This power cable is specifically designed for places with high safety requirements and is widely used in key facilities such as power stations, urban subway systems, airport terminals, petrochemical plants, star - rated hotels, Class - III Grade - A hospitals, and high - rise buildings . The product strictly adheres to the British BS EN 50525 - 2 - 31 standard (formerly BS 6004:2000). It has passed the EN 60332 - 1 - 2 single - vertical flame test and features excellent flame - retardant performance, effectively enhancing the safety of the places where it is used.
Basic design to BS EN 50525-2-31(formerly BS 6004:2000)
| Flame Retardance (Single Vertical Wire Test) | EN 60332-1-2 |
450/750V
| Conductor | H05V-U | Class 1 solid copper conductor to BS EN 60228. |
| H05V-R | Class 2 stranded copper conductor to BS EN 60228. | |
| H05V-K | Class 5 stranded copper conductor to BS EN 60228. | |
| Insulation | PVC Type TI 1 according to BS EN 50363-3 | |
Black, Blue, Brown, Grey, Orange, Pink, Red, Turquoise, Violet, White, Green and Yellow.
| Maximum temperature range during operation (PVC) | 70°C | |
| Maximum short circuit temperature (5 Seconds) | 160°C | |
| Minimum bending radius | Up to 8mm² | 4 x overall diameter |
| 8mm² to 12mm² | 5 x overall diameter | |
| Above 12mm² | 6 x overall diameter | |
| Conductor | FLP450-V-U/R/K | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Cores x Cross Section | Class of Conductor | Nominal Insulation Thickness | Maximum Overall Diameter | Approx. Weight |
| No.xmm² | mm | mm | kg/km | |
| 1x1.5 | 1 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 21 |
| 1x2.5 | 1 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 33 |
| 1x4.0 | 1 | 0.8 | 4.4 | 49 |
| 1x6.0 | 1 | 0.8 | 5.0 | 69 |
| 1x10 | 1 | 1.0 | 6.4 | 115 |
| 1x1.5 | 2 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 23 |
| 1x2.5 | 2 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 35 |
| 1x4.0 | 2 | 0.8 | 4.6 | 51 |
| 1x6.0 | 2 | 0.8 | 5.2 | 71 |
| 1x10 | 2 | 1.0 | 6.7 | 120 |
| 1x16 | 2 | 1.0 | 7.8 | 170 |
| 1x25 | 2 | 1.2 | 9.7 | 260 |
| 1x35 | 2 | 1.2 | 10.9 | 350 |
| 1x50 | 2 | 1.4 | 12.8 | 480 |
| 1x70 | 2 | 1.4 | 14.6 | 680 |
| 1x95 | 2 | 1.6 | 17.1 | 930 |
| 1x120 | 2 | 1.6 | 18.8 | 1160 |
| 1x150 | 2 | 1.8 | 20.9 | 1430 |
| 1x185 | 2 | 2.0 | 23.3 | 1780 |
| 1x240 | 2 | 2.2 | 26.6 | 2360 |
| 1x300 | 2 | 2.4 | 29.6 | 2940 |
| 1x400 | 2 | 2.6 | 33.2 | 3740 |
| 1x500 | 2 | 2.8 | 36.9 | 4950 |
| 1x630 | 2 | 2.8 | 41.1 | 6300 |
| 1x800 | 2 | 2.8 | 45.7 | 8610 |
| 1x1000 | 2 | 3.0 | 51.0 | 10820 |
| 1x1.5 | 5 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 20 |
| 1x2.5 | 5 | 0.8 | 4.1 | 31 |
| 1x4.0 | 5 | 0.8 | 4.8 | 48 |
| 1x6.0 | 5 | 0.8 | 5.3 | 69 |
| 1x10 | 5 | 1.0 | 6.8 | 121 |
| 1x16 | 5 | 1.0 | 8.1 | 211 |
| 1x25 | 5 | 1.2 | 10.2 | 303 |
| 1x35 | 5 | 1.2 | 11.7 | 417 |
| 1x50 | 5 | 1.4 | 13.9 | 539 |
| 1x70 | 5 | 1.4 | 16.0 | 730 |
| 1x95 | 5 | 1.6 | 18.2 | 900 |
| 1x120 | 5 | 1.6 | 20.2 | 1135 |
| 1x150 | 5 | 1.8 | 22.5 | 1410 |
| 1x185 | 5 | 2.0 | 24.9 | 1845 |
| 1x240 | 5 | 2.2 | 28.4 | 2270 |
| Conductor Operating Temperature | 70°C |
| Ambient Temperature | 30°C |
| Conductor cross- sectional area | Reference Method A (enclosed in conduit in thermally insulating wall etc) | Reference Method B (enclosed in conduit on a wall or in trunking etc) | Reference Method C (clipped direct) | Reference Method F (in free air or on a perforated cable tray horizontal or vertical etc) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Touching | Spaced by one cable diameter | ||||||||||
