इंटरनेट मानक Disclosure to Promote the Right To Information Whereas the Parliament of India has set out to provide a practical regime of right to information for citizens to secure access to information under the control of public authorities, in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority, and whereas the attached publication of the Bureau of Indian Standards is of particular interest to the public, particularly disadvantaged communities and those engaged in the pursuit of education and knowledge, the attached public safety standard is made available to promote the timely dissemination of this information in an accurate manner to the public. “जान1 का अ+धकार, जी1 का अ+धकार” “प0रा1 को छोड न’ 5 तरफ” Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan Jawaharlal Nehru “The Right to Information, The Right to Live” “Step Out From the Old to the New” IS 1885-32 (1993): Electrotechnical Vocabulary, Part 32: Electric cables [ETD 1: Basic Electrotechnical Standards] “!ान $ एक न’ भारत का +नम-ण” Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda ““IInnvveenntt aa NNeeww IInnddiiaa UUssiinngg KKnnoowwlleeddggee”” “!ान एक ऐसा खजाना > जो कभी च0राया नहB जा सकता हहहहै””ै” Bhartṛhari—Nītiśatakam “Knowledge is such a treasure which cannot be stolen” IS 1885 (Part 32) : 1003 IEC Pub 50 (461) ( 1084 ) Indian Standard ELECTROTECHNICALYOCABULARY PART 32 ELECTRIC CABLES (First Revision) UDC 621.315*21 : 001*4 Q BIS 1993 BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS MANAK BHAVAN, 9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG NEW DELHI 110002 May 1993 Price puorG 5 cisaB lacinhcetortcelE Standards lanoitceS ,eettimmoC TE 01 STNETNOC snoitceS 10-164 ot 50-164 - tnenopmoC parts fo selbac Section Page 10-164 srotcudnoC ._ ..e . . . . . . .-. . . . . . . 1 20-164 snoitalusnI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 30-164 lacirtcelE sneercs and sdleihs .._ . . . . . . I_. . . . . . . 2 46 40-l Cabling . . . ._. . . . . . . ._. . . . 2 50-164 sgnirevoC and suoirav stnenopmoc .._ . . . _.. . . . . . . 3 snoitceS 60-164 ot 90-164 - Cables 60-164 Cables ni lareneg . . . . . . .-. .- . . . . . . ._. 70-164 erusserP selbac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-164 laireA detalusni selbac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90-164 laicepS selbac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . snoitceS 01-164 ot 21-164 - elbaC seirossecca 01-164 snoitanimreT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 11-164 stnioJ . . . . . . . . . . . . _.. . . . . . . 5 21-164 suoenallecsiM seirossecca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 snoitceS 31-164 ot 51-164 - elbaC noitallatsni 31-164 secitcarP fo gniyal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-164 dleihS gnidnob . . . . _.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 51-164 dleihS gnidnob seirossecca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61-164 suoenallecsiM smret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-. xednI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-. LANOITAN FOREWORD sihT naidnI dradnatS ( traP 32 ) ( tsriF noisiveR ) hcihw is lacitnedi htiw CEI buP 50 ( 461 ) ( 1984 ) lanoitanretnI‘ lacinhcetortcele yralubacov - retpahC 461 : cirtcelE ,’selbac issued yb eht lanoitanretnI lacinbcetortcelE noissimmoC CEI( ,) was detpoda yb eht uaeruB fo naidnI Standards no eht noitadnemmocer fo cisaB lacinhcetortcelE Standards lanoitceS eettimmoC and lavorppa fo eht lacinhcetortcelE noisiviD .licnuoC sihT naidnI dradnatS ( traP 32 ) was tsrif dehsilbup ni 1977. ehT tsrif noisiver has neeb nekatrednu ot align ti htiw eht lanoitanretni .ecitcarp ylnO eht hsilgnE txet nevig ni eht CEI noitacilbup has neeb deniater elihw gnitpoda as naidnI ,dradnatS and as hcus eht egap srebmun nevig ereh era ton emas as ni CEI .noitacilbuP IS 1885 (Part 32) : 1993 CEI Pub 50 (461) (1984) Indian Standard ELECTROTECHNICALVOCABULARY PART 32 ELECTRIC CABLES ( First Revision ) SECTION 461-01 TO 461-05 - TNENOPMOC STRAP FO SELBAC SECTION. 