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600/1000V XLPE Insulated, LSZH Sheathed, Armoured Power Cables (single core)

FTX300 1RZ1-R (CU/XLPE/LSZH 600/1000V Class 2)

FTX300 1RZ1MZ1-R (CU/XLPE/LSZH/AWA/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.

STANDARDS

Basic design to BS 7211

600/1000V XLPE Insulated, LSZH Sheathed, Armoured Power Cables (single core)

FIRE PERFORMANCE

Flame Retardance (Single Vertical Wire Test)	EN 60332-1-2; IEC 60332-1-2; BS EN 60332-1-2; VDE 0482-332-1 ; NBN C 30-004 (cat. F1); NF C32-070-2.1(C2); CEI 20-35/1-2; EN 50265-2-1; DIN VDE 0482-265-2-1
Reduced Fire Propagation (Vertically-mounted bundled wires & cable test)	EN 60332-3-24 (cat. C); IEC 60332-3-24; BS EN 60332-3-24; VDE 0482-332-3; NBN C 30-004 (cat. F2); NF C32-070-2.2(C1); CEI 20-22/3-4; EN 50266-2-4*; DIN VDE 0482-266-2-4
Halogen Free	IEC 60754-1; EN 50267-2-1; DIN VDE 0482-267-2-1; CEI 20-37/2-1 ; BS 6425-1*
No Corrosive Gas Emission	IEC 60754-2; EN 50267-2-2; DIN VDE 0482-267-2-2; CEI 20-37/2-2 ; BS 6425-2*
minimum Smoke Emission	IEC 61034-1&2; EN 61034 -1&2; DIN VDE 0482-1034-1&2; CEI 20-37/3-1&2; EN 50268-1&2; BS 7622-1&2
No Toxic gases	NES 02-713; NF C 20-454

Flame Retardance

(Single Vertical

Wire Test)

EN 60332-1-2; IEC 60332-1-2; BS EN 60332-1-2; VDE

0482-332-1 ; NBN C 30-004 (cat. F1); NF C32-070-2.1(C2); CEI 20-35/1-2; EN 50265-2-1*; DIN

VDE 0482-265-2-1*

Reduced Fire

Propagation

(Vertically-mounted

bundled wires

& cable test)

EN 60332-3-24 (cat. C); IEC 60332-3-24; BS EN 60332-3-24; VDE 0482-332-3; NBN C 30-004

(cat. F2); NF C32-070-2.2(C1); CEI 20-22/3-4; EN 50266-2-4*; DIN VDE 0482-266-2-4

Halogen Free

IEC 60754-1; EN 50267-2-1; DIN VDE 0482-267-2-1; CEI 20-37/2-1 ; BS 6425-1*

No Corrosive Gas

Emission

IEC 60754-2; EN 50267-2-2; DIN VDE 0482-267-2-2; CEI 20-37/2-2 ; BS 6425-2*

minimum Smoke

Emission

IEC 61034-1&2; EN 61034 -1&2; DIN VDE 0482-1034-1&2; CEI 20-37/3-1&2; EN 50268-1&2*;

BS 7622-1&2*

No Toxic gases

NES 02-713; NF C 20-454

Note: Asterisk * denotes superseded standard.

VOLTAGE RATING

600/1000V

CABLE CONSTRUCTION

Conductor: Plain annealed copper wire, stranded according to IEC(EN) 60228 class 2.

Insulation: Extruded cross-linked XLPE compound.

Inner sheath(optional): LSZH Compound

Armouring(optional): Aluminium Wire

Outer Sheath: Thermoplastic LSZH compound type LTS3 as per BS 7655-6.1 (Thermosetting LSZH compound

type SW2-SW4 as per BS 7655-2.6 can be offered.)

COLOUR CODE

Insulation colour as per bs7671

	with earth conductor	without earth conductor
2Cores	-	Brown,Blue
3Cores	Yellow/Green,Brown,Blue	Brown,Gray,Black
4Cores	Yellow/Green,Brown,Gray,Black	Brown,Gray,Black,Blue
5Cores	Yellow/Green,Brown,Gray,Black,Blue	Brown,Gray,Black,Blue,Black
above 5 Cores	Yellow/Green,Black Numbered	Black Numbered

sheath colour: Black

Physical AND THERMAL PROPERTIES

Temperature range during operation: Max.90°C

250°C in short-circuit for 5s max.

