MPYCY
MPYCY is a JIS C 3410 shipboard cables cable designation: M = M: multicore, control and signal; P = P: EP rubber (EPR) insulation; Y = Y: PVC sheath; C = C: galvanised steel wire braid armour; Y = Y: PVC protective covering over the armour; MPYCY = MPYCY: shipboard multicore control and signal cable, 150/250 V, EPR insulation, PVC sheath, galvanised steel wire braid, PVC covering. 150/250 V AC, 225/375 V DC; conductor 90 °C; 1 mm² cores, 2 to 77 cores (Table 22 Notes 3 and 4, p. 38). JIS C 3410:2010 Table 1 (p. 4) and Table 22 (p. 38); built on IEC 60092-351, -353, -354, -359 and -376 (Introduction, degree MOD).
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JIS C 3410 shipboard cables
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
M | M: multicore, control and signal |
P | P: EP rubber (EPR) insulation |
Y | Y: PVC sheath |
C | C: galvanised steel wire braid armour |
Y | Y: PVC protective covering over the armour |
MPYCY | MPYCY: shipboard multicore control and signal cable, 150/250 V, EPR insulation, PVC sheath, galvanised steel wire braid, PVC covering. 150/250 V AC, 225/375 V DC; conductor 90 °C; 1 mm² cores, 2 to 77 cores (Table 22 Notes 3 and 4, p. 38). JIS C 3410:2010 Table 1 (p. 4) and Table 22 (p. 38); built on IEC 60092-351, -353, -354, -359 and -376 (Introduction, degree MOD) |
What is MPYCY cable?
MPYCY: shipboard multicore control and signal cable, 150/250 V, EPR insulation, PVC sheath, galvanised steel wire braid, PVC covering. Rating: 150/250 V AC, 225/375 V DC; conductor 90 °C; 1 mm² cores, 2 to 77 cores (Table 22 Notes 3 and 4, p. 38). Standard: JIS C 3410:2010 Table 1 (p. 4) and Table 22 (p. 38); built on IEC 60092-351, -353, -354, -359 and -376 (Introduction, degree MOD).
Read in JIS C 3410:2010 (JSA English translation), seen: standard. Table 22 (p. 38): 2, 4, 7, 12, 19, 27, 37, 44 or 77 cores of 1 mm² (7/0.43 mm); EPR insulation 0.6 mm; cores numbered (6.10.2); PVC sheath 1.1 to 2.1 mm; steel braid wire 0.3 mm (0.4 mm at 77 cores); PVC protective covering 0.9 to 1.5 mm; routine test 1 500 V. Galvanised steel braid wire 0.3 or 0.4 mm (5.11.1, Table 7, p. 19), one over one under or two over two under, coverage at least 90 % (F at least 0.573, 6.16, p. 23); braid paint and protective covering white at 150/250 V and 0.6/1 kV, red at 3.6/6 and 6/10 kV, grey for fire resistant cables (6.16 c, 6.17, p. 24). Designation (cl. 10, p. 29): the symbol, a hyphen and the conductor size in mm², for multicore cables the number of cores, for telephone cables the number of pairs ("0.6/1 kV SPYC-120", "150/250 V MPYCY-12", "150/250 V TTYC-10"). FA- (flame retardant, bunched test 7.7: char at most 2.5 m) and FR- (fire resistant, mica tape under the insulation, 6.3, IEC 60331-21 or -31, 7.8) prefix the symbol. TMC prints the same name in its catalogue (manufacturer).
Documents and pages the readings were taken from
- JIS C 3410:2010, JSA English translation (first English edition 2011-09): Table 1 types and symbols pp. 2 to 8, Tables 2 and 3 letters pp. 8 to 9, construction Table 22 (p. 38)
- powerandcables.com
JIS C 3410 shipboard cables: how to read the cable type names
Fire behaviour (EU CPR)
PVC sheath (Y).
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)
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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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