BS5308 Part1 Instrumentation Cable Polyethylene Insulated

VDE Ref Code

NF M 87 202 EIFA

PVC Sheath Version RE-2Y(St)Y (Overall Screen)
RE-2Y(St)Y PiMF(Individual Screen+Overall Screen)
RE-2Y(St)Y-SWA(Overall Screen+Steel Wire Armour)
RE-2Y(St)Y PiMF-SWA(Individual Screen+Overall Screen+Steel Wire Armour)
LSOH Sheath Version: RE-2Y(St)H (Overall Screen)
RE-2Y(St)HPiMF(Individual Screen+Overall Screen)
RE-2Y(St)-SWA(Overall Screen+Steel Wire Armour)
RE-2Y(St)HPiMF-SWA(Individual Screen+Overall Screen+ Steel Wire Armour

Construction

Construction: Annealed solid copper(Class 1),stranded(Class2), or fiexible(Class 5) to BS5360 .
Binder tape: A 23 micron p.e.t.p.tape applied with a minimum 50% overlap.
Insulation: Polyethylene to BS 6234 Type 03.
Collective screen: Aluminium/p.e.t.p.laminated tape applied with the metallic side down in electrical contact with a 0.5mm 2 tinned copper drain wire over the p.e.t.p.binder tape.
Pair identification: a)Collectively screened cables:Colour coded in accordance with Colour Code Chart 1 on page3
b)Individually screened pairs:One blue core and one black core in each pair.Pairs identified by numbered screen isolation tape.
Outer protection: Type 1 Extruded flame retardant PVC sheath.
Type 2 Extruded polyethylene bedding,alvanised steel wire armour,extruded flame retardant PVC sheath.
Pair screens: Aluminium/p.e.t.p.Laminated tape applied with the metallic side down in electrical contact with a 0.5 mm 2 tinned copper drain wire.
A 23 micron isolation tape is applied over the screening tape with a minimum 50% overlap.
Minimum bending radius: Type 1: 8 x diameter.
Type 2: 12xdiameter.
Voltage rating: 300 volt core to earth and 500 volt core to core at maximum temperature of 65℃
Temperature rating: During Operation:-40℃+70℃
During Operation:-0℃+50℃

These cables are not for direct connection to the public mains supply

Electrical characteristics

Parameter

Note

Unit

Conductor size

0.5mm²

(1/0.8mm)

0.5mm²

(16/0.2mm)

0.75mm²

(24/0.2mm)

1.0mm²

(1/1.13mm)

1.5mm²

(7/0.53mm)

Conductor resistance

max.

Ω/Km

36.8

39.7

26.5

18.2

12.3

Insulation resistance

max.

GΩxKm

5

5

5

5

5

Mutual capacitance at 1 kH

-One pair and two pair(Quad)cables with collective screen and all

cables with individually screened pairs

-Cables with only collective screen except one pair and two pair(Quad)

max.

pF/m

115

115

115

115

115

75

75

75

75

75

Capacitance unbalance at 1 kHz

max.

pF/250m

250

250

250

250

250

Inductance/resistance ratio(L/R)

max.

μH/Ω

25

25

25

25

25

Test voltage

(Core:core)

-

V

1000

1000

1000

1000

1000

(Core:core)

V

1000

1000

1000

1000

1000

Rated voltage

max.

V

300/500

300/500

300/500

300/500

300/500

MULTIPAIR INSTRUMENTATION CABLES(UNARMOURED) 

TO BS 5308 PART 1-COLLECTIVELY SCREENED

Conductor

Number of Pairs

Nominal Overall Dia(mm)

Approx Weight (kg/km)

1/0.8mm

(0.5mm² )

1

5.7

40

2(Quad)

6.5

60

5

11.0

130

10

14.4

220

20

18.8

380

30

22.4

540

16/0.2mm

(0.5mm² )

1

6.4

60

2(Quad)

7.3

80

5

12.5

200

10

16.6

340

20

21.7

570

30

26.3

790

24/0.2mm

(0.75mm² )

1

6.7

75

2(Quad)

7.7

100

5

13.7

250

10

18.1

450

20

23.9

800

30

28.9

1130

1/1.13mm

(1.0mm²)

