600/1000V XLPE Insulated,LSZH Sheathed Power Cables to IEC 60502-1 (2-5 Cores& Multicore)

FTX400 1RZ1-R (CU/XLPE/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. This product type is CE approved.

Standards

Basic design to IEC 60502-1

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: The conductors shall be class 2 plain or metal-coated annealed copper in accordance with IEC60228. Class 1 and class 5 conductor can be offered as option.
Insulation: Thermosetting XLPE material and thickness shall be as per IEC 60502-1.
Outer Sheath: Thermoplastic halogen free compound ST8 as per IEC 60502-1.
Outer Sheath Option: UV resistance, hydrocarbon resistance, oil resistance, anti-rodent and anti-termite properties can be offered as option.

Colour Code

Insulation Colour	2-core	Brown and blue.
	3-core	Brown, black and grey.
	4-core	Blue, brown black and grey.
	5-core	Green and yellow, blue, brown black, grey.
	Above 5 Cores	Black cores with white numerals.
	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: 90°C
Maximum short circuit temperature (5 Seconds): 250°C
Minimum bending radius
circular copper conductors OD≤25mm : 4 × Overall Diameter
circular copper conductors OD﹥25mm : 6 × Overall Diameter
shaped copper conductors : 8 × Overall Diameter

Construction Parameters

Conductor		FTX400 1RZ1-R
No. of Cores × Cross-sectional Area	Conductor Class	Nominal Insulation Thickness		Nominal Sheath Thickness	Approx. Overall Diameter	Approx. Weight
No.×mm²		mm		mm	mm	kg/km
2 Cores
2×1.5	2	0.7		1.8	9.2	117
2×2.5	2	0.7		1.8	10.0	146
2×4	2	0.7		1.8	11.0	190
2×6	2	0.7		1.8	12.0	244
2×10	2	0.7		1.8	13.6	349
2×16	2	0.7		1.8	15.4	495
2×25	2	0.9		1.8	18.4	735
2×35	2	0.9		1.8	20.6	963
2×50	2	1.0		1.8	23.6	1261
2×70	2	1.1		1.8	26.8	1751
2×95	2	1.1		1.9	30.2	2359
2×120	2	1.2		2.0	33.7	2950
2×150	2	1.4		2.2	37.5	3633
2×185	2	1.6		2.3	41.6	4523
2×240	2	1.7		2.5	46.7	5877
2×300	2	1.8		2.6	51.4	7285
2×400	2	2		2.9	58.9	9294
3 cores
3×1.5	2	0.7		1.8	9.6	143
3×2.5	2	0.7		1.8	10.5	183
3×4	2	0.7		1.8	11.6	244
3×6	2	0.7		1.8	12.6	321
3×10	2	0.7		1.8	14.4	472
3×16	2	0.7		1.8	16.3	681
3×25	2	0.9		1.8	19.5	1027
3×35	2	0.9		1.8	21.9	1360
3×50	2	1.0		1.8	25.1	1795
3×70	2	1.1		1.9	28.7	2530
3×95	2	1.1		2.0	32.4	3441
3×120	2	1.2		2.1	36.1	4307
3×150	2	1.4		2.3	40.3	5276
3×185	2	1.6		2.4	44.6	6607
3×240	2	1.7		2.6	50.2	8593
3×300	2	1.8		2.7	55.2	10668
3×400	2	2.0		3.0	63.3	13570
3 cores + 1 core earth conductor
		3 cores	1 core
3×16/10	2	0.7	0.7	1.8	18.3	792
3×25/16	2	0.9	0.7	1.8	22.1	1201
3×35/16	2	0.9	0.7	1.8	24.7	1533
3×50/25	2	1.0	0.9	1.8	28.2	2069
3×70/35	2	1.1	0.9	2.0	33.1	2906
3×95/50	2	1.1	1.0	2.1	37.6	3949
3×120/70	2	1.2	1.1	2.3	42.0	5036
3×150/70	2	1.4	1.1	2.4	46.6	6005
3×185/95	2	1.6	1.1	2.6	52.2	7608
3×240/120	2	1.7	1.2	2.8	59.0	9856
3×300/150	2	1.8	1.4	3.0	65.2	12224
3×400/185	2	2.0	1.6	3.2	73.2	15523
4 cores
4×1.5	2	0.7		1.8	10.4	172
4×2.5	2	0.7		1.8	11.3	223
4×4	2	0.7		1.8	12.5	303
4×6	2	0.7		1.8	13.7	402
4×10	2	0.7		1.8	15.7	599
4×16	2	0.7		1.8	17.5	873
4×25	2	0.9		1.8	21.2	1328
4×35	2	0.9		1.8	23.8	1767
4×50	2	1.0		1.8	27.5	2339
4×70	2	1.1		2.0	31.7	3326
4×95	2	1.1		2.1	35.8	4505
4×120	2	1.2		2.3	39.9	5669
4×150	2	1.4		2.4	44.6	6948
4×185	2	1.6		2.6	49.5	8701
4×240	2	1.7		2.8	55.7	11322
4×300	2	1.8		3.0	61.4	14105
4×400	2	2.0		3.2	70.4	17943
Multicore
5×1.5	2	0.7		1.8	11.7	212
5×2.5	2	0.7		1.8	12.8	276
7×1.5	2	0.7		1.8	12.6	264
7×2.5	2	0.7		1.8	13.8	351
10×1.5	2	0.7		1.8	15.6	360
10×2.5	2	0.7		1.8	17.2	483
12×1.5	2	0.7		1.8	16.0	408
12×2.5	2	0.7		1.8	17.8	552
14×1.5	2	0.7		1.8	17.0	459
14×2.5	2	0.7		1.8	18.7	626
19×1.5	2	0.7		1.8	18.6	585
19×2.5	2	0.7		1.8	20.7	806
21×1.5	2	0.7		1.8	19.4	638
21×2.5	2	0.7		1.8	21.7	881
24×1.5	2	0.7		1.8	21.5	724
24×2.5	2	0.7		1.8	24.1	1002
30×1.5	2	0.7		1.8	22.8	866
30×2.5	2	0.7		1.8	25.5	1209
40×1.5	2	0.7		1.8	25.4	1108
40×2.5	2	0.7		1.9	28.7	1560
48×1.5	2	0.7		1.8	28.0	1307
48×2.5	2	0.7		1.9	31.6	1864
61×1.5	2	0.7		1.9	30.7	1631
61×2.5	2	0.7		2.0	34.7	2312

