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BS5308 Cable Part 2 Type 1 PVC-OS-PVC

 

Applications :

  • The 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 Aluminium/polyester tape is applied over the laid up pairs metallic side down in
    screen 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 adjacent cores(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:
  • No.of Pairs 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:
  • No.of Pairs 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