Fire Resistant Cable Specification

Bs 6387 specification for performance requirements for cables required to maintain circuit conditions.

Fire resistant cable specification.

The fire resistant cables manufactured by ucmb complied with either one or combination of the specification as below. Bs 7629 1. 2008 300 500v fire resistant electric cables corrosive gases when having low emission of smoke and affected by fire. Stranded annealed stranded copper insulation.

Bs 6387 cwz is for fire alarm emergency lighting cables with 750v max. Mgt mica glass tape fire barrier tape sheath jacket. Fire resistant cable with halogen free compounds is mainly used for installation of fire alarm and emergency evacuation systems where long term electrical circuits are required under fire conditions and to prevent loss of life and property eg. Thermosetting insulated armoured fire resistant cables of rated voltage 600 1000 v having low emission of smoke and corrosive gases when affected by fire.

2 type fplr fplr power limited fire alarm riser cable is listed as being suitable for use in a vertical run in a shaft or from floor to floor all fplr cables are listed as having fire resistant characteristics. Fire resistant single core cables and multicore cables for bs5839 1 most fire detection and fire alarm systems bs5266 emergency lighting and standard application circuits and bs8519 life safety and fire fighting category 1 control circuits. In industrial complexes power stations communal establishments hotels airports underground railway networks hospitals and outpatient clinics. Fire resistant cable to bs6387 cwz as fire alarm cable bs5839 and emergency lighting cable bs5266.

Maximum 90 c minimum bending 0 c. Specification for 300 500 v fire resistant screened cables having low emission of smoke and corrosive gases when affected by fire multicore and multipair cables. Bs 7846 electric cables. The fire resistant cable may categorized by a letter symbol e g.

Bs8519 is code of practice for selection and instalaltion of fire resistant power control cable systems for fire safety and fire fighting applications. A or series of symbols e g. Black blue brown green yellow grey red voltage. Power cable has to meet with requirement of bs8491 cat1 or cat2 or cat3.

Zero halogen low smoke flame retardant abrasion resistant. Lszh low smoke zero halogen colour. Cwz in according to the requirements for fire resistance characteristics which they meet the test temperature selected and the duration of the test for resistance to fire alone in according to bs 6387 as below. Level manufacturing british standard applications.