1

6.8

85

2(Quad)

7.8

115

5

13.7

290

10

17.8

500

20

23.8

950

30

28.4

1330

7/0.53mm

(1.5mm² )

1

7.7

100

2(Quad)

9.1

150

5

15.8

360

10

21.0

670

20

27.9

1230

30

33.7

1720

MULTIPAIR INSTRUMENTATION CABLES(UNARMOURED) 

TO BS 5308 PART 1 TYPE 1-INDIVIDUAL PAIR AND COLLECTIVELY SCREENED

Conductor

Number of Pairs

Nominal Overall Dia(mm)

Approx Weight (kg/km)

1/0.8mm

(0.5mm² )

2

9.7

100

5

12.9

190

10

17.7

320

20

22.9

570

30

27.3

820

16/0.2mm

(0.5mm² )

2

11.4

160

5

14.6

250

10

20.5

480

20

26.7

780

30

31.7

1100

24/0.2mm

(0.75mm² )

2

12.2

190

5

15.7

270

10

21.8

550

20

28.5

960

30

33.7

1320

1/1.13mm

(1.0mm² )

2

12.2

190

5

15.6

270

10

22.0

480

20

29.2

910

30

34.8

1320

7/0.53mm

(1.5mm² )

2

13.7

250

5

17.8

400

10

25.2

800

20

33.8

1400

30

40.0

2040

MULTIPAIR INSTRUMENTATION CABLES (ARMOURED) 

TO BS 5308 PART 1 TYPE 2-COLLECTIVELY SCREENED

Conductor

Number of Pairs

Nominal Dia

under Armour

(mm)

Nominal Overall Dia(mm)

Armour Wire

Dia(mm)

Approx Weight (kg/km)

1/0.8mm

(0.5mm² )

1

5.3

10.1

0.9

225

2(Quad)

6.1

10.9

0.9

250

5

10.6

15.6

0.9

430

10

14.0

20.1

1.25

730

20

18.4

25.4

1.6

1200

30

22.0

29.2

1.6

1500

16/0.2mm

(0.5mm²)

1

4.5

10.8

0.9

250

2(Quad)

6.9

11.7

0.9

300

5

9.9

17.3

0.9

560

10

16.2

22.3

1.25

970

20

22.3

28.5

1.6

1640

30

32.9

33.3

1.6

2110

24/0.2mm

(0.75mm² )

1

6.3

11.1

0.9

280

2(Quad)

7.3

12.3

0.9

330

5

13.3

19.2

1.25

750

10

17.7

24.7

1.6

1260

20

23.5

30.7

1.6

1890

30

28.5

36.9

1.6

2440

1/1.13mm

(1.0mm² )

1

6.4

11.2

0.9

290

2(Quad)

7.4

12.4

0.9

345

5

13.2

19.1

1.25

790

10

17.4

23.7

1.25

1310

20

23.3

30.6

1.6

2040

30

28.0

35.6

1.6

2640

7/0.53mm

(1.5mm²)

1

7.3

12.3

0.9

330

2(Quad)

13.3

13.7

0.9

420

5

21.1

21.5

1.25

940

10

27.4

27.8

1.25

1050

20

27.5

35.1

1.6

2400

30

27.8

41.9

1.6

3120

MULTIPAIR INSTRUMENTATION CABLES(ARMOURED)

TO BS 5308 PART1TYPE 2-INDIVIDUAL PAIR AND COLLECTIVELY SCREENED

Conductor

Number of Pairs

Nominal Dia

under Armour

(mm)

Nominal Overall Dia(mm)

Armour Wire

Dia(mm)

Approx Weight (kg/km)

1/0.8mm

(0.5mm² )

2

10.1

14.3

0.9

411

5

13.5

18.4

1.25

686

10

18.3

23.6

1.25

1037

20

23.5

29.7

1.6

1664

30

27.9

34.3

1.6

2136

16/0.2mm

(0.5mm² )

2

12.0

15.8

0.9

460

5

15.2

20.1

1.25

760

10

21.1

27.0

1.6

1300

20

27.3

33.3

1.6

1870

30

32.3

39.6

2.0

2620

24/0.2mm

(0.75mm² )

