	1.85	0.28	1.85	1.60	0.27	1.65	1.60	0.165	1.60	1.60	0.190	1.60	1.60	0.27	1.65
35	1.35	1.35	0.29	1.35	1.35	0.180	1.35	1.35	0.27	1.35	1.15	0.25	1.15	1.15	0.155	1.15	1.15	0.180	1.15	1.15	0.26	1.20
50	0.99	1.00	0.29	1.05	0.99	0.180	1.00	0.99	0.27	1.00	0.87	0.25	0.90	0.86	0.155	0.87	0.86	0.180	0.87	0.86	0.26	0.89
70	0.68	0.70	0.28	0.75	0.68	0.175	0.71	0.68	0.26	0.73	0.60	0.24	0.65	0.59	0.150	0.61	0.59	0.175	0.62	0.59	0.25	0.65
95	0.49	0.51	0.27	0.58	0.49	0.170	0.52	0.49	0.26	0.56	0.44	0.23	0.50	0.43	0.145	0.45	0.43	0.170	0.46	0.43	0.25	0.49
120	0.39	0.41	0.26	0.48	0.39	0.165	0.43	0.39	0.25	0.47	0.35	0.23	0.42	0.34	0.140	0.37	0.34	0.165	0.38	0.34	0.24	0.42
150	0.32	0.33	0.26	0.43	0.32	0.165	0.36	0.32	0.25	0.41	0.29	0.23	0.37	0.28	0.140	0.31	0.28	0.165	0.32	0.28	0.24	0.37
185	0.25	0.27	0.26	0.37	0.26	0.165	0.30	0.25	0.25	0.36	0.23	0.23	0.32	0.22	0.140	0.26	0.22	0.165	0.28	0.22	0.24	0.33
240	0.190	0.21	0.26	0.33	0.20	0.160	0.25	0.195	0.25	0.31	0.185	0.22	0.29	0.170	0.140	0.22	0.170	0.165	0.24	0.170	0.24	0.29
300	0.155	0.175	0.25	0.31	0.160	0.160	0.22	0.155	0.25	0.29	0.150	0.22	0.27	0.140	0.140	0.195	0.135	0.160	0.21	0.135	0.24	0.27
400	0.120	0.140	0.25	0.29	0.130	0.155	0.20	0.125	0.24	0.27	0.125	0.22	0.25	0.110	0.135	0.175	0.110	0.160	0.195	0.110	0.24	0.26
500	0.093	0.120	0.25	0.28	0.105	0.155	0.185	0.098	0.24	0.26	0.100	0.22	0.24	0.090	0.135	0.160	0.088	0.160	0.180	0.085	0.24	0.25
630	0.072	0.100	0.25	0.27	0.086	0.155	0.175	0.078	0.24	0.25	0.088	0.21	0.23	0.074	0.135	0.150	0.071	0.160	0.170	0.068	0.23	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