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Industrial Cables-British Standard
218Y to BS 6500(New BS EN 50525-2-11)
Application and Description:
218Y to BS 6500(New BS EN 50525-2-11) cable types are especially suited for use on small appliances with low mechanical stress and for connection for light household appliances, e.g. kitchen utensils, desk lamps, floor lamps, vacuum cleaners, office machines, radios, etc. As far as these cables are admitted to the relevant specifications of the equipment, 218Y to BS 6500(New BS EN 50525-2-11) cables are not permitted for use with cooking or heating apparatus. 218Y is equivalent to harmonized code H03VV-F.
Cable Construction:
Bare copper fine wire conductor
Stranding to BS 6360 CL-5 or IEC 60228 CL-5
PVC core insulation TI2 to BS 7655
Green/Yellow grounding (3 conductors and above)
PVC outer jacket TM2 to BS 7655
Core Identification:
2Cores: Blue, Brown
3Cores: Green/Yellow, Blue, Brown
4cores: Green/Yellow, black, brown, blue
Technical Characteristics:
Working voltage: 300/300 volts
Test voltage: 2000 volts
Flexing bending radius: 7.5xOverall diameter
Static bending radius: 4xOverall diameter
Flexing temperature: -5º C to +70º C
Static temperature: -40º C to +70º C
Short circuit temperature: +160º C
Flame retardant: IEC 60332.1
Insulation resistance: 20 MΩxkm
Cable Parameter:
| AWG (No of Strands/ Strand Diameter) |
No. of Cores x Nominal Cross Sectional Area #xmm² |
Nominal Thickness of Insulation mm |
Nominal Thickness of Sheath mm |
Nominal Overall Diameter mm |
Nominal Copper Weight kg/km |
Nominal Weight kg/km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2182Y | ||||||
| 20(16/32) | 2x0.50 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 5 | 9.6 | 38 |
| 18(24/32) | 2x0.75 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 5.5 | 14.4 | 46 |
| 2183Y | ||||||
| 20(16/32) | 3x0.50 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 5.4 | 14.4 | 45 |
| 18(24/32) | 3x0.75 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 6 | 21.6 | 59 |
| 2184Y | ||||||
| 20(16/32) | 4x0.50 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 5.8 | 19.2 | 55 |
| 18(24/32) | 4x0.75 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 6.5 | 28.8 | 72 |