CET

CET is a JIS type names (Japan) cable designation: C = C: cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) insulation; E = E: polyethylene sheath; T = T: triplex, three single-core cables twisted together; CET = CET: triplex CE, three single-core XLPE / polyethylene cables twisted together. 600 V (SFCC p.14); 6/10 kV (Taihan p.22). JIS C 3605 (600 V); KS C IEC 60502-2 (Korea, 6/10 kV).

5 coding systems recognise this code

JIS type names (Japan)

SymbolMeaning
CC: cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) insulation
EE: polyethylene sheath
TT: triplex, three single-core cables twisted together
CETCET: triplex CE, three single-core XLPE / polyethylene cables twisted together. 600 V (SFCC p.14); 6/10 kV (Taihan p.22). JIS C 3605 (600 V); KS C IEC 60502-2 (Korea, 6/10 kV)

China (GB / JB/T / MT cable model codes)

SymbolMeaning
CShipboard or Marine Cable
ELow Smoke Zero Halogen Compound
TCopper Conductor

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NBN (Belgian national cable names, ...B types)

SymbolMeaning
CRubber (Caoutchouc), Natural Or Synthetic, Insulation Or Sheath
EUltra Fine-Wired, For Welding Cables
TTelephone Cable

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IEEE 1580

SymbolMeaning
CConductor Control Cable
EEthylene-Propylene Rubber (EPR)
TPolyvinyl Chloride (PVC)

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NEN 3207 / KEMA (Netherlands)

SymbolMeaning
CChloroprene Rubber
EPolyethylene (PE)
TFibrous (Textile) Covering

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Fire behaviour (EU CPR)

  • PE sheath (E, CET).

    Typically targeted, as declared by makers for this kind of construction in the examples this site checked (not the class of this cable):

    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.

CET as the cable designer builds it, 1x16 0.6/1 kV

Overall diameter 9.1 mm, about 190 kg/km. Nominal values from the standard's tables for this size, computed, not a maker's data.

LayerMaterialThickness, mmOver the layer, mm
InsulationXLPE0.706.3
SheathPE1.49.1

CET on a drum

The smallest drum that passes every check, for 9.1 mm and about 190 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 6 (600 mm flange), plywood KTG drums (Europe), Bayka11 of 13102 kg
1,000 mKTG 8 (800 mm flange), wood KTG drums (Europe), Bayka, KTG15 of 15221–225 kg

Barrel at least 20 × OD = 182 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: CET

CET belongs to the family LV XLPE power 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 XLPE power cables

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