6243Y

6243Y 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; 3 = Number of cores: 3; Y = PVC insulation and PVC sheath; 6243Y = 6243Y: flat three core and earth, PVC insulated cores and a bare copper CPC in a PVC sheath. 300/500 V, 70 C maximum conductor temperature (Anixter p. 1:6). BS 6004 (Anixter p. 1:6; Prysmian).

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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
3Number of cores: 3
YPVC insulation and PVC sheath
6243Y6243Y: flat three core and earth, PVC insulated cores and a bare copper CPC in a PVC sheath. 300/500 V, 70 C maximum conductor temperature (Anixter p. 1:6). BS 6004 (Anixter p. 1:6; Prysmian)

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.

6243Y as the cable designer builds it, 3x1.5+1 300/500 V

Flat, 11.3 × 4.6 mm (width × thickness), about 110 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

6243Y on a drum

The smallest drum that passes every check, for 11.3 mm and about 110 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 8 (800 mm flange), wood KTG drums (Europe), Bayka, KTG10 of 1286–90 kg
1,000 mKTG 9 (900 mm flange), wood KTG drums (Europe), Bayka, KTG12 of 14157–161 kg

Barrel at least 15 × OD = 169 mm for a cable of this kind (Low voltage, multi-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: 6243Y

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