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BS5308 — instrumentation cables

BS 5308 Cable Part 1 Type1 PE-OS-PVC unarmoured versions (Part 1 Type 1) are generally use for indoor installation and suitable for wet and damp areas. Generally used within industrial process manufacturing plants for communication, data and voice transmission signals and services, Also used for…

  • Standards: Basic design to BS 5308
  • Basic design to BS 5308
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Product Description

Application

BS 5308 Cable Part 1 Type1 PE-OS-PVC unarmoured versions (Part 1 Type 1) are generally use for indoor installation and suitable for wet and damp areas. Generally used within industrial process manufacturing plants for communication, data and voice transmission signals and services, Also used for the interconnection of electrical equipment and instruments, typically in petroleum industry.

Standard

Basic design to BS 5308

Construction

Conductor Annealed or tinned copper, sizes: 0.5mm2 and 0.75mm2 mulitistranded(Class 5), 0.5 mm2, 1.0 mm2 solid(Class 1), 1.5mm2 or 2.5mm2, multistranded(Class 2) to BS6360
Insulation PE (Polyethylene) type 03 to BS6234
Pairing Two insulated conductors uniformly twisted together with a lay not exceeding 100mm
Colour code See technical information
Binder tape PETP transparent tape
Collective screen Aluminium/polyester tape is applied over the laid up pairs metallic side down in contact with tinned copper drain wire, 0.5mm2
Outer sheath PVC Sheath, type TM 1 or type 6 to BS 6746
Sheath colour Black or blue

Mechanical and Electrical Properties

Operating temperature -40°C up to + 70°C( fixed installation)
  0°C to +50°C(during operation )
Minimum bending radius 5 x overall diameter
Conductor Area Size mm2 0.5 0.5 0.75 1.0 1.5
Conductor Stranding No. x mm 1 x 0.8 16 x 0.2 24 x 0.2 1 x 1.13 7 x 0.53
Conductor resistance max ohm/km 36.8 39.7 26.5 18.2 12.3
Insulation resistance min Gohm/km 5 5 5 5 5
Capacitance unbalanceat 1 kHz(pair to pair screen) pF/250m 250
Max. Mutual Capacitance @ 1 kHz forNon OS or OS cables (except one-pair and two-pairs) pF/m 115 115 115 115 120
Max. Mutual Capacitance @ 1 kHz IS/OS cables(include 1 pair and 2 pair) pF/m 75 75 75 75 85
Max. L/R Ratio for adjacentcores(Inductance/Resistance) ??H/ohm 25 25 25 25 40
Test voltage Core to core V 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
  Core to screen V 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
Rated voltage max V 300/500 300/500 300/500 300/500 300/500

Parameter

No.of Pairs No.and Dia. of Wires Nominal Conductor Cross-Sectional Area Nominal Thickness of Insulation Nominal Thickness of Sheath Nominal Dia. of Cable Approx. Weight
no./mm mm2 mm mm mm kg/km
1 1/0.8 0.5 0.5 0.8 5.5 35
2 1/0.8 0.5 0.5 0.8 6.8 55
5 1/0.8 0.5 0.5 1.1 10.9 125
10 1/0.8 0.5 0.5 1.2 14.4 215
15 1/0.8 0.5 0.5 1.2 16.5 300
20 1/0.8 0.5 0.5 1.3 18.8 385
30 1/0.8 0.5 0.5 1.3 22.3 545
50 1/0.8 0.5 0.5 1.5 28.5 875
1 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 0.8 6.2 60
2 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 0.8 7.6 80
5 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 1.1 12.4 210
10 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 1.2 16.5 340
15 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 1.3 19.2 440
20 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 1.3 21.7 570
30 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 1.5 26.4 780
50 16/0.2 0.5 0.6 1.7 33.4 1130
1 24/0.2 0.75 0.6 0.8 6.7 75
2 24/0.2 0.75 0.6 0.9 8.4 100
5 24/0.2 0.75 0.6 1.2 13.8 250
10 24/0.2 0.75 0.6 1.3 18.4 450
15 24/0.2 0.75 0.6 1.5 21.1 600
20 24/0.2 0.75 0.6 1.5 24.4 920
30 24/0.2 0.75 0.6 1.7 29.5 980
50 24/0.2 0.75 0.6 2 37.6 1690
1 1/1.13 1 0.6 0.8 6.6 85
2 1/1.13 1 0.6 0.8 8 115
5 1/1.13 1 0.6 1.2 13.5 290
10 1/1.13 1 0.6 1.2 17.7 500
15 1/1.13 1 0.6 1.3 20.6 670
20 1/1.13 1 0.6 1.5 23.8 950
30 1/1.13 1 0.6 1.5 28.4 1030
50 1/1.13 1 0.6 2 36.6 1750
1 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 0.8 7.5 100
2 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 0.9 9.3 150
5 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 1.2 15.6 360
10 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 1.3 20.9 690
15 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 1.5 24.6 880
20 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 1.5 27.8 1230
30 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 1.7 33.7 1560
50 7/0.53 1.5 0.6 2 43 2400

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ISO 9001 Quality Management System
ISO 9001 Certificate (2025–2028)
ISO 9001 Certificate (NOA)
CE — Verification of Conformity
RoHS Compliance Attestation (EU)
Low Voltage Directive Attestation (EU)

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  • Wooden, steel or steel-wood drums; drum length to customer requirement
  • Drum marking per customer / utility specification
  • Both drum ends sealed and protected for sea freight
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