| 2 cables, single-phase a.c. or d.c. | 3 or 4 cables, three -phase a.c. | 2 cables, single-phase a.c. or d.c | 3 or 4 cables, three-phase a.c. | 2 cables, single-phase a.c. or d.c. flat and touching | 3 or 4 cables, three-phase a.c. flat and touching or trefoil | 2 cables, single-phase a.c. or d.c. flat | 3 cables, three-phase a.c. flat | 3 cables, three-phase a.c. trefoil | 2 cables, single-phase a.c. or d.c. or 3 cables three- phase a.c. flat | ||
| Horizontal | Vertical | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| mm² | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A |
| 1.5 | 14.5 | 13.5 | 17.5 | 15.5 | 20 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2.5 | 20 | 18 | 24 | 21 | 27 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4.0 | 26 | 24 | 32 | 28 | 37 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6.0 | 34 | 31 | 41 | 36 | 47 | 43 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | 46 | 42 | 57 | 50 | 65 | 59 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 | 61 | 56 | 76 | 68 | 87 | 79 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 | 80 | 73 | 101 | 89 | 114 | 104 | 131 | 114 | 110 | 146 | 130 |
| 35 | 99 | 89 | 125 | 110 | 141 | 129 | 162 | 143 | 137 | 181 | 162 |
| 50 | 119 | 108 | 151 | 134 | 182 | 167 | 196 | 174 | 167 | 219 | 197 |
| 70 | 151 | 136 | 192 | 171 | 234 | 214 | 251 | 225 | 216 | 281 | 254 |
| 95 | 182 | 164 | 232 | 207 | 284 | 261 | 304 | 275 | 264 | 341 | 311 |
| 120 | 210 | 188 | 269 | 239 | 330 | 303 | 352 | 321 | 308 | 396 | 362 |
| 150 | 240 | 216 | 300 | 262 | 381 | 349 | 406 | 372 | 356 | 456 | 419 |
| 185 | 273 | 245 | 341 | 296 | 436 | 400 | 463 | 427 | 409 | 521 | 480 |
| 240 | 321 | 286 | 400 | 346 | 515 | 472 | 546 | 507 | 485 | 615 | 569 |
| 300 | 367 | 328 | 458 | 394 | 594 | 545 | 629 | 587 | 561 | 709 | 659 |
| 400 | - | - | 546 | 467 | 694 | 634 | 754 | 689 | 656 | 852 | 795 |
| 500 | - | - | 626 | 533 | 792 | 723 | 868 | 789 | 749 | 982 | 920 |
| 630 | - | - | 720 | 611 | 904 | 826 | 1005 | 905 | 855 | 1138 | 1070 |
| 800 | - | - | - | - | 1030 | 943 | 1086 | 1020 | 971 | 1265 | 1188 |
| 1000 | - | - | - | - | 1154 | 1058 | 1216 | 1149 | 1079 | 1420 | 1337 |
| Nominal Cross Section Area | 2 cables d.c. | 2 cables, single-phase a.c. | 3 or 4 cables, three-phase a.c. | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ref. Methods A and B (enclosed in conduit or trunking) | Ref. Methods C & F(clipped direct, on trays or in free air) | Ref. Methods A & B (enclosed in conduit or trunking | Ref. Methods C & F (clipped direct, on trays or in free air) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Cables touching | Cables spaced* | Cables touching, Trefoil | Cables touching, Flat | Cables spaced*, Flat | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| mm² | mV/A/m | mV/A/m | mV/A/m | mV/A/m | mV/A/m | mV/A/m | mV/A/m | mV/A/m | ||||||||||||||
| 1.5 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | ||||||||||||||
| 2.5 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| 4.0 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9,5 | 9.5 | ||||||||||||||
| 6.0 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.4 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||||||||||||||
| 16 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | ||||||||||||||