461-01 -CONDUCTORS 461-01-01 together ni lacileh noitamrof ni a modnar ,rennam lla conductor (of a cable) ni the emas noitcerid dna htiw the emas length of lay. A part of a elbac hcihw has the cificeps noitcnuf of 461-01-10 gniyrrac .tnerruc multiple stranded conductor dednartsA rotcudnoc gnitsisnoc of a rebmun of spuorg 20-10-164 of seriw delbmessa together ni eno or erom lacileh . nialp rotcudnoc ,sreyal the seriw ni each puorg gnieb rehtie dehcnub or A latem rotcudnoc ni hcihw the eriw or seriw are ton .dednarts coated htiw na lanoitidda .latem 11-10-164 30-10-164 (. flexible conductor detaoc-latem conductor A dednarts rotcudnoc gnivah seriw of sretemaid llams A rotcudnoc ni hcihw each laudividni eriw si derevoc hguone dna so delbmessa that the rotcudnoc si elbatius htiw a niht reyal of a tnereffid latem or latem .yolla for esu ni a elbixelf .elbac 40-10-164 21-10-164 tinned conductor shaped rotcudnoc A detaoc-latem rotcudnoc ni hcihw the latem gnitaoc A rotcudnoc the noitces-ssorc of hcihw si other naht si of .nit .ralucric 50-10-164 metal-clad conductor 31-10-164 A rotcudnoc ni hcihw each eriw stsisnoc of na renni sector-shaped conductor part of eno latem dna a yllacigrullatem dednob retuo A shaped rotcudnoc the noitces-ssorc of hcihw llehs of rehtona .latem setamixorppa ot a sector of a .elcric 60-10-164 dilos rotcudnoc 461-01-14 rotcudnocA gnitsisnoc of a elgnis .eriw compacted conductor Note. - The dilos rotcudnoc yam eb ralucric or .depahs Astranded conductor ni hcihw the secitsretni ’neewteb 461-01-07 the tnenopmoc seriw evah neeb decuder yb lacinahcem standard conductor noisserpmoc or yb gniward or yb elbatius eciohc of the ’ shape dna noitisopsid of .seriw A rotcudnoc gnitsisnoc of a rebmun of laudividni ,seriW lla or emos of hcihw yllareneg evah a lacileh .mrof 461-01-15 dednarts rotcudnoc yam eb ralucric or shaped. Note. - The 80-10-164 _ -MilKken conductor concentrically stranded circular conductor A dednarts rotcudnoc gnisirpmoc na ylbmessa of dednartsA rotcudnoc ni hcihw the laudividni seriw are shaped dednarts ,srotcudnoc ylthgil detalusni morf delbmessa together ni lacileh ,noitamrof ni eno or erom each other. separate cirtnecnoc sreyal dna yllareneg htiw na -retla 61-10-164 gnitan noitcerid of .yal 90-10-164 hollow conductor bunched conductor A rotcudnoc so detcurtsnoc as ot edivorp a lartnec , dednartsA rotcudnoc ni hcihw the seriw are delbmessa .lennahc IS 1885 (Part 32) : 1998 IEC Pub 50 (461) (1984) 461-01-17 461-01-18 tinsel conductor concentric conductor rotcudnocA gnisirpmoc eno or erom stnemele dednarts rotcudnocA so detcurtsnoc as ot dnuorrus eno or erom together, each tnemele gnitsisnoc of eno or erom niht detalusni .srotcudnoc latem tapes yllacileh dnuow dna detroppus yb a elitxet thread. SECTION 461-02 -INSULATIONS 461-02-01 detangerpmI paper noitalusni ni hcihw the paper tapes are detangerpmi erofeb .gnippal insulation (of a cable) gnitalusnI slairetam detaroprocni ni a elbac htiw the 60-20-164 cificeps noitcnuf of gnidnatshtiw .egatlov mass-impregnated (paper) insulation 20-20-164 detangerpmI paper noitalusni ni hcihw the paper tapes are detangerpmi after .gnippal conductor insulation noitalusnI deilppa no a rotcudnoc or a rotcudnoc 70-20-164 . .neercs detangerpmi-ssam non-draining insulation 30-20-164 detangerpmi-ssaM paper noitalusni ni hcihw the -mi deppal noitalusni tnangerp si ton diulf at the mumixam suounitnoc gnitarepo .erutarepmet noitalusnI gnitsisnoc of tapes deilppa yllacileh ni -noc cirtnec .sreyal 80-20-164 dedurtxe noitalusni 461-02-04 noitalusnI gnitsisnoc yllareneg of eno reyal of a -reht impregnated paper insulation citsalpom or gnittesomreht lairetam dna deilppa yb na Lapped noitalusni gnitsisnoc of paper detangerpmi noisurtxe process. htiw na gnitalusni .lairetam 90-20-164 50-20-164 mineral insulation detangerpmi-erp (paper) noitalusni noitalusnI gnitsisnoc of desserpmoc larenim powder. SECTION 461-03 -ELECTRICAL SCREENS AND SHIELDS 461-03-01 461-03-03 screen (of a cable) insulation screen ; core screen gnitcudnoC )s(reyal gnivah the noitcnuf of lortnoc of An lacirtcele neercs of cillatem-non ro/dna cillatem the cirtcele dleif nihtiw the .noitalusni tI yam osla lairetam gnirevoc the .noitalusni edivorp htooms surfaces at the seiradnuob of the -alusni noit dna tsissa ni the noitanimile of spaces at these 40-30-164 .seiradnuob shield (of a cable) A gnidnuorrus earthed cillatem reyal ot eunitnoc the 20-30-164 cirtcele dleif nihtiw the elbac dna or ot protect the elbac conductor screen morf lanretxe lacirtcele .ecneulfni Au lacirtcele neercs of cillatem-non ro/dna cillatem Note. - cillateM ,shtaehs sruomra dna dehtrae cirtnecnoc lairetam gnirevoc the .rotcudnoc srotcudnoc yam osla evres sa ,sdleihs SECTION 461-04 - CABLING 46i-04-01 demrof yb eno elbac .tnenopmoc length of lay Note. - gnidnepeD no the ,secnatsmucric the retemaid ot ehT laixa htgnel of eno etelpmoc nrut of the xileh redisnoc si rehtie eht lanretni ,retemaid ro eht naem demrof yb eno elbac .tnenopmoc ,retemaid or the lanretxe retemaid of the reyal ni hcihw eht tnenopmoc si dial ni eht .kileh 461-04-02 461-04-03 lay ratio direction of lay The oitar of the htgnel of yal ot retemaid of the xileh ehT noitcerid of noitator of a tnenopmoc of a elbac ni 2 SI 1885 (Part 32) : 1993 IEC Pub 50 (461) (1984) noitaler ot eht lanidutignol sixa fo eht .elbac noitalusni dna( sneercs fi .)yna Nutc - The yal si dias ot eb dnah-thgir nehw eht elbisiv Note. - nI htroN naciremA egasu : eht eroc fo a elbac sah noitrop fo eht ,xileh rehtegot htiw eht owt -ssorc neeb denifed sa eht ylbmessa fo stnenopmoc fo a snoitces gnitimil ,ti mrof afoepahseht rettel dna,Z elbac gniyl rednu a nommoc gnirevoc hcus sa eht dnah-tfel nehw yeht mrof eht epahs fo a rettel .S .hiaehs hcuS egasu si .detacerped 461-04-04 461-04-05 core filler insulated conductor (North )aciremA ehT lairetam desu ot llif the secitsretni neewteb the nA ylbmessa gnisirpmoc a rotcudnoc htiw sti nwo cores of a rotcudnocitlum .elbac NOITCES 50-164 - SGNIREVOC DNA SUOIRAV STNENOPMOC 461-05-01 461-05-06 separator amour A niht reyal desu as a reirrab ot tneverp yllautum A gnirevoc gnitsisnoc of a latem tape(s) or ,seriw latnemirted effects neewteb tnereffid stnenopmoc of a yllareneg desu ot protect the elbac morf lanretxe ,elbac hcus as neewteb the rotcudnoc dna noitalusni or lacinahcem effects. neewteb noitalusni dna sheath. 