N)A2XY

N)A2XY is a BIS type names (India) cable designation: A = Aluminium conductor; 2X = Cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) insulation; Y = PVC outer sheath; A2XY = A2XY: aluminium conductors, XLPE insulation, inner sheath, unarmoured, PVC outer sheath (IS 7098-1, up to 1100 V). Up to and including 1100 V a.c.; d.c. up to and including 1500 V; 90 C normal, 250 C short circuit. IS 7098 (Part 1):2025, cable code cl. 18.3.

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BIS type names (India)

SymbolMeaning
AAluminium conductor
2XCross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) insulation
YPVC outer sheath
A2XYA2XY: aluminium conductors, XLPE insulation, inner sheath, unarmoured, PVC outer sheath (IS 7098-1, up to 1100 V). Up to and including 1100 V a.c.; d.c. up to and including 1500 V; 90 C normal, 250 C short circuit. IS 7098 (Part 1):2025, cable code cl. 18.3

Fire behaviour (EU CPR)

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.

N)A2XY as the cable designer builds it, 3x16 1100 V

Overall diameter 17.8 mm, about 340 kg/km. Nominal values from the standard's tables for this size, computed, not a maker's data.

LayerMaterialThickness, mmOver the layer, mm
InsulationXLPE0.706.3
FillerPP13.6
Inner covering / beddingPVC0.3014.2
SheathPVC1.817.8

N)A2XY on a drum

The smallest drum that passes every check, for 17.8 mm and about 340 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.

LengthDrum size (its makers)LayersGross weight
500 mKTG 9 (900 mm flange), wood KTG drums (Europe), Bayka, KTG9 of 9217–221 kg
1,000 mKTG 12 (1250 mm flange), wood KTG drums (Europe), Bayka, KTG11 of 13484–505 kg

Barrel at least 15 × OD = 267 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: N)A2XY

Terms on this page: oversheath (outer sheath)

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