BS5308 Cable Part 2 Type 1 PVC-OS-PVC

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Applications

BS5308 Cable Part 2 Type 1 PVC unarmoured versions (Part 2 Type 1) are generally use for indoor installation and suitable for wet and damp areas. Generally used within industrial process manufacturing plants for communication, data and voice transmission signals and services, Also used for the interconnection of electrical equipment and instruments, typically in chemical or petrolchemical industry.

Construction

Conductor Annealed or tinned copper, sizes: 0.5mm² and 0.75mm² mulitistranded(Class 5), 1.5mm² multistranded(Class 2) to BS6360
Insulation PVC (polyvinyl chloride), type TI1 to BS 6746
Pairing Two insulated conductors uniformly twisted together with a lay not exceeding 100mm
Colour code Multicore cables: up to 40 cores yellow with black numbers, 41 -80 cores black with yellow numbers. Multipair cables:See technical information
Binder tape PETP transparent tape
Collective screen Aluminium/polyester tape is applied over the laid up pairs metallic side down in contact with tinned copper drain wire, 0.5mm²
Outer sheath PVC Sheath, type TM 1 or type 6 to BS 6746
Sheath colour Black or blue

Mechanical and Electrical Properties

Operating temperature -40˚C up to + 70˚C( fixed installation)
  0˚C to +50˚C(during operation )
Minimum bending radius 5 x overall diameter
Conductor Area Size mm 2 0.5 0.75 1.5
Conductor Stranding No. x mm 16 x 0.2 24 x 0.2 7 x 0.53
Conductor resistance max ohm/km 39.7 26.5 12.3
Insulation resistance min Mohm/km 25 25 25
Max. Mutual Capacitance:pair or adjacent cores pF/m 250 250 250
Capacitance between any core or screen max. pF/m 400 400 400
Max. L/R Ratio for adjacentcores(Inductance/Resistance) μH/ohm 25 25 40
Test voltage Core to core V 1000 1000 1000
  Core to screen V 1000 1000 1000
Rated voltage max V 300/500 300/500 300/500

Parameter

Multicore

BS5308 Cable

No.of Cores No.and Dia. of Wires Nominal Conductor Cross-Sectional Area Nominal Thickness of Insulation Nominal Thickness of Sheath Nominal Dia. of Cable Approx. Weight
no./mm mm² mm mm mm kg/km
2 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 0.8 6.2 60
3 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 0.8 6.6 75
4 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 0.8 7.2 80
6 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 0.9 8.6 110
10 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 1.1 11.2 180
20 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 1.2 14.2 310
40 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 1.3 18.7 570
80 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 1.5 26.5 1080
2 24/0.2 0.75 0.6 0.8 6.7 75
3 24/0.2 0.75 0.6 0.8 7.2 90
4 24/0.2 0.75 0.6 0.8 7.8 100
6 24/0.2 0.75 0.6 0.9 9.4 140
10 24/0.2 0.75 0.6 1.1 12.2 220
20 24/0.2 0.75 0.6 1.2 15.6 390
40 24/0.2 0.75 0.6 1.3 20.6 710
80 24/0.2 0.75 0.6 1.5 28.5 1350
2 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 0.8 8 105
3 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 0.9 8.2 135
4 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 0.9 9 150
6 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 1.1 11 205
10 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 1.2 14 330
20 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 1.3 17.9 580
40 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 1.5 24 1065
80 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 1.7 32.9 2025

Multipair

BS5308 Cable

No.of Cores No.and Dia. of Wires Nominal Conductor Cross-Sectional Area Nominal Thickness of Insulation Nominal Thickness of Sheath Nominal Dia. of Cable Approx. Weight
no./mm mm² mm mm mm kg/km
1 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 0.8 6.2 60
2 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 0.8 7.6 80
5 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 1.1 12.4 200
10 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 1.2 16.5 340
15 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 1.3 19.2 480
20 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 1.3 21.7 570
30 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 1.5 26.4 880
50 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 1.7 33.4 1310
1 24/0.2 0.75 0.6 0.8 6.7 75
2 24/0.2 0.75 0.6 0.8 8.2 100
5 24/0.2 0.75 0.6 1.2 13.8 250
10 24/0.2 0.75 0.6 1.3 18.4 450
15 24/0.2 0.75 0.6 1.3 21.1 600
20 24/0.2 0.75 0.6 1.5 24.4 800
30 24/0.2 0.75 0.6 1.7 29.5 1080
50 24/0.2 0.75 0.6 2 37.6 1860
1 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 0.8 7.5 100
2 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 0.9 9.3 150
5 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 1.2 15.6 360
10 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 1.3 20.9 670
15 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 1.5 24.6 970
20 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 1.5 27.8 1230
30 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 1.7 33.7 1730
50 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 2 43 2740