ENCAUCHETADO
ENCAUCHETADO is a NTC / RETIE (Colombia) cable designation: ENCAUCHETADO = Encauchetado: Colombian trade word for a sheathed flexible cord (literally rubber-covered; the makers build it with PVC insulation and sheath); ENCAUCHETADO = Encauchetado: Colombian trade word for a sheathed multi-conductor flexible cord (ST-C, Termoflex), flexible annealed copper, PVC insulation and PVC sheath. 600 V; the conductor temperature differs by maker and line (60 to 105 C), so none is given. NTC 5521 (cordones flexibles encauchetados, as maker sheets cite it; not held); RETIE.
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NTC / RETIE (Colombia)
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
ENCAUCHETADO | Encauchetado: Colombian trade word for a sheathed flexible cord (literally rubber-covered; the makers build it with PVC insulation and sheath) |
ENCAUCHETADO | Encauchetado: Colombian trade word for a sheathed multi-conductor flexible cord (ST-C, Termoflex), flexible annealed copper, PVC insulation and PVC sheath. 600 V; the conductor temperature differs by maker and line (60 to 105 C), so none is given. NTC 5521 (cordones flexibles encauchetados, as maker sheets cite it; not held); RETIE |
What is ENCAUCHETADO cable?
ENCAUCHETADO: Encauchetado: Colombian trade word for a sheathed multi-conductor flexible cord (ST-C, Termoflex), flexible annealed copper, PVC insulation and PVC sheath. Rating: 600 V; the conductor temperature differs by maker and line (60 to 105 C), so none is given. Standard: NTC 5521 (cordones flexibles encauchetados, as maker sheets cite it; not held); RETIE.
Two Colombian makers name the type (read 2026-11-09): Prysmian Colombia's trade brochure lists "Cable Termoflex y Termoflex Multiproposito (Encauchetados y Fuerza)" in 2x12 to 3x18 AWG; Centelsa names its ST-C cords encauchetados (flexible cables page and CIDET certificates 03565 and 03569, seen 2026-11-07 and through a search index 2026-11-09). Agreed: flexible annealed copper, PVC insulation and PVC sheath, 600 V. Disagreed: the temperature (Centelsa ST-C 60 C on one sheet and 105 C on its page, Termoflex 75 or 90 C), so the rating gives none. A Viakon ST-C sheet cites NTC 5521 for these cords (search index only). ST-C itself is not matched here, so its other readings stay as they were.
Documents and pages the readings were taken from
Fire behaviour (EU CPR)
PVC sheath (ENCAUCHETADO).
Typically targeted, as declared by makers for this kind of construction in the examples this site checked (not the class of this cable):
EcaN1XV-R, Ahlsell (seller)Cca-s3,d1,a3FG16OR16, Nexans (La Triveneta Cavi)EcaU1000 R2V, Nexans (La Triveneta Cavi)EcaN2XSY, 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.
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