PVC INSULATED,

PVC SHEATHED UNARMOURED CABLE

Conductors
Plain annealed copper or aluminium

Insulation
General purpose PVC compound

Colour of cores
Single core - red and black
2 cores - red and black
3 cores - red, yellow and blue
4 cores - red, yellow, blue and black

Formation
(i) Single core
(ii) 2, 3, or 4 cores - stranded together and the interstices may be filled with the sheathing compound or textile. A non-
hygroscopic binder tape may be applied over the laid-up cores.

Sheath
Black general purpose PVC compound

PVC INSULATED, PVC SHEATHED UNARMOURED CABLE (1-CORE)

Conductor
Thickness of Approx. overall
Nominal Thickness of sheath Approx. net weight
Shape Insulation diameter
sectio nal area

mm2 No./mm mm mm mm kg/km

BS 6004, 300/500V

1.5 r.m. 0.7 0.8 4.7 37

2.5 r.m. 0.8 0.8 5.3 51
4 r.m. 0.8 0.9 6.3 76
6 r.m. 0.8 0.9 6.8 99
10 r.m. 1.0 0.9 8.2 150
16 r.m. 1.0 1.0 9.4 220
25 c.c. 1.2 1.1 11.3 340
35 c.c. 1.2 1.1 12.6 440

BS 6346 & MS 274, 600/1000V

50 c.c. 1.4 1.4 14.9 610

70 c.c. 1.4 1.4 16.9 830
95 c.c. 1.6 1.5 19.2 1130
120 c.c. 1.6 1.5 20.8 1380
150 c.c. 1.8 1.6 23 1690
185 c.c. 2.0 1.7 25.5 2100
240 c.c. 2.2 1.8 28.8 2740
300 c.c. 2.4 1.9 31.8 3410
400 c.c. 2.6 2.0 35.4 4310
500 c.c. 2.8 2.1 39.1 5380
630 c.c. 2.8 2.2 43.3 6820
800 c.c. 2.8 2.3 47.8 8590
1000 r.m. 3.0 2.5 53.1 10760

Note : r.m. - circular stranded, c.c. - compacted circular stranded