2

12.8

16.8

0.9

500

5

16.2

21.1

1.25

920

10

22.6

28.6

1.6

1610

20

29.8

37.0

2.0

2420

1/1.13mm

(1.0mm²)

2

12.8

17.0

0.9

515

5

16.2

21.3

1.25

950

10

22.6

28.8

1.6

1670

20

29.8

37.2

2.0

2540

7/0.53mm

(1.5mm² )

2

14.7

19.5

1.25

730

5

18.4

24.5

1.6

1180

10

26.5

32.3

1.6

1820

20

28.0

41.3

2.0

3030

COLOUR CODE CHART 1

(For Multipair PE insulated Collective Screened Cables to BS 5308 Part1.)

Two-pair unscreened cables are cabled in quad formation and colour coded in clockwise order of rotation,

black,blue,green,brown.

All other cables up to 50 pairs conform to the following coding:

Pair No.

‘A' Wire

‘B' Wire

Pair No.

‘A' Wire

‘B' Wire

1

Black

Blue

26

White

Yellow

2

Black

Green

27

Red

Yellow

3

Blue

Green

28

Orange

Yellow

4

Black

Brown

29

Black

Grey

5

Blue

Brown

30

Blue

Grey

6

Green

Brown

31

Green

Grey

7

Black

White

32

Brown

Grey

8

Blue

White

33

White

Grey

9

Green

White

34

Red

Grey

10

Brown

White

35

Orange

Grey

11

Black

Red

36

Yellow

Grey

12

Blue

Red

37

Black

Violet

13

Green

Red

38

Blue

Violet

14

Brown

Red

39

Green

Violet

15

White

Red

40

Brown

Violet

16

Black

Orange

41

White

Violet

17

Blue

Orange

42

Red

Violet

18

Green

Orange

43

Orange

Violet

19

Brown

Orange

44

Yellow

Violet

20

White

Orange

45

Grey

Violet

21

Red

Orange

46

Black

Turquoise

22

Black

Yellow

47

Blue

Turquoise

23

Blue

Yellow

48

Green

Turquoise

24

Green

Yellow

49

Brown

Turquoise

25

Brown

Yellow

50

White

Turquoise

ORDERING OPTIONS:

1) Conductor:Bare or Tinned Conductor

2)Conductor Size:Solid or Stranded(to IEC 228 Class 2 or 5 or 6)

Size

Class1

Class2

Class5

Class6

0.5mm ²

1/0.8mm

7/0.3mm

16/0.2mm

28/0.15mm

0.75mm ²

7/0.43mm

24/0.2mm

42/0.15mm

1.0mm ²

1/1.13mm

7/0.44mm

32/0.2mm

56/0.15mm

1.5mm ²

7/0.53mm

30/0.25mm

84/0.15mm

2.5mm ²

7/0.67mm

50/0.25mm

140/0.15mm

3)Insulation:PE/XLPE/LSF/LSOH

4)Screening:Aluminium Tape/Copper Braiding

5)Cabling:Multicore/Multipair/Multitriple

6)Bedding&Sheathing Material:PE/PVC/LSF/LSOH

7)Armouring:Steel Tape Armouring/Steel Wire Armouring

8)Fire Performance:

IEC 332-1(For Flame Retardant PVC sheath)

IEC 332-3C(For Flame Retardant PVC or LSOH sheath)

IEC 1034 Part 1&2 (For LSOH sheath)

IEC 754 Part 1&2 (5%-15% for LSF sheath & 0.5% for LSOH sheath)

Oxygen Index(32%-40% depending on different LSOH compound )

Temperature Index(250 ℃ to 300 ℃,depending on different LSOH compound)

2.BS5308 Part 2

BS5308 Part2 Instrumentation Cable PVC Insulated

VDE Ref Code

PVC Sheath Version

RE-Y(St)Y (Overall Screen)
RE-Y(St)Y PiMF(Individual Screen+Overall Screen)
RE-Y(St)Y-SWA(Overall Screen+Steel Wire Armour)
RE-Y(St)Y PiMF-SWA(Individual Screen+Overall Screen+Steel Wire Armour)

LSOH Sheath Version:

RE-H (St)H(Overall Screen)
RE-H(St)HPiMF(Individual Screen+Overall Screen)
RE-H(St)-H-SWA(Overall Screen+Steel Wire Armour)
RE-H(St)HPiMF-SWA(Individual Screen+Overall Screen+ Steel Wire Armour

Construction

Conductor

Annealed solid copper(Class 1),stranded(Class2), or fiexible(Class 5) to BS5360.

