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600/1000V Mica+XLPE Insulated, LSZH Sheathed Power Cables to IEC 60502-1 (2-5 Cores & Multicore)

FFX400 1mRZ1-R (CU/MGT+XLPE/LSZH 600/1000V Class 2)

600/1000V Mica+XLPE Insulated, LSZH Sheathed Power Cables to IEC 60502-1 (2-5 Cores & Multicore)

APPLICATION

The cables are mainly used in power stations, mass transit underground passenger systems, airports, petrochemical plants, hotels, hospitals and high-rise buildings. This product type is CE approved.

STANDARDS

Basic design adapted from IEC 60502-1
Approvals:
CE Certification (GB 1067 5743 16)

FIRE PERFORMANCE

Circuit Integrity IEC 60331-21; BS 6387; BS 8491
Flame Retardance (Single Vertical Wire or cable test) IEC 60332-1-2; EN 60332-1-2
Reduced Fire Propagation (Vertically-mounted bundled wires & cables test) IEC 60332-3-24; EN 60332-3-24
Halogen Free IEC 60754-1; EN 50267-2-1
No Corrosive Gas Emission IEC 60754-2; EN 50267-2-2
Minimum Smoke Emission IEC 61034-2; EN 61034-2

VOLTAGE RATING

600/1000V

CABLE CONSTRUCTION

Conductor: The conductors shall be class 2 plain or metal-coated annealed copper in accordance with IEC 60228. Class 1 and class 5 conductor can be offered as option.
Fire Barrier: Mica glass tape.
Insulation: Thermosetting XLPE material and thickness shall be as per IEC 60502-1.
Outer Sheath: Thermoplastic halogen free compound ST8 as per IEC 60502-1.
Outer Sheath Option: UV resistance, hydrocarbon resistance, oil resistance, anti-rodent and anti-termite properties can be offered as option.

COLOUR CODE

Insulation Colour
2-core: Brown and blue.
3-core: Brown, black and grey.
4-core: Blue, brown, black and grey.
5-core: Green-and-yellow, blue, brown, black, grey.
Above 5 Cores: Black cores with white numerals.
Other colours can be offered upon request.
Sheath Colour: Black; other colours can be offered upon request.

Physical AND THERMAL PROPERTIES

Maximum temperature range during operation: 90°C
Maximum short circuit temperature (5 Seconds): 250°C
Minimum bending radius
circular copper conductors OD≤25mm: 4 × Overall Diameter
circular copper conductors OD﹥25mm: 6 × Overall Diameter
shaped copper conductors: 8 × Overall Diameter

CONSTRUCTION PARAMETERS

Conductor FFX400 1mRZ1-R
No. of Cores × Cross-sectional Area Conductor Class Nominal Insulation Thickness Nominal Sheath Thickness Approx. Overall Diameter Approx. Weight
No.×mm2   mm mm mm kg/km
2 cores
2×1.5 2 0.7 1.8 11.6 139
2×2.5 2 0.7 1.8 12.4 167
2×4 2 0.7 1.8 13.5 211
2×6 2 0.7 1.8 14.6 265
2×10 2 0.7 1.8 16.5 370
2×16 2 0.7 1.8 18.6 515
2×25 2 0.9 1.8 22.0 756
2×35 2 0.9 1.8 24.3 983
2×50 2 1.0 1.8 27.4 1281
2×70 2 1.1 1.8 31.4 1771
2×95 2 1.1 1.9 35.4 2379
2×120 2 1.2 2.0 39.2 2971
2×150 2 1.4 2.2 43.5 3655
2×185 2 1.6 2.3 48.3 4546
2×240 2 1.7 2.5 54.3 5901
2×300 2 1.8 2.6 59.8 7308
2×400 2 2 2.9 67.1 9318
3 cores
3×1.5 2 0.7 1.8 12.2 168
3×2.5 2 0.7 1.8 13.1 208
3×4 2 0.7 1.8 14.3 269
3×6 2 0.7 1.8 15.5 345
3×10 2 0.7 1.8 17.5 495
3×16 2 0.7 1.8 19.8 704
3×25 2 0.9 1.8 23.5 1052
3×35 2 0.9 1.8 26.0 1384
3×50 2 1.0 1.8 29.3 1819
3×70 2 1.1 1.9 33.8 2556
3×95 2 1.1 2.0 38.3 3467
3×120 2 1.2 2.1 42.4 4335
3×150 2 1.4 2.3 46.8 5305
3×185 2 1.6 2.4 52.1 6638
3×240 2 1.7 2.6 58.5 8624
3×300 2 1.8 2.7 64.4 10700
3×400 2 2.0 3.0 72.1 13601
3 cores + 1 core earth conductor
    3 cores 1 core      
3×16/10 2 0.7 0.7 1.8 20.4 818
3×25/16 2 0.9 0.7 1.8 24.3 1228
3×35/16 2 0.9 0.7 1.8 26.9 1560
3×50/25 2 1.0 0.9 1.8 30.3 2097
3×70/35 2 1.1 0.9 2.0 35.2 2935
3×95/50 2 1.1 1.0 2.1 39.7 3978
3×120/70 2 1.2 1.1 2.3 44.2 5067
3×150/70 2 1.4 1.1 2.4 48.8 6038
3×185/95 2 1.6 1.1 2.6 54.3 7643
3×240/120 2 1.7 1.2 2.8 61.1 9891
3×300/150 2 1.8 1.4 3.0 67.4 12260
3×400/185 2 2.0 1.6 3.2 75.4 15560
4 cores
4×1.5 2 0.7 1.8 13.2 201
4×2.5 2 0.7 1.8 14.2 253
4×4 2 0.7 1.8 15.5 332
4×6 2 0.7 1.8 16.9 431
4×10 2 0.7 1.8 19.2 628
4×16 2 0.7 1.8 21.7 901
4×25 2 0.9 1.8 25.8 1358
4×35 2 0.9 1.8 28.6 1796
4×50 2 1.0 1.8 32.3 2369
4×70 2 1.1 2.0 37.5 3358
4×95 2 1.1 2.1 42.3 4537
4×120 2 1.2 2.3 47.1 5703
4×150 2 1.4 2.4 52.0 6984
4×185 2 1.6 2.6 57.9 8740
4×240 2 1.7 2.8 65.1 11362
4×300 2 1.8 3.0 71.8 14145
4×400 2 2.0 3.2 80.4 17984
Multicore
5×1.5 2 0.7 1.8 14.3 260
5×2.5 2 0.7 1.8 15.4 1544
7×1.5 2 0.7 1.8 15.5 322
7×2.5 2 0.7 1.8 16.7 2116
10×1.5 2 0.7 1.8 19.4 438
10×2.5 2 0.7 1.8 21.1 3000
12×1.5 2 0.7 1.8 20.0 494
12×2.5 2 0.7 1.8 21.8 3565
14×1.5 2 0.7 1.8 21.0 554
14×2.5 2 0.7 1.8 22.9 4135
19×1.5 2 0.7 1.8 23.4 701
19×2.5 2 0.7 1.8 25.5 5556
21×1.5 2 0.7 1.8 24.5 763
21×2.5 2 0.7 1.8 26.8 6128
24×1.5 2 0.7 1.8 27.3 866
24×2.5 2 0.7 1.8 29.8 6998
30×1.5 2 0.7 1.8 28.9 1030
30×2.5 2 0.7 1.8 31.6 8689
40×1.5 2 0.7 1.8 32.4 9942
40×2.5 2 0.7 1.9 35.7 11540
48×1.5 2 0.7 1.8 35.8 11900
48×2.5 2 0.7 1.9 39.4 13813
61×1.5 2 0.7 1.9 39.4 15082
61×2.5 2 0.7 2.0 43.3 17505

