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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

FTX400 1RZ1-R (CU/XLPE/LSZH 600/1000V Class 2)

FIRE PERFORMANCE

Flame Retardance (Single vertical wire or cable test)

IEC 60332-1-2; EN 60332-1-2

Reduced Fire Propagation (Vertically-mounted bundled wires & cables test)

IEC 60332-3-24; EN 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 IEC

60228. 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