BS 6883&BS7917 STANDARD Offshore & Marine Cables 
LV Flame Retardant Power & Control Cables

 150/250V HF-EPR Insulated, SW2/SW4 Sheathed, Collectively Screened Unarmoured Fire Resistant Instrumentation & Control Cables

BS 6883&BS7917 STANDARD Offshore & Marine Cables

Application
These fire resistant elastomeric insulated cables are designed for fixed wiring in ships and on mobile offshore units, suitable for use in instrumentation, lighting and control circuits where fire integrity is essential.

Standards
 BS 7917
 IEC 60331-31 Fire resistant
 IEC 60332-3A Flame retardant
 IEC 60754-1; IEC 60754-2 Corrosivity
 IEC 61034-2 Smoke density
 Cold bend and impact (-40°C) (on request)
 CSA C22.2 No. 38-95 (on request)

Construction
 Conductor: Tinned copper wire stranded circular cl. 2 BS 6360/IEC 60228.
 Insulation: Mica tape + HF-EPR GP4 according to BS 7655 1.2.
 Lay-up: Pairs, triples.
 Collective Screen: Aluminium/polyester tape + drain wire tinned copper.
 Sheath: Halogen free thermosetting compound SW4 according to BS 7655 2.6 or reduced halogen thermosetting compound SW2 according to BS 7655 2.6.

Mechanical and Thermal Properties
Minimum Internal Bending Radius: 8×OD
Temperature Range: -40℃ ~ +90℃

Dimensions and Weight

Construction
No. of cores×Cross section(mm²)

Nominal Insulation Thickness
mm

Nominal Sheath Thickness
mm

Minimum Overall Diameter
mm

Maximum Overall Diameter
mm

Approx. Weight
kg/km

Multipair

3×2×0.75

0.8

1.2

14.0

16.0

202

7×2×0.75

0.8

1.4

18.6

20.7

383

12×2×0.75

0.8

1.6

24.4

27.0

615

20×2×0.75

0.8

1.8

30.8

34.0

841

27×2×0.75

0.8

1.9

35.0

38.4

1265

37×2×0.75

0.8

2.1

38.8

42.6

1707

3×2×1

0.8

1.2

14.8

16.8

208

7×2×1

0.8

1.4

19.6

22.0

413

12×2×1

0.8

1.6

25.8

28.5

683

20×2×1

0.8

1.8

32.6

35.8

1070

27×2×1

0.8

2.0

37.3

40.8

1421

37×2×1

0.8

2.2

41.3

45.2

1912

Multitriple

3×3×0.75

0.8

1.3

15.0

17.0

244

7×3×0.75

0.8

1.4

20.5

23.0

457

12×3×0.75

0.8

1.7

25.6

28.3

758

3×3×1

0.8

1.3

15.8

17.8

270

7×3×1

0.8

1.5

21.9

24.4

521

12×3×1

0.8

1.7

27.1

29.8

857