BS 5308 Cables

PAS 5308 Cables

PAS 5308 Part 1 / Type 1 (Unarmoured Cables)

PAS 5308 Cable Part 1 Type 1 PE-OS-PVC

Applications

PAS 5308 cables are designed to connect electrical instrumentation and communication systems in and around

process plants and similar applications. Generally used to transmit analogue or digital signals in measurement

and process control where chemicals may be present.

Construction

PAS 5308 Cable Part 1 Type 1 PE-OS-PVC

Conductor

Annealed copper, sizes: 0.5mm² mulitistranded(Class 5), 0.5 mm² and 1.0 mm² solid(Class 1), 1.5mm² or 2.5

multistranded(Class 2) to BS EN 60228

Insulation

Thermoplastic PE to BS EN 50290‑2‑23:2002, grade L/MD or a cross‑linked PE to BS EN 50290-2-29

Pairing

Two insulated conductors uniformly twisted together with a lay not exceeding 100mm, Two-pair cables without

individual pair screens (quads) shall have four cores laid in quad formation round a central dummy

Colour code

See technical information

Binder tape

Non-hygroscopic binder tape of minimum thickness 0.023 mm

Collective screen

Aluminium/polyester tape is applied over the laid up pairs metallic side down in contact with tinned copper drain

wire, 0.5mm²

Outer sheath

Extruded sheath of a PVC compound conforming to BS EN 50290-2-22:2002, grade TM51

Sheath colour

Generally black

Electrical Properties

Temperature range above 0˚C( fixed installation)
  -15˚C to +65˚C(during operation )
Conductor Area Size mm² 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.5
Conductor Stranding No. x mm 1 x 0.8 16 x 0.2 1 x 1.13 7 x 0.53 7 x 0.67
Conductor resistance max ohm/km 36.8 39.7 18.4 12.3 7.6
Insulation resistance min Individual conductor Gohm/km 5 5 5 5 5
  individual screen Mohm/km 1 1 1   1
Capacitance unbalance at 1kHz(pair to pair screen) pF/250m 250
Max. Mutual Capacitance @ 1kHz for Non OS or OS cables (except one-pair and two-pairs) pF/m 75 75 75 85 105
Max. Mutual Capacitance @ 1kHz IS/OS cables (include 1 pairand 2 pair) pF/m 115 115 115 120 140
Max. L/R Ratio for adjacentcores(Inductance/Resistance) μH/ohm 25 25 25 40 60
Test voltage V 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000
Rated voltage V 300/500 300/500 300/500 300/500 300/500

Parameter

Number of Pairs Number and Diameter of Wires Nominal Conductor Cross-Sectional Area Nominal Thickness of Insulation Nominal Thickness of Sheath Nominal Diameter of Cable
no./mm mm² mm mm mm
solid conductor 0.5mm²
1 1/0.8 0.5 0.5 0.8 5.3
2 1/0.8 0.5 0.5 0.8 6.1
5 1/0.8 0.5 0.5 1.1 10.6
10 1/0.8 0.5 0.5 1.2 14
15 1/0.8 0.5 0.5 1.2 16.1
20 1/0.8 0.5 0.5 1.3 18.4
30 1/0.8 0.5 0.5 1.3 22
50 1/0.8 0.5 0.5 1.5 27.9
stranded conductor 0.5 mm²
1 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 0.8 6
2 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 0.8 6.9
5 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 1.1 12.1
10 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 1.2 16.2
15 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 1.3 18.8
20 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 1.3 21.3
30 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 1.5 25.9
50 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 1.7 32.9
solid conductor 1.0 mm²
1 1/1.13 1 0.6 0.8 6.4
2 1/1.13 1 0.6 0.8 7.4
5 1/1.13 1 0.6 1.1 13.2
10 1/1.13 1 0.6 1.2 17.4
15 1/1.13 1 0.6 1.3 20.3
20 1/1.13 1 0.6 1.5 23.4
30 1/1.13 1 0.6 1.5 28
50 1/1.13 1 0.6 2 36.3
stranded conductor 1.5 mm²
1 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 0.8 7.3
2 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 0.9 8.7
5 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 1.2 15.4
10 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 1.3 20.6
15 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 1.5 24.2
20 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 1.5 27.5
30 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 1.7 33.3
50 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 2 42.6
stranded conductor 2.5 mm²
1 7/0.67 2.5 0.6 0.8 8.1
2 7/0.67 2.5 0.6 0.9 9.7
5 7/0.67 2.5 0.6 1.2 17.2
10 7/0.67 2.5 0.6 1.4 24.1
15 7/0.67 2.5 0.6 1.6 28.2
20 7/0.67 2.5 0.6 1.7 31.8
30 7/0.67 2.5 0.6 1.9 37.9
50 7/0.67 2.5 0.6 2.3 48.9