FTE
FTE is a SANS (South Africa) cable designation: FTE = Flat twin and earth: two insulated cores and a bare copper earth side by side in a flat PVC sheath; FTE = FTE: flat twin and earth, two PVC-insulated copper cores and a bare copper earth side by side in a flat PVC sheath. 300/500 V, test 2250 V, -10 to +80 C (Helukabel SA). SANS 1507-2 (SABS 1507-2).
5 coding systems recognise this code
SANS (South Africa)
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
FTE | Flat twin and earth: two insulated cores and a bare copper earth side by side in a flat PVC sheath |
FTE | FTE: flat twin and earth, two PVC-insulated copper cores and a bare copper earth side by side in a flat PVC sheath. 300/500 V, test 2250 V, -10 to +80 C (Helukabel SA). SANS 1507-2 (SABS 1507-2) |
TS 621 / TSE (Turkey)
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
F | Cable Resistant To Light & Normal Mechanical Load For Moving Installation |
T | Heat Resistant |
E | Polyethylene (PE) |
CEI-UNEL 35011 (Italy)
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
F | Fine-Wired In Flexible Cables-Class 5 |
T | One Or More Mica Glass Tapes, Or A Closed Glass Braid |
E | Thermoplastic Polyethylene (PE) Compound |
IEEE 1580
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
F | Four Conductor Distribution |
T | Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) |
E | Ethylene-Propylene Rubber (EPR) |
SS 424 17 01 (Sweden)
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
F | Copper Conductor, Few-Stranded (Class 2) |
T | Fluoroplastic |
E | Reinforced Design |
Fire behaviour (EU CPR)
PVC sheath (FTE).
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.
FTE as the cable designer builds it, 2x2.5+1.5 300/500 V
Flat, 10.2 × 5.4 mm (width × thickness), about 120 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 | 0.80 | 3.4 |
| Filler | PVC | 3.4 | |
| Sheath | PVC | 1.0 | 5.4 |
FTE on a drum
The smallest drum that passes every check, for 10.2 mm and about 120 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 7 (710 mm flange), wood KTG drums (Europe), Bayka, KTG | 10 of 11 | 85–88 kg |
| 1,000 m | KTG 9 (900 mm flange), wood KTG drums (Europe), Bayka, KTG | 11 of 16 | 167–171 kg |
Barrel at least 15 × OD = 152 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: FTE
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