70-50-164 20-50-164 spiral binder tape renni gnirevoc cillatemA tape dnuow ni na nepo xileh no eriw ruomra cillatem-nonA gnirevoc hcihw sdnuorrus the ylbmessa ot keep ti ni .ecalp of the cores dna( srellif fi )yna of a rotcudnocitlum 80-50-164 elbac dna revo hcihw the evitcetorp gnirevoc si .deilppa bedding 30-50-164 A gninoihsuc reyal or sreyal deilppa ot a elbac -emmi sheath yletaid htaeneb a cillatem reyal hcus as the ruomra or tekcaj (North )aciremA the .tnemecrofnier mrofinuA dna suounitnoc ralubut gnirevoc of cillatem 90-50-164 or -non cillatent ,lairetam yllareneg .dedurtxe serving Note. - T ni he htroN mret ,aciremA htaehs si ylno saerehw used eht rof mret cillatem tekcaj sgnirevoc si desu enO or erom dedurtxe-non sreyal deilppa ot the roiretxe rof cillatem-non .sgnirevoc of a .elbac 01-50-164 40-50-164 braid htaehs-revo A gnirevoc demrof morf detialp cillatem ro -non cillatem-nonA sheath deilppa arevo cillatem ,gnirevoc cillatem .lairetam gnitutitsnoc the tsomretuo sheath of the .elbac 11-50-164 50-50-164 skid wire tnemecrofnier )s(eriW yllausu ,depahs-D deilppa htiw a gnol htgnel sepaT or spirts or ,seriw yllausu cillatem deilppa revo of yal revo the cores of a epyt-epip ,elbac ot edivorp a sheath ot elbane ti ot dnatshtiw lacinahcem stresses lacinahcem noitcetorp dna ot etatilicaf gnidils elihw the yllareneg eud ot lanretni .erusserp cores are gnieb dellup otni the .epip SNOITCES 60-164 OT 90-164 SELBAC- NOITCES 60-164 - SELBAC NI LARENEG 10-60-164 in the .elbac insulated cable 461-06-02 An ylbmessa gnitsisnoc :fo single-conductor cable - eno or erom cores. single-core cable A elbac gnivah ylno eno core. - rieht laudividni )s(gnirevoc fi( ,)yna - ylbmessa noitcetorp fi( ,)yna 30-60-164 - evitcetorp )s(gnirevoc fi( ,)yna rotcudnocitlum elbac lanoitiddA detalusninu )s(rotcudnoc yam eb dedulcni A elbac gnivah erom naht eno ,rotcudnoc emos of 3 SI 1885 (Part 32) : 199a IEC Pub 50 (461) (1984) hcihw yam eb .detalusninu reyal separated morf each other yb gnitalusni .lairetam 461-06-04 11-60-164 multicore cable belted cable A elbac gnivah erom naht eno core. A rotcudnocitlum elbac ni hcihw part of the noitalusni 461-06-05 . si deilppa ot each rotcudnoc ,yllaudividni dna the flat (multicore) cable redniamer si deilppa revo the delbmessa cores. A erocitlum elbac gnivah co& or spuorg of cores 21-60-164 degnarra ni lellarap talf .noitamrof 60-60-164 individually screened cable radial field cable collectively shielded cable A elbac hcihw each core si derevoc htiw na -ni A erocitlum elbac gnivah a dleihs degnarra dnuora the in laudivid .neercs cores yllacirtnecnoc htiw the sixa of the .elbac 70-60-164 461-06-13 concentric neutral cable separately lead-sheathed cable A elbac gnivah a cirtnecnoc rotcudnoc hcihw si -ni S.L. cable ’ dednet ot eb for the .lartuen used A eroc-eerht elbac ni hcihw each core si yllaudividni 80-60-164 sheathed htiw dael or dael .yolla esahp-elgnis cirtnecnoc neutral cable 41-60-164 A eroc-elgnis elbac gnivah a cirtnecnoc rotcudnoc hcihw si dednetni ot eb desu for the .lartuen flexible cable 90-60-164 elbacA hcihw si deriuqer ot eb elbapac of gnieb dexelf esahp-eerht cirtnecnoc lartuen elbac elihw ni ecivres dna of hcihw the erutcurts dna slairetam are hcus as ot lifluf siht .tnemeriuqer A eroc-eerht elbac gnivah a cirtnecnoc rotcudnoc hcihw si dednetni ot eb desu for the .lartuen 51-60-164 01-60-164 cord split concentric cable A elbacelbixelf htiw a detimil rebmun of srotcudnoc elbacA gnivah two srotcudnoc in a single concentric of small lanoitces-ssorc area. NOITCES 70-164 - EBUSSEBP SELBAC 461-07-01 deniatnoc-flesA erusserp elbac ni hcihw the -zirusserp gni diulf si the gnitalusni lio dna hcihw si dengised ot pressure cable A elbac ni hcihw the noitalusni si deniatniam