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600/1000V XLPE Insulated, LSZH Sheathed Armoured Flame Retardant Power Cables to IEC 60502-1(2-4 Cores)

FTX400 1RZ1MZ1-R (CU/XLPE/LSZH/SWA/LSZH 600/1000V Class 2)

Applications

IEC 60502-1 standard Flame Retardant Power Cables are mainly used in power stations, mass transit underground passenger systems, airports,petrochemical plants, hotels, hospitals and high-rise buildings.

Standard

Flame Retardant cable basic design to IEC 60502-1

FIRE PERFORMANCE

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

Construction

  • IEC60502 standard Flame Retardant cable
  • IEC60502 standard Flame Retardant cable
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.
Insulation Thermosetting XLPE material as per IEC 60502-1.
Inner Covering: Thermoplastic halogen free compound ST8 as per IEC 60502-1.
Armouring: Steel wire armour.
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. 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: 6 × Overall Diameter shaped copper conductors: 8 × Overall Diameter

CONSTRUCTION PARAMETERS

Conductor FTX400 1RZ1MZ1-R
No. of Cores × Cross-sectional Area Conductor Class Nominal Insulation Thickness Nominal Inner Covering Thickness Nominal Armour Wire Diameter Nominal Sheath Thickness Approx. Overall Diameter Approx. Weight
mm2 　 mm mm mm mm mm kg/km
2 Cores
2×1.5 2 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.8 13.2 325
2×2.5 2 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.8 14.0 372
2×4 2 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.8 15.1 438
2×6 2 0.7 1.0 1.25 1.8 17.1 645
2×10 2 0.7 1.0 1.25 1.8 19.0 806
2×16 2 0.7 1.0 1.25 1.8 21.1 1015
2×25 2 0.9 1.0 1.6 1.8 25.2 1517
2×35 2 0.9 1.0 1.6 1.8 27.5 1830
2×50 2 1.0 1.0 1.6 1.9 30.8 2259
2×70 2 1.1 1.0 2.0 2.0 35.8 3182
2×95 2 1.1 1.2 2.0 2.1 40.2 4022
2×120 2 1.2 1.2 2.0 2.3 44.2 4810
2×150 2 1.4 1.2 2.5 2.4 49.3 6120
2×185 2 1.6 1.4 2.5 2.6 54.7 7375
2×240 2 1.7 1.4 2.5 2.7 60.5 9037
2×300 2 1.8 1.6 2.5 2.9 66.6 10871
2×400 2 2.0 1.6 2.5 3.1 73.7 13256
3 Cores
3×1.5 2 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.8 13.6 368
3×2.5 2 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.8 14.5 427
3×4 2 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.8 15.7 514
3×6 2 0.7 1.0 1.25 1.8 17.8 752
3×10 2 0.7 1.0 1.25 1.8 19.8 965
3×16 2 0.7 1.0 1.25 1.8 22.1 1244
3×25 2 0.9 1.0 1.6 1.8 26.5 1872
3×35 2 0.9 1.0 1.6 1.8 29.0 2298
3×50 2 1.0 1.0 1.6 1.9 32.5 2876
3×70 2 1.1 1.0 2.0 2.1 38.0 4081
3×95 2 1.1 1.2 2.0 2.2 42.7 5227
3×120 2 1.2 1.2 2.0 2.3 46.8 6283
3×150 2 1.4 1.4 2.5 2.5 52.8 8045
3×185 2 1.6 1.4 2.5 2.7 58.1 9678
3×240 2 1.7 1.4 2.5 2.8 64.3 11998
3×300 2 1.8 1.6 2.5 3.0 70.8 14540
3×400 2 2 1.6 3.15 3.3 80.0 18919
3 Cores + 1 Core Earth Conductor
　 　 3 Cores 1 Core 　 　 　 　 　
3×16/10 2 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.6 1.8 22.7 1363
3×25/16 2 0.9 0.7 1.0 1.6 1.8 26.5 2054
3×35/16 2 0.9 0.7 1.0 1.6 1.9 29 2480
3×50/25 2 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.6 2.1 33 3167
3×70/35 2 1.1 0.9 1.2 2 2.2 38 4476
3×95/50 2 1.1 1.0 1.2 2 2.3 42.4 5757
3×120/70 2 1.2 1.1 1.2 2 2.5 48.0 7047
3×150/70 2 1.4 1.1 1.4 2.5 2.7 52 8812
3×185/95 2 1.6 1.1 1.4 2.5 2.8 57.2 10723
3×240/120 2 1.7 1.2 1.6 2.5 3.1 64 13326
3×300/150 2 1.8 1.4 1.6 2.5 3.2 69.8 16169
3×400/185 2 2.0 1.6 1.6 3.15 3.6 78.6 20955
4 Cores 　
4×1.5 2 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.8 14.4 414
4×2.5 2 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.8 15.4 487
4×4 2 0.7 1.0 1.25 1.8 17.6 728
4×6 2 0.7 1.0 1.25 1.8 19.0 870
4×10 2 0.7 1.0 1.25 1.8 21.3 1136
4×16 2 0.7 1.0 1.6 1.8 24.5 1642
4×25 2 0.9 1.0 1.6 1.8 28.6 2254
4×35 2 0.9 1.0 1.6 1.9 31.6 2814
4×50 2 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.1 36.5 3837
4×70 2 1.1 1.2 2.0 2.2 41.9 5096
4×95 2 1.1 1.2 2.0 2.3 46.7 6499
4×120 2 1.2 1.4 2.5 2.5 52.9 8446
4×150 2 1.4 1.4 2.5 2.7 58.0 10039
4×185 2 1.6 1.4 2.5 2.8 63.7 12099
4×240 2 1.7 1.6 2.5 3.1 71.5 15261
4×300 2 1.8 1.6 2.5 3.2 78.0 18400
4×400 2 2.0 1.8 3.15 3.6 88.7 24037
5 cores
5x1.5 2 0.7 1 0.8 1.8 16 481
5×2.5 2 0.7 1 0.8 1.8 17.1 571
5×4 2 0.7 1 0.8 1.8 18.8 702
5×6 2 0.7 1 1.25 1.8 21 1020
5×10 2 0.7 1 1.25 1.8 23.6 1345
5×16 2 0.7 1 1.6 1.8 27.2 1944
5×25 2 0.9 1 1.6 1.9 32.1 2810
5×35 2 0.9 1 1.6 2 35.8 3398