Electrical Properties

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

Current-Carrying Capacities (Amp) according to BS 7671:2008 table 4E2A

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 E (in free air or on a perforated cable tray etc. horizontal or vertical)
	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*, single-phase 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*, three-phase a.c.	1 two-core cable*, single-phase a.c. or d.c.	1 three- or four-core cable*, three-phase a.c.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
mm²	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
1.5	18.5	16.5	22	19.5	24	22	26	23
2.5	25	22	30	26	33	30	36	32
4	33	30	40	35	45	40	49	42
6	42	38	51	44	58	52	63	54
10	57	51	69	60	80	71	86	75
16	76	68	91	80	107	96	115	100
25	99	89	119	105	138	119	149	127
35	121	109	146	128	171	147	185	158
50	145	130	175	154	209	179	225	192
70	183	164	221	194	269	229	289	246
95	220	197	265	233	328	278	352	298
120	253	227	305	268	382	322	410	346
150	290	259	334	300	441	371	473	399
185	329	295	384	340	506	424	542	456
240	386	346	459	398	599	500	641	538
300	442	396	532	455	693	576	741	621
400	-	-	625	536	803	667	865	741

Note: With or without a protective conductor.

Voltage Drop (Per Amp Per Meter) according to BS 7671:2008 table 4E2B

Conductor cross-sectional area	Two-core cable, 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	12	12			10
6	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	0.28	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 :

r = conductor resistance at operating temperature

x = reactance

z = impedance