rednu etatilicaf the free tnemevom of the lio nihtiw the .elbac erusserp yb snaem of a .diulf 1 50-70-164 oil-filled pipe-type cable 20-70-164 epyt-epipA elbac ni hcihw the gnizirusserp diulf si the deniatnoc-fles erusserp cable gnitalusni .lio A elbac ni hcihw the gnizirusserp diulf si deniatnoc nihtiw the cillatem sheath deilppa gnirud -cafunam 60-70-164 .erut lanretni gas erusserp elbac erusserpA elbac ni hcihw the gnizirusserp diulf si a gas 30-70-164 ni tcatnoc htiw the noitalusni : ti yam eb deniatnoc-fles pipe-type cable or epyt-epip .elbac A erusserp elbac ni hcihw the cores are nward otni a 76-70-164 ,epip yllausu of leets dna ydaerla ,dellatsni dna hcihw ni ecivres sniatnoc a diulf rednu .erusserp external gas pressure cable. A erusserp elbac yllausu epyt-epip ni hcihw the -serp 40-70-164 gnizirus diulf si a gas separated morf the noitalusni yb oil-filled cable a .mgarhpaid 4 IS 1885 (Part 32) : 1993 IEC Pub ,50 (461) (1984) SECTION 461-08 -AEBIALINSULATED CABLES 461-08-01 461-08-02 bundle assembled aerial cable aerial (insulated) cable nA lairea elbac gnitsisnoc of a puorg of detalusni nA detalusni elbac dengised ot eb dednepsus daehrevo srotcudnoc htiw or tuohtiw na detalusni ,rotcudnoc dna .sroodtuo detsiwt together. SECTION 461-09 - SPECIAL CABLES 461-09-01 A ,elbac htiw or tuohtiw a dleihs or a cillatem sheath, dednetni ot evig off heat for gnitaeh .sesoprup heating cable SECTIdNS 461-10 TO 461-12 - CABLE ACCESSORIES SECTION 461-10 - TERMINATIONS 461-10-01 461-10-04 termination dividing box; splitter box A ecived dettif ot the dne of a elbac ot erusne A xob dettif ot a erocitlum elbac ot elbane the -ni lacirtcele noitcennoc htiw other parts of the metsys laudivid cores ot egreme as eroc-elgnis selbac tuohtiw dna ot niatniam the noitalusni pu ot the tniop of gnibrutsid the core .noitalusni .noitcennoc Note. - The mret gnidivid“ ”xob si yllausu deilppa ot wol egatlov cables, whereas “spilitter box” is applied to high voltage cables. 20-01-164 gnilaes end; pothead (deprecated) 461-10-05 trifurcating box; trifurcator A noitanimret gnidivorp a laes ot the dne of the elbac morf the lanretxe tnemnorivne dna gniniatniam the A rettilps xob detnuom no a three core .elbac ,erusserp fi ,yna of the elbac .metsys 60-ol-164, plug-in termination 461-10-03 A noitanimret of a elbac gnittimrep the noitcennoc or the noitcennocsid of the elbac ot other ,tnempiuqe htiw terminal box or tuohtiw ,egatlov yllareneg ni the ecnesba of daol A xob detcurtsnoc ot esuoh elbac .snoitanimret .tnerruc SECTION 461-11 -JOINTS 461-11-01 gnivah tnereffid sepyt of .noitalusni straight-joint 50-U-164 An accessory gnikam a noitcennoc neewteb two selbac ot mrof a suounitnoc .tiucric tnioj_gnisilanoitces 20-M-164 tniojA where the cillatem sheath, dleihs dna noitalusni gnitacrufirt tnioj neercs of the elbac are yllacirtcele .detpurretni nA yrossecca gnikam a noitcennoc neewteb a -eerht 60-U-164 core elbac dna three eroc-elgnis .selbac tee tnioj 30-11-164 nA yrossecca gnikam a noitcennoc of a hcnarb elbac ot stop joint a niam elbac where the axes of the two selbac are An yrossecca gnikam a noitcennoc neewteb two selbac yletamixorppa at thgir .selgna where the diulf ni eno elbac si segregated morf the diulf or the noitalusni of the other elbac yb a erusserp -tsiser 70-11-164 gni .reirrab sehceerb ;tnioj Y tnioj 40-U-164 nA yrossecca gnikam a noitcennoc of a hcnarb elbac ot noitisnart tnioj a niam elbac where the axes of the two selbac are nA yrossecca gnikam a noitcennoc neewteb two selbac yletamixorppa .lellarap 5