60245 IEC 89

What is 60245 IEC 89 cable?

60245 IEC 89: EPR insulated and braided cord for applications requiring high flexibility, 300/300 V. Rating: 300/300 V; 2 or 3 cores of 0.75, 1 or 1.5 mm2, class 6 (resistance +3 %); IE4 EPR insulation 0.8 mm; textile braid; mean overall diameter 5.5 to 7.2 mm (2 x 0.75) up to 6.7 to 8.8 mm (3 x 1.5); 60 C (IEC 60245-8 cl. 5, Table 8). Standard: IEC 60245-8 (clause 5); code IEC 60245-1 Annex A.

IEC 60245-8 ed. 1.2 (standard, read 2026-11-01): EPR insulated and braided cord for applications requiring high flexibility, for example iron cords (1.1, p. 5; clause 5, p. 6); 300/300 V (5.2); 2 or 3 class 6 conductors with the maximum resistance raised 3 %, plain or tinned (5.3.1); an optional separator (5.3.2); EPR insulation IE 4, extruded, 0.8 mm (5.3.3, Table 8); textile fillers, the cores and fillers twisted with a lay at most 7.5 times the diameter over the cores, conductors and cores in the same direction, a centre filler allowed (5.3.4, 5.3.5); an overall textile braid of at least 60 threads, 700 crossings per metre and 24 carriers (5.3.6, p. 6 to 7); Table 8 (p. 8): 2 x 0.75 mean overall diameter 5.5 to 7.2 mm, 2 x 1 5.7 to 7.6, 2 x 1.5 6.2 to 8.2, 3 x 0.75 5.9 to 7.7, 3 x 1 6.2 to 8.1, 3 x 1.5 6.7 to 8.8 mm; 60 C in normal use (5.5, p. 8). Amendment 2 (2011) left clauses 2 to 4 spare: the rubber and XLPVC cords 60245 IEC 86, 87 and 88, still named in IEC 60245-1:2003+A1:2007 Annex A (p. 22), have no clause in the edition held, so they have no row. IEC 60245-4:2011 clause 2 (p. 7) sends the braided cord here. 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. Core colours (IEC 60245-1:2003+A1:2007 4.1.2, p. 9): one and two cores no preferred scheme; three cores green-and-yellow, blue, brown or brown, black, grey; four cores green-and-yellow, brown, black, grey or blue, brown, black, grey; five cores green-and-yellow, blue, brown, black, grey or blue, brown, black, grey, black; above five cores by colour (green-and-yellow and blue in the outer layer) or by number (4.2). Drawn with the green-and-yellow set when the size says so (3G1.5), otherwise the set without it; two cores are drawn brown and blue (the HD 308 pair, as the standard prefers none); above five cores black numbered cores, the green-and-yellow core last. China: GB/T 5013.8-2013 is an identical adoption (IDT) of IEC 60245-8:2004 (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 60245-8 ed. 1.2 (1998 + A1:2003 + A2:2011): clauses 2 to 4 spare, clause 5 pp. 6 to 8, Table 8 p. 8
• IEC 60245-1 ed. 4.1 (2003 + A1:2007): Annex A code designation p. 21 to 22; 4.1.2 preferred core colours p. 9, 4.2 cores by number pp. 9 to 10

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