Electrical Properties

Conductor Operating Temperature 90°C
Ambient Temperature 30°C
Ground ambient temperature: 20°C

Current-Carrying Capacities (Amp) according to BS 7671:2008 table 4E4A

Conductor crosssectional area Ref. Method C (clipped direct) Ref. Method E (in free air or on a perforated cable tray etc. horizontal or vertical) Ref. Method D (direct in in groud or in ducting in groud. in or around buildings)
1 two-core cable, single-phase a.c. or d.c. 1 three- or fourcore cable, three-phase a.c. 1 two-core cable, singlephase a.c. or d.c. 1 three- or fourcore cable, three-phase a.c. 1 two-core cable, single-phase a.c. or d.c. 1 three- or fourcore cable, threephase a.c.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
mm2 A A A A A A
1.5 27 23 29 25 25 21
2.5 36 31 39 33 33 28
4 49 42 52 44 43 36
6 62 53 66 56 53 44
10 85 73 90 78 71 58
16 110 94 115 99 91 75
25 146 124 152 131 116 96
35 180 154 188 162 139 115
50 219 187 228 197 164 135
70 279 238 291 251 203 167
95 338 289 354 304 239 197
120 392 335 410 353 271 223
150 451 386 472 406 306 251
185 515 441 539 463 343 281
240 607 520 636 546 395 324
300 698 599 732 628 446 365

Voltage Drop (Per Amp Per Meter) according to BS 7671:2008 table 4E4B

Conductor cross- sectional area Two-core cables, 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 0.38 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
Note: r = conductor resistance at operating temperature
x = reactance
z = impedance