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OVERALL DIAMETER AND CURRENT RATINGS (IN GROUND) OF 1.1 KV, 3 CORE, XLPE / PVC SHEATHED (ARMOURED AND UNARMOURED) CABLES
Nominal Area of Conductor mm2 25 35 50 70 95 120 150 185 240 300 400 500 Approximate Overall Diameter (mm) Unarmoured Armoured PVC 23.9 26.2 29.5 33.5 37.2 41.2 43.8 47.7 56.6 62.5 69.8 77.2 XLPE 22.5 24.9 27.4 31.8 34.9 38.7 41.6 43.8 53.2 59.2 66.8 73.4 PVC 25.8 28.1 31.4 35.2 38.9 42.7 46.1 49.6 58.3 64.2 71.6 79.4 XLPE 24.4 27.0 29.1 33.5 36.7 40.6 43.9 47.1 55.2 61.0 68.3 74.8 PVC 76 92 100 135 165 185 210 235 275 305 335 350 Current Rating Multi core XLPE 90 108 126 158 187 215 240 273 316 355 420 505

RATING FACTOR FOR VARIATION IN GROUND TEMPERATURE GROUND TEMPERATURE ( C ) 30 35 40 RATING FACTOR (XLPE) 1.00 0.94 0.91 RATING FACTOR (PVC) 0.94 0.87 1.00

45 0.87 0.79

XLPE Vs PVC COMPARATIVE PROPERTIES SUMMARY

PROPERTIES 1. 2. 3. Chemical structure Polymer structure Temperature rating Degree C XLPE Thermal, pure hydrocarbon, Non-Polar C-C or Si-O Bonds Partial Crystalline 90 130 250 Easy due to less wt, less Diam, and less bending radius 30% higher than PVC >15 550 Excellent Good Moderate 550 1017 350 2.3 0.4 -90 Good Good Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Neutral >13 240 Moderate Poor Very poor 350 1014 730 7.4 80 -15 Poor Poor Good Fair Poor Fair Good carcinogenic PVC Thermoplastic, Polar Rotosenated, C-Ci Bond Amorphous 70 90 135

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Cable installation job Current carrying capacity Tensile strength (N/mm2) Elongation (%) Ageing resistance at 100 Deg C 120 Deg C 150 Deg C Dielectric strength (KV/mm) Volume resistance (Ohm. Cm) Thermal resistivity (Deg C /cm/watt) Dielectric constant at 20 Deg C Power factor at 20 Deg C x 10 -3 Low temperature brittleness Deg C Deformation resistance at 150 Deg C Fungus resistance Moisture penetration resistance Oil resistance Solvent resistance Acid resistance Alkali resistance Health

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