600/1000V Mica+XLPE Insulated, LSZH Sheathed, Armoured Power Cables to IEC 60502-1 (2-5 Cores)

FFX400 1mRZ1MZ1-R (CU/MGT+XLPE/LSZH/SWA/LSZH 600/1000V Class 2)

FFX400 1mRZ1MZ1-R (CU/MGT+XLPE/LSZH/SWA/LSZH 600/1000V Class 2)

Application

The cables are mainly used in power stations, mass transit underground passenger systems, airports, petrochemical plants, hotels, hospitals and high-rise buildings.

Standards

Basic design adapted from IEC 60502-1

Fire Performance

Circuit Integrity IEC 60331-21; EN 6387; BS 8491
Flame Retardance (Single vertical wire or cable test) IEC 60332-1-2; EN 60332-1-2
Reduced fire Propagation (Vertically-mounted bundled wires & cables test) IEC 60332-3-24; EN 60332-3-24
Halogen Free IEC 60754-1; EN 50267-2-1
No Corrosive Gas emission IEC 60754-2; EN 50267-2-2
Minimum smoke emission IEC 61034-2; EN 61034-2

Voltage Rating

600/1000V

Cable Construction

Conductor: The conductors shall be class 2 plain or metal-coated annealed copper in accordance with IEC 60228. Class 1 and class 5 conductor can be offered as option.
Fire Barrier : Mica glass tape.
Insulation: Thermosetting XLPE material as per IEC 60502-1.
Inner Covering : Thermoplastic halogen free compound ST8 as per IEC 60502-1.
Armouring : Steel wire armour.
Outer Sheath : Thermoplastic halogen free compound ST8 as per IEC 60502-1.
Outer Sheath Option : UV resistance, hydrocarbon resistance, oil resistance, anti-rodent and anti-termite properties can be offered as option.

Colour Code

Insulation Colour
2 - Core : Brown & Blue
3 - Core : Brown, Black & Grey
4 - Core : Brown, Black, Grey & Blue
5 - Core : Green-and-yellow, blue, brown, black, grey. Sheath Colour
Orange; other colours can be offered upon request.

Physical And Thermal Properties

Maximum temperature range during operation : 90°C
Maximum short circuit temperature (5 Seconds) : 250°C
Minimum bending radius :
circular copper conductors : 6 × Overall Diameter
shaped copper conductors : 8 × Overall Diameter

Construction Parameters

Conductor FFX400 1mRZ1MZ1-R
No. of Cores × Cross-sectional Area Conductor Class Nominal Insulation Thickness Nominal Inner Covering Thickness Nominal Armour Wire Diameter Nominal Sheath Thickness Approx. Overall Diameter Approx. Weight
No.×mm²   mm mm mm mm mm kg/km
2 cores
2×1.5 2 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.8 15.2 393
2×2.5 2 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.8 16 440
2×4 2 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.8 17.1 507
2×6 2 0.7 1.0 1.25 1.8 19.1 732
2×10 2 0.7 1.0 1.25 1.8 21.0 894
2×16 2 0.7 1.0 1.25 1.8 23.1 1103
2×25 2 0.9 1.0 1.6 1.8 27.2 1622
2×35 2 0.9 1.0 1.6 1.8 29.5 1936
2×50 2 1.0 1.0 1.6 1.9 32.8 2368
2×70 2 1.1 1.0 2.0 2.0 37.8 3311
2×95 2 1.1 1.2 2.0 2.1 42.2 4157
2×120 2 1.2 1.2 2.0 2.3 46.2 4950
2×150 2 1.4 1.2 2.5 2.4 51.3 6286
2×185 2 1.6 1.4 2.5 2.6 56.7 7551
2×240 2 1.7 1.4 2.5 2.7 62.5 9218
2×300 2 1.8 1.6 2.5 2.9 68.6 11064
2×400 2 2.0 1.6 2.5 3.1 75.7 13459
3 cores
3×1.5 2 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.8 15.8 436
3×2.5 2 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.8 16.7 495
3×4 2 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.8 17.9 581
3×6 2 0.7 1.0 1.25 1.8 20.0 838
3×10 2 0.7 1.0 1.25 1.8 22.0 1050
3×16 2 0.7 1.0 1.25 1.8 24.3 1328
3×25 2 0.9 1.0 1.6 1.8 28.7 1973
3×35 2 0.9 1.0 1.6 1.8 31.2 2398
3×50 2 1.0 1.0 1.6 1.9 34.7 2976
3×70 2 1.1 1.0 2.0 2.1 40.2 4200
3×95 2 1.1 1.2 2.0 2.2 44.9 5346
3×120 2 1.2 1.2 2.0 2.3 49.0 6402
3×150 2 1.4 1.4 2.5 2.5 55.0 8187
3×185 2 1.6 1.4 2.5 2.7 60.3 9822
3×240 2 1.7 1.4 2.5 2.8 66.5 12141
3×300 2 1.8 1.6 2.5 3.0 73.0 14682
3×400 2 2.0 1.6 3.15 3.3 82.2 19088
3 cores + 1 core earth conductor
    3 cores 1 core          
3×16/10 2 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.6 1.8 25.6 1442
3×25/16 2 0.9 0.7 1.0 1.6 1.8 29.5 2148
3×35/16 2 0.9 0.7 1.0 1.6 1.9 32.3 2573
3×50/25 2 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.6 2.1 36.1 3254
3×70/35 2 1.1 0.9 1.2 2 2.2 42.0 4578
3×95/50 2 1.1 1.0 1.2 2 2.3 46.6 5857
3×120/70 2 1.2 1.1 1.2 2 2.5 51.0 7135
3×150/70 2 1.4 1.1 1.4 2.5 2.7 57.2 8920
3×185/95 2 1.6 1.1 1.4 2.5 2.8 62.5 10826
3×240/120 2 1.7 1.2 1.6 2.5 3.1 69.9 13407
3×300/150 2 1.8 1.4 1.6 2.5 3.2 76..0 16243
3×400/185 2 2.0 1.6 1.6 3.15 3.6 85.7 21047
4 cores
4×1.5 2 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.8 16.8 491
4×2.5 2 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.8 17.8 565
4×4 2 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.8 19.1 702
4×6 2 0.7 1.0 1.25 1.8 21.4 968
4×10 2 0.7 1.0 1.25 1.8 23.7 1233
4×16 2 0.7 1.0 1.6 1.8 26.9 1755
4×25 2 0.9 1.0 1.6 1.8 31.0 2369
4×35 2 0.9 1.0 1.6 1.9 34.0 2928
4×50 2 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.1 38.9 3972
4×70 2 1.1 1.2 2.0 2.2 44.3 5233
4×95 2 1.1 1.2 2.0 2.3 49.1 6636
4×120 2 1.2 1.4 2.5 2.5 55.3 8608
4×150 2 1.4 1.4 2.5 2.7 60.4 10203
4×185 2 1.6 1.4 2.5 2.8 66.1 12264
4×240 2 1.7 1.6 2.5 3.1 73.9 15427
4×300 2 1.8 1.6 2.5 3.2 80.4 18565
4×400 2 2.0 1.8 3.15 3.6 91.1 24233
5 cores
5x1.5 2 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.8 17.9 578
5×2.5 2 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.8 19.0 668
5×4 2 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.8 20.5 799
5×6 2 0.7 1.0 1.25 1.8 22.9 1140
5×10 2 0.7 1.0 1.25 1.8 25.4 1465
5×16 2 0.7 1.0 1.6 1.8 29.0 2083
5×25 2 0.9 1.0 1.6 1.9 33.8 2853
5×35 2 0.9 1.0 1.6 2.0 37.1 3544

ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES

Conductor operating temperature : 90°C

Air ambient temperature : 30°C

Ground ambient temperature : 20°C

Current-Carrying Capacities (Amp) according to BS 7671:2008 table 4E4A

Conductor cross-sectional area Ref. Method C (clipped direct) Ref. Method E (in free air or on a perforated cable tray etc. horizontal or vertical) Ref. Method D (direct in in groud or in ducting in groud. in or around buildings)
1 two-core cable, single-phase a.c. or d.c. 1 three- or four-core cable, three-phase a.c. 1 two-core cable, single-phase a.c. or d.c. 1 three- or four-core cable, three-phase a.c. 1 two-core cable, single-phase a.c. or d.c. 1 three- or four-core cable, three-phase a.c.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
mm² A A A A A A
1.5 27 23 29 25 25 21
2.5 36 31 39 33 33 28
4 49 42 52 44 43 36
6 62 53 66 56 53 44
10 85 73 90 78 71 58
16 110 94 115 99 91 75
25 146 124 152 131 116 96
35 180 154 188 162 139 115
50 219 187 228 197 164 135
70 279 238 291 251 203 167
95 338 289 354 304 239 197
120 392 335 410 353 271 223
150 451 386 472 406 306 251
185 515 441 539 463 343 281
240 607 520 636 546 395 324
300 698 599 732 628 446 365
400 787 673 847 728 - -

Voltage Drop (Per Amp Per Meter) according to BS 7671:2008 table 4E4B

Conductor cross-sectional area Two-core cables, d.c. Two-core cable, single-phase a.c. Three- or four-core cable, three-phase a.c.
1 2 3 4
mm² mV/A/m mV/A/m mV/A/m
1.5 31 31 27
2.5 19 19 16
4 12 12 10
6 7.9 7.9 6.8
10 4.7 4.7 4.0
16 2.9 2.9 2.5
    r x z r x z
25 1.85 1.85 0.160 1.90 1.60 0.140 1.65
35 1.35 1.35 0.155 1.35 1.15 0.135 1.15
50 0.98 0.99 0.155 1.00 0.86 0.135 0.87
70 0.67 0.67 0.150 0.69 0.59 0.130 0.60
95 0.49 0.50 0.150 0.52 0.43 0.130 0.45
120 0.39 0.40 0.145 0.42 0.34 0.130 0.37
150 0.31 0.32 0.145 0.35 0.38 0.125 0.30
185 0.25 0.26 0.145 0.29 0.22 0.125 0.26
240 0.195 0.200 0.140 0.24 0.175 0.125 0.21
300 0.155 0.160 0.140 0.21 0.140 0.120 0.185
400 0.120 0.130 0.140 0.190 0.115 0.120 0.165

r = conductor resistance at operating temperature

x = reactance

z = impedance