60245 IEC 81

What is 60245 IEC 81 cable?

60245 IEC 81: rubber sheathed arc-welding electrode cable. Rating: single conductor, 16 to 95 mm2, wires at most 0.21 mm; total covering 2.0 mm (16 to 35 mm2), 2.2 (50), 2.4 (70), 2.6 (95); mean overall diameter 8.8 to 11.0 mm (16) up to 17.1 to 21.4 mm (95); conductor resistance at 20 C at most 1.19 (tinned) / 1.16 (plain) ohm/km at 16 mm2 down to 0.204 / 0.198 at 95 mm2 (IEC 60245-6 AMD1 Table 1); no rated voltage (welding only, IEC 60245-6 2.2) and no temperature (2.5: under consideration). Standard: IEC 60245-6 (clause 2; Table 1 as replaced by Amendment 1, 1997); code IEC 60245-1 Annex A.

IEC 60245-1 Annex A (standard, p. 22): 60245 IEC 81 is the rubber sheathed arc-welding electrode cable, class 8 (flexible cables for special application). IEC 60245-6 Amendment 1 (standard) replaces Table 1 for 81 and 82: 16, 25, 35, 50, 70, 95 mm2; wires at most 0.21 mm; total thickness of covering 2.0, 2.0, 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6 mm, of which the sheath of a composite covering 1.3, 1.3, 1.3, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 mm; mean overall diameter 8.8 to 11.0, 10.1 to 12.7, 11.4 to 14.2, 13.2 to 16.5, 15.3 to 19.2, 17.1 to 21.4 mm; maximum conductor resistance at 20 C tinned 1.19, 0.780, 0.552, 0.390, 0.276, 0.204, plain 1.16, 0.758, 0.536, 0.379, 0.268, 0.198 ohm/km. IEC 60245-6:1994 (standard), clause 2, p. 9: one conductor, Table 1 column 2, plain or tinned (2.3.1); a separator around it (2.3.2); covering 2.3.3.1: a single covering of rubber compound SE3 with at least 12 N/mm2 tensile strength, insulation and sheath in one; as the cable is for welding only no rated voltage is given (2.2); the guide to use, so the conductor temperature, is under consideration (2.5, p. 11). The 1994 Table 1 (p. 11) printed larger diameters (9.2 to 11.5 mm at 16 mm2 up to 18.0 to 22.0 mm at 95 mm2); Amendment 1 replaced it. Drawn as one rubber covering. Code designation (IEC 60245-1:2003+A1:2007 Annex A, p. 21 to 22): the first numeral is the basic class (0 non-sheathed for fixed wiring, 5 normal duty flexible, 6 heavy duty flexible, 7 special duty, 8 special application), 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. China: GB/T 5013.6-2008 is an identical adoption (IDT) of IEC 60245-6:1994 (SAMR record, checked 2026-11-09; the portal serves no text of it), so its values are this edition's.

Documents and pages the readings were taken from

• IEC 60245-6 ed. 2.0 (1994) + Amendment 1 (1997): clause 2, p. 9 (code, rated voltage, coverings), 2.5 p. 11; Table 1 as replaced by Amendment 1, p. 3
• IEC 60245-1 ed. 4.1 (2003 + A1:2007): Annex A code designation p. 21 to 22; foreword p. 4 (list of parts)

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