Li2YC2Y (TP)

Li2YC2Y (TP) is a Telecom/Signal/Fiber Optic (VDE 0815 - 0816 - 0888) cable designation: Li = Equipment Wire With Fine Stranded Conductor; 2Y = Polyethelene (PE); C = Copper Screen As Braid; 2Y = Polyethelene (PE); TP = Twisted Pair.

2 coding systems recognise this code

Telecom/Signal/Fiber Optic (VDE 0815 - 0816 - 0888)

SymbolMeaning
LiEquipment Wire With Fine Stranded Conductor
2YPolyethelene (PE)
CCopper Screen As Braid
2YPolyethelene (PE)
TPTwisted Pair

How to read a Telecom/Signal/Fiber Optic (VDE 0815 - 0816 - 0888) cable code

Old VDE 0250

SymbolMeaning
LiEquipment Wire With Fine Stranded Conductor
2YPolyethelene (PE)
CShielded
2YPolyethelene (PE)
TAnti-Torsion (Supporting) Material
PPolyurethane (PUR) Sheath

How to read a Old VDE 0250 cable code

Fire behaviour (EU CPR)

  • PE sheath (2Y).

    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.

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