Core/Pair identification

Multicore cables:Up to 40 cores-yellow cores with black numbers 41-80 cores-black cores with black numbers
Multipair cables:Colour coded in accordance with Colour Code Chart 2 on page 6

Pair screens

Aluminium/p.e.t.p.Laminated tape applied with the metallic side down in electrical contact with a 0.5 mm 2 tinned copper drain wire.
A 23 micron isolation tape is applied over the screening tape with a minimum 50% overlap.

Voltage rating

300 volt core to earth and 500 volt core to core at maximum temperature of 65 ℃

Binder tape

A 23 micron p.e.t.p.tape applied with the metallic side down in electrica contact with a 0.5 0.5mm 2 tinned copper drain wire over the p.e.t.p.binder tape.

Collective screen

Aluminium/p.e.t.p.laminated tape applied with the metallic side down in electrical contact with a 0.5mm 2 tinned copper drain wire over the p.e.t.p.binder tape.

Outer protection

Type 1 Extruded flame retardant PVC sheath.
Type 2 Extruded PVC Type TM1 ,galvanised steel wire armour,extruded flame retardant PVC sheath.

Minimum bending radius

Type 1 8 x diameter.
Type 2 12xdiameter.

Temperature rating

During Operation:-40 ℃+70℃
During Installation:-0 ℃+50℃

These cables are not for direct connection to the public mains supply

Electrical characteristics

Parameter

Note

Unit

Conductor size

0.5mmsq

(16/0.2mm)

0.75mmsq

(24/0.2mm)

1.5mmsq

(7/0.53mm)

Conductor resistance

Multicore

max.

Ω/Km

39

26

12.1

Multipair

39.7

26.5

12.3

Insulation resistance

max.

GΩxKm

25

25

25

Mutual capacitance at 1 kH

Mutual capacitance of the pairs or adjacent cores

max.

pF/m

250

250

250

Capacitance between any core or screen

max.

pF/250m

450

450

450

Inductance/resistance ratio(L/R)

max.

μH/Ω

25

25

40

Test voltage

(Core:core)

-

V

1000

1000

1000

(Core:core)

V

1000

1000

1000

Rated voltage

max.

V

300/500

300/500

300/500

MULTICORE INSTRUMENTATION CABLES (UNARMOURED) 

TO BS 5308 PART 2-COLLECTIVELY SCREENED

Part No.

Conductor

Number of Pairs

Nominal Overall Dia(mm)

Approx Weight (kg/km)

BS5308-PVC-MC-CS-16*0.2mm

16/0.2mm

(0.5mm² )

2

6.4

60

3

6.7

72

4

7.3

80

6

8.7

110

10

11.3

176

20

14.3

310

40

19.5

568

BS5308-PVC-MC-CS-24*0.2mm

24/0.2mm

(0.5mm² )

2

6.7

75

3

7.1

90

4

7.7

100

6

9.3

138

10

12.1

220

20

15.4

388

40

21.1

710

BS5308-PVC-MC-CS-7*0.53mm

7/0.53mm

(1.0mm² )

2

7.7

103

3

8.3

135

4

9.1

150

6

11.1

205

10

14.1

330

20

18.1

580

40

24.0

1065

MULTIPAIR INSTRUMENTATION CABLES (UNARMOURED) TO BS 5308 

PART 2 TYPE 1- COLLECTIVELY SCREENED

Conductor

Number of Pairs

Nominal Overall Dia(mm)

Approx Weight (kg/km)

16/0.2mm

(0.5mm² )

1

6.4

60

2(Quad)

7.3

80

5

12.5

200

10

16.6

340

20

21.7

570

30

26.3

790

24/0.2mm

(0.75mm² )

1

6.7

75

2(Quad)

7.7

100

5

13.7

250

10

18.1

450

20

23.9

800

30

28.9

1130

7/0.53mm

(1.5mm² )

