FR
FR is a BIS type names (India) cable designation: FR = Flame Retardant; PVC = PVC insulation; FR WIRE = FR house wire: one copper conductor, flame-retardant PVC insulation. 1100 V AC (Polycab ETIRA FR). IS 694:2010 (cable code cl. 13); flammability IEC 60332-1 (Polycab).
6 coding systems recognise this code
BIS type names (India)
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
FR | Flame Retardant |
PVC | PVC insulation |
FR WIRE | FR house wire: one copper conductor, flame-retardant PVC insulation. 1100 V AC (Polycab ETIRA FR). IS 694:2010 (cable code cl. 13); flammability IEC 60332-1 (Polycab) |
NEC Article 402 (US fixture wires, NFPA 70)
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
F | Fixture Wire, Solid Or 7-Strand |
R | Heat-Resistant Rubber Or Cross-Linked Synthetic Polymer (Thermoset) |
How to read a NEC Article 402 (US fixture wires, NFPA 70) cable code
CEI-UNEL 35011 (Italy)
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
F | Fine-Wired In Flexible Cables-Class 5 |
R | PVC Compound (TI1/TI2 Quality, 70 °C) |
Norwegian type designation (NEK 606 offshore and Norwegian land cables)
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
F | PE Or PP + Filling Compound |
R | Ethylene Propylene Rubber (EPR) |
How to read a Norwegian type designation (NEK 606 offshore and Norwegian land cables) cable code
BS 6883 / BS 7917 marine cables and BS 7655 compound types
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
FR | Fire Resisting (Prysmian BS 6883 / BS 7917 letter: mica glass tape under the insulation); Flame Retardant (BS 7655-1.5 compound types FR 1, FR 2) |
How to read a BS 6883 / BS 7917 marine cables and BS 7655 compound types cable code
VG 95218 (German Navy cables)
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
FR | Fire Resistant (For Duration Stated Next To This Symbol If Present) |
Fire behaviour (EU CPR)
Flame retardant (FR, FR WIRE). The single-cable test behind class Eca is EN 60332-1-2 (the flame stops within 425 mm). Bunched cables are tested by IEC 60332-3-24 category C (1.5 l/m, 20 min, char at most 2.5 m), which is not a CPR class test; the CPR ladder test for B1ca to Dca is EN 50399.
PVC sheath (FR WIRE).
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.
FR as the cable designer builds it, 1x1.5 1100 V
Overall diameter 2.7 mm, about 20 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 | PVC | 0.60 | 2.7 |
FR on a drum
The smallest drum that passes every check, for 2.7 mm and about 20 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 3 (390 mm flange), plastic KTG drums (Europe), KTG | 8 of 28 | 12 kg |
| 1,000 m | KTG 3 (390 mm flange), plastic KTG drums (Europe), KTG | 14 of 28 | 22 kg |
Barrel at least 12 × OD = 33 mm for a cable of this kind (Flexible cable (class 5 or 6 conductor)): 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: FR
Its sizes are in AWG and kcmil, which are not the same as the nearest mm²: compare them by area and by resistance. AWG to mm²
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