Minimum bending radius: 8 x Overall Diameter (unarmoured cable)

10 x Overall Diameter (armoured cable)

CONSTRUCTION PARAMETERS

Conductor		FTX300 1RZ1-R			FTX300 1RZ1MZ1-R
No. of Core X Cross Section	No./ Nominal Diameter of Strands	Nominal Insulation Thickness	Unarmoured		Armoured
No. of Core X Cross Section	No./ Nominal Diameter of Strands	Nominal Insulation Thickness	Nominal Overall Diameter	Approx. Weight	Diameter Under Armour	Armour Wire Diameter	Nominal Overall Diameter	Approx. Weight
mm2	No./mm	mm	mm	kg/km	mm	mm	mm	kg/km
1x1.5	7/0.53	0.7	6	48	—	—	—	—
1x2.5	7/0.67	0.7	6.4	63	—	—	—	—
1x4	7/0.85	0.7	7.0	78	—	—	—	—
1x6	7/1.04	0.7	7.5	105	—	—	—	—
1x10	7/1.35	0.7	8.5	151	—	—	—	—
1x16	7/1.70	0.7	9.5	211	—	—	—	—
1x25	7/2.14	0.9	11.2	315	—	—	—	—
1x35	7/2.52	0.9	12.4	416	—	—	—	—
1x50	19/1.78	1.0	14	569	—	—	—	—
1x70	19/2.14	1.1	16	792	15.4	1.25	21.5	960
1x95	19/2.52	1.1	18	1068	17.3	1.25	23.4	1240
1x120	37/2.03	1.2	20	1325	19.1	1.6	25.9	1650
1x150	37/2.25	1.4	22	1627	21.1	1.6	27.9	1970
1x185	37/2.52	1.6	24.4	2021	23.2	1.6	30.1	2390
1x240	61/2.25	1.7	27.5	2617	26.2	1.6	33.2	3040
1x300	61/2.52	1.8	30.3	3252	28.8	1.6	35.8	3790
1x400	61/2.85	2.0	33.9	4131	32.7	2.0	40.9	4790
1x500	61/3.20	2.2	37.6	5175	36.2	2.0	44.6	5880
1x630	127/2.52	2.4	42.4	6631	40.6	2.0	49.2	7400
1x800	127/2.85	2.6	47.3	8412	45.7	2.5	55.7	9500
1x1000	127/3.20	2.8	52.4	10530	50.6	2.5	61.0	11750

Electrical PROPERTIES

Conductor Operating Temperature : 90°C

Ambient Temperature : 30°C

Current-Carrying Capacities (Amp)

Conductor cross- sectional area	Reference method 4 (enclosed in conduit in thermally insulating wall etc)		Reference method 3 (enclosed in conduit on a wall or in trunking etc)		Reference method 1 (clipped direct)		Reference method 11 (on a perforated cable tray, horizontal or vertical)		Reference method 12 (free air)
Conductor cross- sectional area					Reference method 1 (clipped direct)				Horizontal flat spaced	Vertical flat spaced	Trefoil
	2 cables, single- phase a.c. or d.c.	3 or 4 cables, 3-phase a.c.	2 cables, single- phase a.c. or d.c	3 or 4 cables, 3-phase a.c.	2 cables, single- phase a.c. or d.c. flat and touching	3 or 4 cables, 3-phase a.c. flat and touching or trefoil	2 cables, single- phase a.c. or d.c. or flat and touching	3 or 4 cables, 3-phase a.c. flat and touching or trefoil	2 cables, single- phase a.c. or d.c. or 3 c ables three phase	2 cables, single- phase a.c. or d.c. or 3 cables three phase	3 cables, trefoil 3-phase a.c.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
mm2	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
1.5	18	17	22	19	25	23	-	-	-	-	-
2.5	24	23	30	26	34	31	-	-	-	-	-
4	33	30	40	35	46	41	-	-	-	-	-
6	43	39	51	45	59	54	-	-	-	-	-
10	58	53	71	63	81	74	-	-	-	-	-
16	76	70	95	85	109	99	-	-	-	-	-
25	100	91	126	111	143	130	158	140	183	163	138
35	125	111	156	138	176	161	195	176	226	203	171
50	149	135	189	168	228	209	293	215	274	246	209
70	189	170	240	214	293	268	308	279	351	318	270
95	228	205	290	259	355	326	375	341	426	389	330
120	263	235	336	299	413	379	436	398	495	453	385
150	300	270	375	328	476	436	505	461	570	524	445
185	341	306	426	370	545	500	579	530	651	600	511
240	400	358	500	433	644	590	686	630	769	711	606
300	459	410	573	493	743	681	794	730	886	824	701
400	-	-	684	584	868	793	915	849	1065	994	820
500	-	-	783	666	990	904	1044	973	1228	1150	936
630	-	-	900	764	1130	1033	1191	1115	1423	1338	1069
800	-	-	-	-	1288	1179	1358	1275	1580	1485	1214
1000	-	-	-	-	1443	1323	1520	1436	1775	1671	1349

