60227 IEC 10
60227 IEC 10 is a IEC 60227 / IEC 60245 type numbers cable designation: 60227 IEC 10 = 60227 IEC 10: light PVC sheathed cable, PVC insulated cores in a PVC sheath, 2 to 5 cores (Chinese BVV; no HAR twin in the sources read); 60227 IEC 10 = 60227 IEC 10: light PVC sheathed cable for fixed wiring, 2 to 5 cores, 300/500 V. 300/500 V; 2 to 5 cores, 1.5 to 35 mm2, class 1 (to 10 mm2) or class 2; PVC/C insulation, extruded inner covering, PVC/ST4 sheath; 70 C (IEC 60227-4 cl. 2, Table 1). IEC 60227-4 (clause 2).
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IEC 60227 / IEC 60245 type numbers
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
60227 IEC 10 | 60227 IEC 10: light PVC sheathed cable, PVC insulated cores in a PVC sheath, 2 to 5 cores (Chinese BVV; no HAR twin in the sources read) |
60227 IEC 10 | 60227 IEC 10: light PVC sheathed cable for fixed wiring, 2 to 5 cores, 300/500 V. 300/500 V; 2 to 5 cores, 1.5 to 35 mm2, class 1 (to 10 mm2) or class 2; PVC/C insulation, extruded inner covering, PVC/ST4 sheath; 70 C (IEC 60227-4 cl. 2, Table 1). IEC 60227-4 (clause 2) |
What is 60227 IEC 10 cable?
60227 IEC 10: light PVC sheathed cable for fixed wiring, 2 to 5 cores, 300/500 V. Rating: 300/500 V; 2 to 5 cores, 1.5 to 35 mm2, class 1 (to 10 mm2) or class 2; PVC/C insulation, extruded inner covering, PVC/ST4 sheath; 70 C (IEC 60227-4 cl. 2, Table 1). Standard: IEC 60227-4 (clause 2).
IEC 60227-4 (standard): 300/500 V; 2, 3, 4 or 5 conductors, class 1 (solid) or class 2 (stranded); PVC/C insulation; cores twisted, then an extruded inner covering of unvulcanized rubber or plastic compound (cores easy to separate), then a PVC/ST4 sheath; Table 1: 1.5 to 35 mm2, insulation 0.7 to 1.2 mm, inner covering 0.4 to 1.2 mm, sheath 1.2 to 1.6 mm, mean overall diameter 7.6 to 10.0 mm (2 x 1.5 class 1) up to 27.0 to 35.0 mm (5 x 35); 70 C in normal use (2.5). Makers: EN-JV p.28 (manufacturer): 60227IEC10, BVV, 'Light PVC sheathed cable', 2-5 cores 1.5-35 mm2. Code designation (IEC 60227-1:2007 Annex A, p. 20): the first numeral is the basic class (0 non-sheathed for fixed wiring, 1 sheathed for fixed wiring, 4 non-sheathed light duty flexible, 5 sheathed normal duty flexible, 7 sheathed special duty flexible), the second the type within the class, so the number is read whole. The old spelling drops the 60 ('227 IEC 53' = '60227 IEC 53', IEC renumbering); Helukabel's table prints 227 / 245, EN-JV and Top Cable 60227.
Documents and pages the readings were taken from
- IEC 60227-4 ed. 2.1 (1992 + A1:1997, consolidated redline): clause 2 p. 9 to 11, Table 1 p. 13
- IEC 60227-1 ed. 3.0 (2007): Annex A code designation p. 20; 5.2.1 insulation compounds PVC/C, PVC/D, PVC/E p. 11; 5.5 sheath compounds PVC/ST4, ST5, ST9, ST10 p. 14
- EN-JV cable catalogue, model table of PVC insulated cables up to 450/750 V, pdf p.28
IEC 60227 / IEC 60245 type numbers: how to read the cable type names
Fire behaviour (EU CPR)
PVC sheath (60227 IEC 10).
Typically targeted, as declared by makers for this kind of construction in the examples this site checked (not the class of this cable):
EcaN1XV-R, Ahlsell (seller)Cca-s3,d1,a3FG16OR16, Nexans (La Triveneta Cavi)EcaU1000 R2V, Nexans (La Triveneta Cavi)EcaN2XSY, Waskönig+Walter (10 kV datasheet)
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A CPR class is declared by the maker in its Declaration of Performance and printed on the sheath (EN 50575 cl 7). This decoder does not assign one. What the CPR classes mean →
Sources: EN 13501-6 draft and FprEN 50575:2014 final draft (drafts, not the published texts); IEC 60332-3-24:2000+A1:2008; EN 13501-3 draft A2.
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