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1. Scope

1.1 This specification covers general requirements of single and multicore cables/cords with rigid as well as flexible annealed bare/tinned copper and aluminium conductor insulated and sheathed (if any) with Thermoplastic or Crosslinked Halogen Free Flame Retardant (HFFR) material for voltages up to and including 1 100 V a.c., 50 Hz, used in power and lighting installations including cables for low temperature applications. These cables may be used on d.c. systems for rated voltages up to and including 1 500 V to earth. These cables are suitable to use for conductor temperature not exceeding 70oC for thermoplastic or 90oC for crosslinked material.

2. References

The standards listed below contain provisions which through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision and parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the standards listed below:

1885 (Part 32) : 1993 Electrotechnical vocabulary: Part 32 Electric cables ( first revision)

4905 : 2015 Random sampling and randomization procedures ( first revision)

8130 : 2013 Conductors for insulated electric cables and flexible cords

10810 Methods of test for cables

(Part 0) : 1984 General

(Part 1) : 1984 Annealing test for wires used in conductors

(Part 2) : 1984 Tensile test of aluminium wires

(Part 3) : 1984 Wrapping test for aluminium wires

(Part 4) : 1984 Persulphate test for copper

(Part 5) : 1984 Conductor resistance test

(Part 6) : 1984 Thickness of thermoplastic and elastomeric insulation and sheath

(Part 7) : 1984 Tensile strength and elongation at break of thermoplastic and elastomeric insulation and sheath

(Part 11) : 1984 Thermal ageing in air

(Part 13) : 1984 Ozone resistant test

(Part 15) : 1984 Hot deformation test

(Part 20) : 1984 Cold bend test

(Part 21) : 1984 Cold impact test

(Part 30) : 1984 Hot set test

(Part 43) : 1984 Insulation resistance

(Part 44) : 1984 Spark test

(Part 45) : 1984 High voltage test

(Part 53) : 1984 Flammability test

(Part 58) : 1998 Oxygen index test

(Part 59) : 1988 Determination of the amount of halogen acid gas evolved during combustion of polymeric materials taken from cables

(Part 61) : 1988 Flame retardant test

(Part 63) : 1993 Smoke density of electric cables under fire conditions

Part 64) : 2003 Measurement of temperature index test