1. BS5308 Part 2

BS5308 Part2 Instrumentation Cable PVC Insulated

VDE Ref Code

PVC Sheath Version

LSOH Sheath Version:

RE-Y(St)Y (Overall Screen)

RE-H (St)H(Overall Screen)

RE-Y(St)Y PiMF(Individual Screen+Overall Screen)

RE-H(St)HPiMF(Individual Screen+Overall Screen)

RE-Y(St)Y-SWA(Overall Screen+Steel Wire Armour)

RE-H(St)-H-SWA(Overall Screen+Steel Wire Armour)

RE-Y(St)Y PiMF-SWA(Individual Screen+Overall Screen+Steel Wire Armour)

RE-H(St)HPiMF-SWA(Individual Screen+Overall Screen+ Steel Wire Armour

Construction

Conductor:Annealed solid copper(Class 1),stranded(Class2),

Binder tape:A 23 micron p.e.t.p.tape applied with the metallic side down in electrica contact with a 0.5 0.5mm 2 tinned copper drain wire over the p.e.t.p.binder tape.

or fiexible(Class 5) to BS5360 .

Core/Pair identification: .

Collective screen:

Multicore cables:

Aluminium/p.e.t.p.laminated tape applied with the metallic side

Up to 40 cores-yellow

down in electrical contact with a 0.5mm 2 tinned copper

.cores with black numbers

drain wire over the p.e.t.p.binder tape.

41-80 cores-black

Outer protection:

cores with black numbers

Type 1 Extruded flame retardant PVC sheath.

Multipair cables:Colour coded

Type 2 Extruded PVC Type TM1 ,galvanised steel wire armour,extruded flame

in accordance with Colour

retardant PVC sheath.

Code Chart 2 on page 6

Pair screens

Aluminium/p.e.t.p.Laminated tape applied with the metallic

Minimum bending radius:

side down in electrical contact with a 0.5 mm 2 tinned copper drain wire.

Type 1 8 x diameter.

A 23 micron isolation tape is applied over the screening tape with a

Type 2 12xdiameter.

minimum 50% overlap.

Voltage rating

Temperature rating

300 volt core to earth and 500 volt core to core at maximum

During Operation:-40 ℃+70℃

temperature of 65 ℃

During Installation:-0 ℃+50℃

These cables are not for direct connection to the public mains supply