Electrical PROPERTIES

Conductor operating temperature: 90°C
Ambient temperature: 30°C

Current-Carrying Capacities (Amp) according to BS 7671:2008 table 4E2A

Conductor cross sectional area Ref. Method A (enclosed in conduit in thermally insulating wall etc.) Ref. Method B (enclosed in conduit on a wall or in trunking etc.) Ref. Method C (clipped direct) Ref. Method E (in free air or on a perforated cable tray etc. horizontal or vertical)
1 two-core cable*, single-phase a.c. or d.c. 1 three- or four-core cable*, threephase a.c. 1 two-core cable*, singlephase a.c. or d.c. 1 three- or four-core cable*, three-phase a.c. 1 two-core cable*, single-phase a.c. or d.c. 1 three- or four-core cable*, threephase a.c. 1 two-core cable*, singlephase a.c. or d.c. 1 three- or four-core cable*, threephase a.c.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
mm2 a a a a a a a a
1.5 18.5 16.5 22 19.5 24 22 26 23
2.5 25 22 30 26 33 30 36 32
4 33 30 40 35 45 40 49 42
6 42 38 51 44 58 52 63 54
10 57 51 69 60 80 71 86 75
16 76 68 91 80 107 96 115 100
25 99 89 119 105 138 119 149 127
35 121 109 146 128 171 147 185 158
50 145 130 175 154 209 179 225 192
70 183 164 221 194 269 229 289 246
95 220 197 265 233 328 278 352 298
120 253 227 305 268 382 322 410 346
150 290 259 334 300 441 371 473 399
185 329 295 384 340 506 424 542 456
240 386 346 459 398 599 500 641 538
300 442 396 532 455 693 576 741 621
400 - - 625 536 803 667 865 741

Note: *With or without a protective conductor.

Voltage Drop (Per Amp Per Meter) according to BS 7671:2008 table 4E2B

Conductor crosssectional area Two-core cable, d.c. Two-core cable, single-phase a.c. Three- or four-core cable, three-phase a.c.
1 2 3 4
mm2 mV/a/m mV/a/m mV/a/m
1.5 31 31 27
2.5 19 19 16
4 12 12 10
6 7.9 7.9 6.8
10 4.7 4.7 4.0
16 2.9 2.9 2.5
    r x z r x z
25 1.85 1.85 0.160 1.90 1.60 0.140 1.65
35 1.35 1.35 0.155 1.35 1.15 0.135 1.15
50 0.98 0.99 0.155 1.00 0.86 0.135 0.87
70 0.67 0.67 0.150 0.69 0.59 0.130 0.60
95 0.49 0.50 0.150 0.52 0.43 0.130 0.45
120 0.39 0.40 0.145 0.42 0.34 0.130 0.37
150 0.31 0.32 0.145 0.35 0.28 0.125 0.30
185 0.25 0.26 0.145 0.29 0.22 0.125 0.26
240 0.195 0.200 0.140 0.24 0.175 0.125 0.21
300 0.155 0.160 0.140 0.21 0.140 0.120 0.185
400 0.120 0.130 0.140 0.190 0.115 0.120 0.165