6942X

6942X is a BS 6004 / BS 6500 / BS 7211 type numbers (UK) cable designation: 694 = Steel wire armoured (SWA) power cable, 600/1000 V; 2 = Number of cores: 2; X = XLPE insulation, PVC bedding and PVC sheath (BS 5467); 6942X = 6942X: 2 core XLPE insulated, PVC bedded, steel wire armoured, PVC sheathed power cable (Cu/XLPE/PVC/SWA/PVC, BS 5467). 600/1000 V, 90 C maximum conductor temperature (BS 5467 cl. 1). BS 5467 Table 6 (2 core, stranded copper).

1 coding system recognises this code

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

Symbol	Meaning
`694`	Steel wire armoured (SWA) power cable, 600/1000 V
`2`	Number of cores: 2
`X`	XLPE insulation, PVC bedding and PVC sheath (BS 5467)
`6942X`	6942X: 2 core XLPE insulated, PVC bedded, steel wire armoured, PVC sheathed power cable (Cu/XLPE/PVC/SWA/PVC, BS 5467). 600/1000 V, 90 C maximum conductor temperature (BS 5467 cl. 1). BS 5467 Table 6 (2 core, stranded copper)

Fire behaviour (EU CPR)

PVC sheath (X).
Typically targeted, as declared by makers for this kind of construction in the examples this site checked (not the class of this cable):
- Eca N1XV-R, Ahlsell (seller)
- Cca-s3,d1,a3 FG16OR16, Nexans (La Triveneta Cavi)
- Eca U1000 R2V, Nexans (La Triveneta Cavi)
- Eca N2XSY, Waskönig+Walter (10 kV datasheet)
Listed as sources, alphabetically by maker. No maker pays to appear here.

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.

6942X as the cable designer builds it, 2x16 0.6/1 kV

Overall diameter 19.7 mm, about 880 kg/km. Nominal values from the standard's tables for this size, computed, not a maker's data.

Layer	Material	Thickness, mm	Over the layer, mm
Insulation	XLPE	0.70	6.3
Filler	PP		12.6
Inner covering / bedding	PVC	0.80	14.2
Wire armour	Steel	37 × 1.25	16.7
Sheath	PVC	1.5	19.7

6942X on a drum

The smallest drum that passes every check, for 19.7 mm and about 880 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.

Length	Drum size (its makers)	Layers	Gross weight
500 m	KTG 10 (1000 mm flange), wood KTG drums (Europe), Bayka, KTG	9 of 9	511–518 kg
1,000 m	KTG 12 (1250 mm flange), wood KTG drums (Europe), Bayka, KTG	12 of 12	1,024–1,045 kg

Barrel at least 15 × OD = 296 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: 6942X

6942X belongs to the family LV armoured cables: the lowest laying temperature, bending radius, pulling, depth, drum handling and the test after laying, every rule with its sources. Laying and handling guide: LV armoured cables

Terms on this page: bedding

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