BS 6883&BS7917 STANDARD Offshore & Marine Cables 
0.6/1kV HF-EPR Insulated, SW2/SW4 Sheathed Unarmoured Fire Resistant Power & Control Cables

Application

These BS 6883&BS7917 STANDARD fire resistant elastomeric insulated cables are designed for fixed wiring in ships and on mobile offshore units, suitable for use in power and control applications 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.
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: 6×OD (OD>25mm); 4×OD (OD ≤25mm)
Temperature Range: -40℃ ~ +90℃

Dimensions and Weight

Single core cables

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
1×4	1.0	1.0	6.7	8.0	90
1×6	1.0	1.0	7.2	8.5	135
1×10	1.0	1.0	8.1	9.5	180
1×16	1.0	1.1	9.3	10.7	315
1×25	1.2	1.2	11.5	13.2	550
1×35	1.2	1.2	12.3	14.1	715
1×50	1.4	1.3	14.1	15.9	830
1×70	1.4	1.3	15.8	17.8	1110
1×95	1.6	1.4	18.1	20.2	1470
1×120	1.6	1.5	20.0	22.4	2130
1×150	1.8	1.6	22.0	24.6	2475
1×185	2.0	1.7	24.4	27.0	2870
1×240	2.2	1.8	27.5	30.3	3120
1×300	2.4	1.9	30.4	33.6	4060

Multicore cables

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
2×1.5	0.8	1.1	9.0	10.4	145
2×2.5	0.8	1.1	9.8	11.4	180
2×4	1.0	1.2	11.8	13.5	260
2×6	1.0	1.2	12.9	14.6	325
2×10	1.0	1.3	14.9	16.8	445
2×16	1.0	1.4	17.1	19.1	630
2×25	1.2	1.5	21.2	23.7	930
2×35	1.2	1.6	23.1	25.7	1210
2×50	1.4	1.7	26.5	29.2	1630
2×70	1.4	1.9	30.3	33.5	2210
2×95	1.6	2.1	34.9	38.2	3010
2×120	1.6	2.2	38.4	42.2	3690
3×1.5	0.8	1.1	9.6	11.0	170
3×2.5	0.8	1.1	10.4	12.1	210
3×4	1.0	1.2	12.6	14.3	310
3×6	1.0	1.2	13.8	15.5	395
3×10	1.0	1.3	15.9	17.8	590
3×16	1.0	1.4	18.2	20.3	830
3×25	1.2	1.6	22.9	25.4	1270
3×35	1.2	1.7	24.9	27.6	1540
3×50	1.4	1.8	28.5	31.3	2100
3×70	1.4	2.0	32.7	35.9	2870
3×95	1.6	2.2	37.5	41.0	3910
3×120	1.6	2.3	41.3	45.3	4800
3×150	1.8	2.5	45.8	49.9	5810
3×185	2.0	2.7	50.9	55.5	7290
3×240	2.2	2.9	57.5	62.4	9440
4×1.5	0.8	1.1	10.5	12.1	200
4×2.5	0.8	1.1	11.4	13.1	250
4×4	1.0	1.2	13.8	15.6	375
4×6	1.0	1.3	15.3	17.3	495
4×10	1.0	1.4	17.7	19.7	740
4×16	1.0	1.5	20.3	22.8	1050
4×25	1.2	1.7	25.5	28.1	1580
4×35	1.2	1.8	27.7	30.5	1960
4×50	1.4	1.9	31.8	35.0	2570
4×70	1.4	2.1	36.3	39.7	3530
4×95	1.6	2.3	41.7	45.7	4850
4×120	1.6	2.5	46.2	50.3	5990
5×1.5	0.8	1.1	11.4	13.1	220
7×1.5	0.8	1.2	12.6	14.4	285
12×1.5	0.8	1.3	16.8	18.8	465
19×1.5	0.8	1.4	19.9	22.4	680
27×1.5	0.8	1.6	24.3	26.9	960
37×1.5	0.8	1.7	27.4	30.4	1260
5×2.5	0.8	1.2	12.7	14.4	310
7×2.5	0.8	1.2	13.9	15.6	375
12×2.5	0.8	1.4	18.7	20.8	610
19×2.5	0.8	1.5	22.1	24.7	895