Voltage Drop (Per Amp Per Meter)

Size of conductor	2 cables d.c.	2 cables, single-phase a.c.						3 or 4 cables, 3-phase a.c.
Size of conductor	2 cables d.c.	Ref. Methods 3 and 4 (enclosed in conduit etc, in or on a wall)			Ref. Methods 1 and 11 (clipped direct or on trays touching)			Ref. Methods 3 and 4 (enclosed in conduit etc, in or on a wall)			Ref. Methods 1, 11 and 12 (in trefoil)			Ref. Methods 1 and 11(Flat and touching)
1	2	3			4			5			6			7
mm2	mV/A/m	mV/A/m			mV/A/m			mV/A/m			mV/A/m			mV/A/m
1.5	31	31			27			27			27			27
2.5	19	19			16			16			16			16
4	33	12			10			10			10			10
6	7.8	7.9			6.8			6.8			6.8			6.8
10	4.7	4.7			4.7			4			4			4
16	2.9	2.9			2.9			2.5			2.5			2.5
		r	x	z	r	x	z	r	x	z	r	x	z	r	x	z
25	1.85	1.85	0.31	1.90	1.85	0.190	1.85	1.60	0.27	1.65	1.600	0.165	1.600	1.600	0.190	1.600
35	1.35	1.35	0.29	1.35	1.35	0.180	1.35	1.15	0.25	1.15	1.150	0.155	1.50	1.150	0.180	1.150
50	0.99	1.00	0.29	1.05	0.99	0.180	1.00	0.87	0.25	0.90	0.860	0.155	0.870	0.860	0.180	0.870
70	0.68	0.70	0.28	0.75	0.68	0.175	0.71	0.60	0.24	0.65	0.590	0.150	0.610	0.590	0.175	0.620
95	0.49	0.51	0.27	0.58	0.49	0.170	0.52	0.44	0.23	0.50	0.430	0.145	0.450	0.430	0.170	0.460
120	0.39	0.41	0.26	0.48	0.39	0.165	0.43	0.35	0.23	0.42	0.340	0.140	0.370	0.340	0.165	0.380
150	0.32	0.33	0.26	0.43	0.32	0.165	0.36	0.29	0.23	0.37	0.280	0.140	0.310	0.280	0.165	0.320
185	0.25	0.27	0.26	0.37	0.26	0.165	0.30	0.23	0.23	0.32	0.220	0.140	0.260	0.220	0.165	0.280
240	0.19	0.21	0.26	0.33	0.20	0.160	0.25	0.185	0.22	0.29	0.170	0.140	0.220	0.170	0.165	0.240
300	0.155	0.175	0.25	0.31	0.16	0.160	0.22	0.150	0.22	0.27	0.140	0.140	0.195	0.135	0.160	0.210
400	0.12	0.140	0.25	0.29	0.13	0.155	0.20	0.125	0.22	0.25	0.110	0.135	0.175	0.110	0.160	0.195
500	0.093	0.120	0.25	0.28	0.105	0.155	0.185	0.100	0.22	0.24	0.090	0.135	0.160	0.088	0.160	0.180
630	0.072	0.100	0.25	0.27	0.086	0.155	0.175	0.088	0.21	0.23	0.074	0.135	0.150	0.071	0.160	0.170
800	0.056	-	-	-	0.072	0.150	0.170	-	-	-	0.062	0.130	0.145	0.059	0.155	0.165
1000	0.045	-	-	-	0.063	0.150	0.165	-	-	-	0.055	0.130	0.140	0.050	0.155	0.165

