6241Y

6241Y is a BS 6004 / BS 6500 / BS 7211 type numbers (UK) cable designation: 624 = Flat wiring cable with a bare copper circuit protective conductor (CPC) beside the cores; 1 = Number of cores: 1; Y = PVC insulation and PVC sheath; 6241Y = 6241Y: flat single core and earth, a PVC insulated core and a bare CPC in a PVC sheath (lighting and switching circuits). 300/500 V, 70 C maximum conductor temperature (Prysmian). BS 6004 (Prysmian 6241Y datasheet).

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BS 6004 / BS 6500 / BS 7211 type numbers (UK)

SymbolMeaning
624Flat wiring cable with a bare copper circuit protective conductor (CPC) beside the cores
1Number of cores: 1
YPVC insulation and PVC sheath
6241Y6241Y: flat single core and earth, a PVC insulated core and a bare CPC in a PVC sheath (lighting and switching circuits). 300/500 V, 70 C maximum conductor temperature (Prysmian). BS 6004 (Prysmian 6241Y datasheet)

Fire behaviour (EU CPR)

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.

6241Y as the cable designer builds it, 1x1.5+1 300/500 V

Flat, 5.7 × 4.6 mm (width × thickness), about 50 kg/km. Nominal values from the standard's tables for this size, computed, not a maker's data.

LayerMaterialThickness, mmOver the layer, mm
InsulationPVC0.702.8
FillerPVC2.8
SheathPVC0.904.6

6241Y on a drum

The smallest drum that passes every check, for 5.7 mm and about 50 kg/km as the cable designer builds it. Drums as their makers print them; lengths are estimates within a few per cent of the cable makers' own tables: whole layers, wound diameter 1.05 × OD, 50 mm freeboard under the flange rim.

LengthDrum size (its makers)LayersGross weight
500 mKTG 3 (390 mm flange), plastic KTG drums (Europe), KTG12 of 1327 kg
1,000 mKTG 5 (500 mm flange), plastic KTG drums (Europe), Bayka, KTG19 of 2053–54 kg

Barrel at least 20 × OD = 114 mm for a cable of this kind (Low voltage, single core): KTG table, the cable's datasheet wins. A load rating is the drum maker's own.

Other lengths, drums and weights: the cable drum calculator

Load it on a truck: 1000 m on its drum in the loading planner

Laying, sizes and datasheet: 6241Y

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