6PY

What is 6PY cable?

6PY: shipboard six-core power and lighting cable, 0.6/1 kV, EPR insulation, PVC sheath. Rating: 0.6/1 kV; conductor 90 C (TMC p.6, p.10, p.12). Standard: TMC catalogue name (TMC cites JIS C 3410(2010)); not a type of JIS C 3410:2010 Table 1.

Not in JIS C 3410:2010 Table 1 (pp. 2 to 8): TMC's own variant, so its values stay at seen level manufacturer. JIS Table 2 (p. 8) has F for four cores, but Table 1 lists no four or more core PY cable for power. Name printed in the TMC index p.4 ('(FA-) 6PY'). TMC 'Marine & Shipboard Cable, JIS C 3410(2010) / IEC 60092-350, 353, 354, 376' (manufacturer), p.4 'Code Designation': FA- flame retardant, FR- fire resistance, FR-FA-, S / D / T / F single to four cores for power and lighting, M multi core for control and signal, TT telephone and instrumentation; material letters, column alignment checked on a rendered image of p.4: insulation P EP rubber, Y PVC, C XLPE; sheath Y PVC; armouring C steel wire, CB copper alloy wire; protective covering Y PVC; others SLA common shield (AL/PS tape), -SLA individual shield (AL/PS tape), -S individual shield (copper braid), E earth wire, (C) cold type (not read here). Notes: telephone cables omit the insulation letter; CB for a copper alloy braid (0.6/1KV SPYCB, SPYCBY); E suffixed for an earth wire (0.6/1kV TPYE). Pp.6, 10, 12: stranded tinned annealed copper, EPR and PVC to JIS C 3410(2010), braid coverage min. 90 %, conductor 90 C, IEC 60332-1 (FA-: IEC 60332-3 Cat. A).

Documents and pages the readings were taken from

• powerandcables.com

JIS C 3410 shipboard cables: how to read the cable type names