FTX300 1RZ1MZ1-R
Current-Carrying Capacities (Amp)

Conductor crosssectional area	Reference Method 1 (clipped direct)		Reference Method 11 (on a perforated horizontal cable tray or Reference Method 13 [free air] )		Reference Method 12 (free air)	In single-way ducts		Laid direct in ground
Conductor crosssectional area	2 cables, singlephase a.c. or d.c.	3 or 4 cables, 3-phase a.c.	2 cables, singlephase a.c. or d.c.	3 or 4 cables, 3-phase a.c.	3 cables 3-phase a.c. trefoil touching	2 cables, singlephase a.c. or d.c.	3 or 4 cables, 3-phase a.c.	2 cables, singlephase a.c. or d.c.	3 or 4 cables, 3-phase a.c.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
mm2	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
70	303	277	322	293	285	310	280	340	290
95	367	333	389	352	346	365	330	405	345
120	425	383	449	405	402	410	370	460	389
150	488	437	516	462	463	445	405	510	435
185	557	496	587	524	529	485	440	580	490
240	656	579	689	612	625	550	500	670	560
300	755	662	792	700	720	610	550	750	630
400	853	717	899	767	815	640	580	830	700
500	962	791	1016	851	918	690	620	910	770
630	1082	861	1146	935	1027	750	670	1000	840
800	1170	904	1246	987	1119	828	735	1117	931
1000	1261	961	1345	1055	1214	919	811	1254	1038

Voltage Drop (Per Amp Per Meter)

Conductor crosssectional area	2 cables d.c.	2 cables singlephase a.c.			3 or 4 cables three-phase a.c.						2 cables singlephase a.c.		3 or 4 cables, 3-phase a.c. touching
Conductor crosssectional area	2 cables d.c.	Reference Method 1 & 11 (touching)			Reference Method 1, 11 & 12 (in trefoil touching)			Reference Method 1 & 11 (Flat touching)			In ducts	In ground	In ducts	In ground
1	2	3			4			5			6	7	8	9
mm2	mV/A/m	mV/A/m			mV/A/m			mV/A/m			mV/A/m	mV/A/m	mV/A/m	mV/A/m
		r	x	z	r	x	z	r	x	z
70	0.67	0.68	0.20	0.71	0.59	0.17	0.62	0.6	0.25	0.65	0.80	0.70	0.70	0.61
95	0.49	0.51	0.195	0.55	0.44	0.17	0.47	0.46	0.24	0.52	0.65	0.53	0.56	0.46
120	0.39	0.41	0.190	0.45	0.35	0.165	0.39	0.38	0.24	0.44	0.55	0.43	0.48	0.37
150	0.31	0.33	0.185	0.38	0.29	0.160	0.33	0.31	0.23	0.39	0.50	0.37	0.43	0.32
185	0.25	0.27	0.185	0.33	0.23	0.160	0.28	0.26	0.23	0.34	0.45	0.31	0.39	0.27
240	0.195	0.21	0.180	0.28	0.18	0.155	0.24	0.21	0.22	0.30	0.40	0.26	0.35	0.23
300	0.155	0.17	0.175	0.25	0.145	0.150	0.21	0.17	0.22	0.28	0.37	0.24	0.32	0.21
400	0.115	0.145	0.170	0.22	0.125	0.150	0.195	0.160	0.21	0.27	0.35	0.21	0.30	0.19
500	0.093	0.125	0.170	0.21	0.105	0.145	0.180	0.145	0.20	0.25	0.33	0.20	0.28	0.18
630	0.073	0.105	0.165	0.195	0.092	0.145	0.170	0.135	0.195	0.24	0.30	0.19	0.26	0.17
800	0.056	0.090	0.160	0.190	0.086	0.140	0.165	0.130	0.180	0.23	0.28	0.18	0.24	0.16
1000	0.045	0.092	0.155	0.180	0.080	0.135	0.155	0.125	0.170	0.21	0.26	0.17	0.22	0.15