| r | x | z | r | x | z | r | x | z | r | x | z | r | x | z | r | x | z | r | x | z | ||
| 25 | 1.75 | 1.80 | 0.33 | 1.80 | 1.75 | 0.20 | 1.75 | 1.75 | 0.29 | 1.80 | 1.50 | 0.29 | 1.55 | 1.50 | 0.175 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 0.25 | 1.55 | 1.50 | 0.32 | 1.55 |
| 35 | 1.25 | 1.30 | 0.31 | 1.30 | 1.25 | 0.195 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 0.28 | 1.30 | 1.10 | 0.27 | 1.10 | 1.10 | 0.170 | 1.10 | 1.10 | 0.24 | 1.10 | 1.10 | 0.32 | 1.15 |
| 50 | 0.93 | 0.95 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.93 | 0.19 | 0.95 | 0.93 | 0.28 | 0.97 | 0.81 | 0.26 | 0.85 | 0.8 | 0.165 | 0.82 | 0.8 | 0.24 | 0.84 | 0.8 | 0.32 | 0.86 |
| 70 | 0.63 | 0.65 | 0.29 | 0.72 | 0.63 | 0.185 | 0.66 | 0.63 | 0.27 | 0.69 | 0.56 | 0.25 | 0.61 | 0.55 | 0.16 | 0.57 | 0.55 | 0.24 | 0.6 | 0.55 | 0.31 | 0.63 |
| 95 | 0.46 | 0.49 | 0.28 | 0.56 | 0.47 | 0.18 | 0.5 | 0.47 | 0.27 | 0.54 | 0.42 | 0.24 | 0.48 | 0.41 | 0.155 | 0.43 | 0.41 | 0.23 | 0.47 | 0.4 | 0.31 | 0.51 |
| 120 | 0.36 | 0.39 | 0.27 | 0.47 | 0.37 | 0.175 | 0.41 | 0.37 | 0.26 | 0.45 | 0.33 | 0.23 | 0.41 | 0.32 | 0.15 | 0.36 | 0.32 | 0.23 | 0.4 | 0.32 | 0.3 | 0.44 |
| 150 | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.27 | 0.41 | 0.3 | 0.175 | 0.34 | 0.29 | 0.26 | 0.39 | 0.27 | 0.23 | 0.36 | 0.26 | 0.15 | 0.3 | 0.26 | 0.23 | 0.34 | 0.26 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| 185 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.37 | 0.24 | 0.17 | 0.29 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.35 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.32 | 0.21 | 0.145 | 0.26 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.31 | 0.21 | 0.3 | 0.36 |
| 240 | 0.18 | 0.195 | 0.26 | 0.33 | 0.185 | 0.165 | 0.25 | 0.185 | 0.25 | 0.31 | 0.17 | 0.23 | 0.29 | 0.16 | 0.145 | 0.22 | 0.16 | 0.22 | 0.27 | 0.16 | 0.29 | 0.34 |
| 300 | 0.145 | 0.16 | 0.26 | 0.31 | 0.15 | 0.165 | 0.22 | 0.15 | 0.25 | 0.29 | 0.14 | 0.23 | 0.27 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.19 | 0.13 | 0.22 | 0.25 | 0.13 | 0.29 | 0.32 |
| 400 | 0.105 | 0.13 | 0.26 | 0.29 | 0.12 | 0.16 | 0.2 | 0.115 | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.12 | 0.22 | 0.25 | 0.105 | 0.14 | 0.175 | 0.105 | 0.21 | 0.24 | 0.1 | 0.29 | 0.31 |
| 500 | 0.086 | 0.11 | 0.26 | 0.28 | 0.098 | 0.155 | 0.185 | 0.093 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.1 | 0.22 | 0.25 | 0.086 | 0.135 | 0.16 | 0.086 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.081 | 0.29 | 0.3 |
| 630 | 0.068 | 0.094 | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.081 | 0.155 | 0.175 | 0.076 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.08 | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.072 | 0.135 | 0.15 | 0.072 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.066 | 0.28 | 0.29 |
| 800 | 0.053 | - | - | - | 0.068 | 0.15 | 0.165 | 0.061 | 0.24 | 0.25 | - | - | - | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.145 | 0.06 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.053 | 0.28 | 0.29 |
| 1000 | 0.042 | - | - | - | 0.059 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.05 | 0.24 | 0.24 | - | - | - | 0.052 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.052 | 0.2 | 0.21 | 0.044 | 0.28 | 0.28 |
Note: *Spacings larger than one cable diameter will result in a large voltage drop.
r = conductor resistance at operating temperature
x = reactance
z = impedance