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

 150/250V HF-EPR Insulated, SW2/SW4 Sheathed, Individually 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, quads.
 Individual 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

1×2×0.75

0.8

1.0

8.1

9.8

97

3×2×0.75

0.8

1.2

14.0

16.0

227

7×2×0.75

0.8

1.4

19.0

21.1

449

12×2×0.75

0.8

1.6

23.8

26.4

740

20×2×0.75

0.8

1.9

30.4

33.5

1183

27×2×0.75

0.8

2.0

34.6

37.9

1555

37×2×0.75

0.8

2.2

40.5

44.3

1846

1×2×1

0.8

1.0

8.5

10.3

108

3×2×1

0.8

1.3

15.0

17.0

264

7×2×1

0.8

1.4

20.0

22.5

522

12×2×1

0.8

1.7

25.4

28.0

865

20×2×1

0.8

1.9

32.1

35.3

1377

27×2×1

0.8

2.1

36.8

40.2

1814

37×2×1

0.8

2.3

43.0

47.0

2432

Multitriple

1×3×0.75

0.8

1.0

8.1

9.8

104

3×3×0.75

0.8

1.3

15.0

17.0

269

7×3×0.75

0.8

1.5

20.8

23.3

527

12×3×0.75

0.8

1.7

25.8

28.5

880

1×3×1

0.8

1.1

8.7

10.5

124

3×3×1

0.8

1.3

15.8

17.9

310

7×3×1

0.8

1.5

22.0

24.5

622

12×3×1

0.8

1.8

27.5

30.2

1032

Multiquad

1×4×0.75

0.8

1.1

9.1

10.9

137

3×4×0.75

0.8

1.4

17.4

19.5

366

7×4×0.75

0.8

1.6

23.5

26.1

725

1×4×1

0.8

1.1

9.6

11.4

148

3×4×1

0.8

1.4

18.4

20.6

413

7×4×1

0.8

1.6

24.9

27.6

843