1

7.7

100

2(Quad)

9.1

150

5

15.8

360

10

21.0

670

20

27.9

1230

30

33.7

1720

MULTICORE INSTRUMENTATION CABLES(ARMOURED) 

TO BS 5308 PART 2 TYPE 2-COLLECTIVELY SCREENED

Conductor

Number of Pairs

Nominal Dia

under Armour

(mm)

Nominal

Overall Dia

(mm)

Armour Wire

Dia(mm)

Approx Weight (kg/km)

16/0.2mm

(0.5mm²)

2

6.0

10.8

0.9

255

3

6.3

11.1

0.9

280

4

6.9

11.7

0.9

305

6

8.3

13.3

0.9

360

10

10.9

16.1

0.9

510

20

13.9

20.0

1.25

860

40

19.1

26.1

1.6

1440

24/0.2mm

(0.75mm²)

2

6.3

11.1

0.9

280

3

6.7

11.5

0.9

305

4

7.3

12.3

0.9

335

6

8.9

13.9

0.9

400

10

11.7

16.9

0.9

565

20

15.0

21.1

1.25

950

40

20.7

27.9

1.6

1590

7/0.53mm

(1.5mm²)

2

7.3

12.3

0.9

330

3

7.9

12.9

0.9

380

4

8.7

13.7

0.9

420

6

10.7

15.7

0.9

540

10

13.7

19.8

0.9

750

20

17.7

24.7

1.25

1260

40

23.6

31.0

1.6

2140

MULTIPAIR INSTRUMENTATION CABLES(ARMOURED)TO 

BS 5308 PART2TYPE 2- COLLECTIVELY SCREENED

Conductor

Number of Pairs

Nominal Dia

under Armour

(mm)

Nominal

Overall Dia

(mm)

Armour Wire

Dia(mm)

Approx Weight (kg/km)

16/0.2mm

(0.5mm²)

1

6.0

6.0

10.8

255

2(Quad)

7.85

7.85

11.7

305

5

12.1

12.1

17.3

610

10

16.2

16.2

22.3

1060

20

22.6

22.6

28.5

1800

30

26.4

26.4

33.3

2320

24/0.2mm

(0.75mm²)

1

6.5

6.5

11.1

305

2(Quad)

7.4

7.4

12.3

360

5

17.3

17.3

19.2

820

10

17.7

17.7

24.7

1380

20

23.0

23.0

30.7

2080

30

29.7

29.7

36.9

2660

7/0.53mm

(1.5mm²)

1

7.5

12.3

0.9

360

2(Quad)

8.7

13.7

0.9

460

5

16.7

21.5

1.25

1040

10

21.1

27.8

1.6

1160

20

28.0

35.1

2.0

2630

ORDERING OPTIONS:

1) Conductor:Bare or Tinned Conductor

2)Conductor Size:Solid or Stranded(to IEC 228 Class 2 or 5 or 6)

Size

Class1

Class2

Class5

Class6

0.5mm²

1/0.8mm

7/0.3mm

16/0.2mm

28/0.15mm

0.75mm²

7/0.43mm

24/0.2mm

42/0.15mm

1.0mm²

1/1.13mm

7/0.44mm

32/0.2mm

56/0.15mm

1.5mm²

7/0.53mm

30/0.25mm

84/0.15mm

2.5mm²

7/0.67mm

50/0.25mm

140/0.15mm

3)Insulation:PE/XLPE/LSF/LSOH

4)Screening:Aluminium Tape/Copper Braiding

5)Cabling:Multicore/Multipair/Multitriple

6)Bedding&Sheathing Material:PVC/LSF/LSOH

7)Armouring:Steel Tape Armouring/Steel Wire Armouring

8)Fire Performance:

IEC 332-1(For Flame Retardant PVC sheath)

IEC 332-3C(For Flame Retardant PVC or LSOH sheath)

IEC 1034 Part 1&2 (For LSOH sheath)

IEC 754 Part 1&2 (5%-15% for LSF sheath & 0.5% for LSOH sheath)

Oxygen Index(32%-40% depending on different LSOH compound )

Temperature Index(250 ℃ to 300 ℃,depending on different LSOH compound)