600/1000V XLPE Insulated, LSZH Sheathed, Armoured Power Cables to BS 6724 (2-5 Cores)

FTX400 1RZ1MZ1-R (CU/XLPE/LSZH/SWA/LSZH 600/1000V Class 2)

Application

The cables is 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 6724

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 wire, stranded according to BS EN 60228 class 2.
Insulation: XLPE type GP8 according to BS 7655-1.3. HEPR type GP6 according to BS 7655-1.2 or crosslinked polyolefin material type EI 5 according to BS EN 50363-5 can be offered as option.
Bedding: Extruded layer of polymeric material.
Armouring: Galvanized steel wire.
Outer Sheath: Extruded layer of polymeric material LTS 1 according to BS 7655-6.1.
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.
	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 : 6 × Overall Diameter
shaped copper conductors : 8 × Overall Diameter

Construction Parameters

Conductor		FTX400 1RZ1MZ1-R
No. of Cores × Cross-sectional Area	Conductor Class	Nominal Insulation Thickness	Nominal Bedding Thickness	Nominal Steel Wire Armour Diameter	Nominal Sheath Thickness	Approx. Overall Diameter	Approx. Weight
No.×mm²		mm	mm	mm	mm	mm	kg/km
2 Cores
2×1.5a	2	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.3	12.1	294
2×2.5a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	13.6	354
2×4a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	14.7	420
2×6a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	15.9	497
2×10a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.5	18.0	650
2×16a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.5	20.4	964
2×25a	2	0.9	0.8	1.25	1.6	24.1	1314
2×25b	2	0.9	0.8	1.25	1.6	20.4	1254
2×35a	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.7	27.7	1832
2×35b	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.7	23.3	1736
2×50b	2	1.0	1.0	1.6	1.8	25.8	2261
2×70b	2	1.1	1.0	1.6	1.9	29.0	2922
2×95b	2	1.1	1.2	2.0	2.0	33.1	4029
2×120b	2	1.2	1.2	2.0	2.1	36.1	4796
2×150b	2	1.4	1.2	2.0	2.2	39.3	5646
2×185b	2	1.6	1.4	2.5	2.4	44.7	7365
2×240b	2	1.7	1.4	2.5	2.5	49.0	9027
2×300b	2	1.8	1.6	2.5	2.6	53.5	10832
2×400b	2	2.0	1.6	2.5	2.8	59.0	13216
3 cores
3×1.5a	2	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.3	12.6	320
3×2.5a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	14.1	401
3×4a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	15.3	487
3×6a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	16.6	588
3×10a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.5	19.5	906
3×16a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.6	21.6	1190
3×25a	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.7	26.7	1858
3×25b	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.7	23.6	1755
3×35a	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.8	29.4	2298
3×35b	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.8	25.7	2154
3×50b	2	1.0	1.0	1.6	1.8	28.5	2858
3×70b	2	1.1	1.0	1.6	1.9	32.2	3761
3×95b	2	1.1	1.2	2.0	2.1	37.0	5204
3×120b	2	1.2	1.2	2.0	2.2	40.4	6258
3×150b	2	1.4	1.4	2.5	2.3	45.5	7989
3×185b	2	1.6	1.4	2.5	2.4	49.8	9586
3×240b	2	1.7	1.4	2.5	2.6	55.1	11930
3×300b	2	1.8	1.6	2.5	2.7	60.2	14427
3×400b	2	2.0	1.6	2.5	2.9	66.6	17765
4 cores
4×1.5a	2	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.3	13.3	388
4×2.5a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	15.0	460
4×4a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	16.4	566
4×6a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.5	18.7	813
4×10a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.5	21.1	1073
4×16a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.6	23.4	1431
4×25a	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.7	28.9	2239
4×25b	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.7	26.1	2102
4×35a	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.8	31.9	2797
4×35b	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.8	28.6	2606
4×50b	2	1.0	1.0	1.6	1.9	32.0	3530
4×70b	2	1.1	1.2	2.0	2.1	37.7	5074
4×95b	2	1.1	1.2	2.0	2.2	41.7	6474
4×120b	2	1.2	1.4	2.5	2.3	47.1	8390
4×150b	2	1.4	1.4	2.5	2.4	51.4	9947
4×185b	2	1.6	1.4	2.5	2.6	56.6	12096
4×240b	2	1.7	1.6	2.5	2.7	63.0	15109
4×300b	2	1.8	1.6	2.5	2.9	68.8	18276
4×400b	2	2.0	1.8	3.15	3.2	78.1	23849
5 cores
5×1.5a	2	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.4	14.3	413
5×2.5a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	16.1	521
5×4a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.5	17.8	658
5×6a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.5	20	932
5×10a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.6	22.9	1258
5×16a	2	0.7	1.0	1.6	1.7	26.6	1893
5×25a	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.8	31.5	2646
5×35a	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.9	34.8	3326
5×50a	2	1.0	1.2	2	2	40.4	4567
5×70a	2	1.1	1.2	2	2.2	46.3	6056

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

^b Shaped stranded conductor (class 2).

Electrical Properties

Conductor Operating Temperature : 90°C
Air ambient temperature : 30°C
Ground ambient temperature : 20°C

Current-Carrying Capacities (Amp) according to BS 7671:2008 table 4E4A

Conductor cross-ectional area	Ref. Method C (clipped direct)		Ref. Method E (in free air or on a perforated cable tray etc. horizontal or vertical)		Ref. 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, 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
mm²	A	A	A	A	A	A
1.5	27	23	29	25	25	21
2.5	36	31	39	33	33	28
4	49	42	52	44	43	36
6	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 BS 7671:2008 table 4E4B

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	0.38	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 :

r = conductor resistance at operating temperature

x = reactance

z = impedance