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TECHNICAL PARTICULARS
L.V. POWER CABLES AS PER IEC 60502-1

Construction as per Kahramaa Specifications

Srl Description Unit
1.01 Size 1 x 300 1 x 400 1 x 630 1 x 800
1.02 Voltage grade Volts 600/1000 600/1000 600/1000 600/1000
1.03 Ref. standard IEC 60502-1 IEC 60502-1 IEC 60502-1 IEC 60502-1
1.04 No. of cores 1 1 1 1
1.05 Max operating temp. ºC 90 90 90 90
1.06 Max short circuit temp. ºC 250 250 250 250

2.00 CONDUCTOR
Annealed Plain Annealed Plain Annealed Plain Annealed Plain
2.01 Material
copper copper copper copper
2.02 Nominal area mm² 300 400 630 800
2.03 Number of wires (approx.) 61 61 61 61
2.04 Shape Circular Circular Circular Circular
2.05 Compaction Yes Yes Yes Yes

3.00 INSULATION
3.01 Material XLPE XLPE XLPE XLPE
3.02 Thickness- Nominal mm 1.8 2.0 2.4 2.6
3.03 Thickness- Min at any point mm 1.52 1.70 2.06 2.24
3.04 Core colours Black Black Black Black

4.00 INNER COVERING (Bedding)

4.01 Material PVC PVC PVC PVC
4.02 Thickness- Approximate mm 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8
4.03 Thickness- Min at any point mm 1.24 1.24 1.24 1.24
4.04 Colour of inner covering (bedding) Black Black Black Black

A layer of water blocking tape shall be provided

4.05 Yes Yes Yes Yes
below the armour (i.e. over inner sheath)

5.00 ARMOURING
5.01 Type Round wire Round wire Round wire Round wire
5.02 Material Copper Copper Copper Copper
5.03 Diameter of wire - Nominal mm 1.6 2.0 2.0 2.5
5.04 Approx. total no. of Copper wires 46 42 52 47
5.05 No. of Tinned copper wires -- -- -- --
Min. conductivity of tinned copper wires alone
5.06 -- -- -- --
in the armour
A layer of water blocking tape shall be provided
5.07 Yes Yes Yes Yes
over the armour

6.00 OUTERSHEATH
6.01 Material PVC-ST2 PVC-ST2 PVC-ST2 PVC-ST2
6.02 Thickness- Nom mm 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.5
6.03 Thickness- Min at any point mm 1.32 1.48 1.64 1.80
6.04 Overall dia - Approx mm 33.0 38.0 46.0 52.5
6.05 Colour of outer sheath Black Black Black Black
7.00 PACKAGING (approx)
7.01 Drum length (± 5%) mtr 500 500 500 300

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Srl Description Unit

1.01 Size 1 x 300 1 x 400 1 x 630 1 x 800
Wooden / steel
Wooden / steel Wooden / steel Wooden / steel
drum with
7.02 Packing material drum with plastic drum with plastic drum with plastic
plastic flute
flute lagging flute lagging flute lagging
lagging

8.00 WEIGHTS (approx)

8.01 Finished cable/km kgs 4010 5290 8060 10600
8.02 Net weight kgs 2005 2645 4030 3180
8.03 Gross weight of drum kgs 2300 2940 4295 3408
290 290 260 225
9.00 ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS
9.01 Conductor D.C. resistance at 20°C /km 0.0601 0.047 0.0283 0.0221
9.02 A.C. resistance at 90 °C - Approx. /km 0.080 0.064 0.042 0.035
9.03 Reactance at 50 Hz - Approx /km 0.091 0.090 0.087 0.087
9.04 Impedance at 50 Hz - Approx /km 0.121 0.110 0.097 0.094
9.05 Current Ratings
(a) Amb. Air temperature - 50°C
(b) Ground temperature - 35 °C
© Depth of Laying - 0.50 m
(d) Thermal resistivity of soil - 1.2 K.m/W
(e) Multicore cables laid singal
(f) 1 Core cables in trefoil touching.
(1) In Ground A 536 594 723 764
(2) In Duct A 459 488 571 595
(3) In Air A 581 664 846 919
9.06 Short circuit rating of conductor for 1 sec. kA 42.90 57.20 90.09 114.40

10.00 Misc
10.01 Minimum Bending radius mm 8 x OD 8 x OD 8 x OD 8 x OD
Maximum pulling tension (when pulled by
10.02 kg 1500 2000 3150 4000
pulling eye)
* Item codes are indicative only and may change based on internal procedure
Note:
1) Embossing on outer sheath of cable shall be as per example given below
for 1 x 300 mm2 LV cable:
"KAHRAMAA 600/1000 V LV XLPE 1 X 300 IEC 60502-1
OMAN CABLES MADE IN OMAN YEAR”

Apart from the above sequential length marking shall also be provided on
outer sheath of cable at every one meter by printing/Indenting/embossing.