BS 6893-2:1987
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Flexible insulating sleeving for electrical purposes Methods of test
Hardcopy , PDF
15-12-1997
English
23-12-1987
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National foreword
Committees responsible
Methods
Introduction
1. Scope
2. Test conditions
3. Measurements of bore and wall thickness
4. Density
5. Resistance to splitting after heating
6. Resistance to heat
7. Resistance to soldering heat
8. Loss in mass on heating of uncoated textile glass
sleeving
9. Longitudinal change
10. Resistance to pressure at elevated temperature
11. Thermal stability of p.v.c. sleeving
12. Volatile content of silicone sleeving
13. Bending after heating
14. Bending at low temperature
15. Brittleness temperature
16. Dimensional stability on storage
17. Hydrolysis of coating
18. Flexibility
19. Tensile strength, elongation at break and secant
modulus at 2% or 100% elongation
20 Fraying resistance test
21. Breakdown voltage
22. Insulation resistance
23. Volume resistivity
24. Permittivity and dissipation factor
25. Resistance to tracking
26. Flame propagation tests
27. Flammability - Oxygen index tests
28. Transparency
29. Ionic impurities test
30. Silver staining test
31. Electrolytic corrosion resistance
32. Corrosion resistance (tensile and elongation method)
33. Presence of corrosive volatiles (copper mirror
method)
34. Colour fastness to light
35. Resistance to ozone
36. Resistance to selected fluids
37. Thermal endurance
Appendices
A. Weather resistance
B. Mould growth
Figures
1. Weighted gauges for measuring bore of textile
sleeving
2. Specimen for test for resistance to soldering heat
3. Examples of sleeving after being subjected to test
for resistance to soldering heat
4. Arrangement for the test for resistance to pressure
at elevated temperature
5. Apparatus for flexibility test
6. Dumb bell specimen for tensile strength test
7. Sketch of fray test arrangement
8. Arrangement for shot bath electric strength test
9. Specimen for insulation resistance test
10. Standard propane burner for flame propagation test
(Sectional view)
11. Flame propagation test - Method A
12. Flame propagation test - Method B
Methods of test for sleeving including heat shrinkable sleeving, intended primarily for insulating conductors and connections of electrical apparatus.
| Committee |
GEL/15
|
| DevelopmentNote |
Partially replaces BS 2848:1973.
|
| DocumentType |
Standard
|
| Pages |
48
|
| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
|
| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy | |
| Supersedes |
| BS 2G 198-4:1990 | Sleeves for aircraft electric cables and equipment wires Specification for semi-rigid high performance heat shrinkable sleeving for binding and insulation |
| BS 3858:1992 | Specification for binding and identification sleeves for use on electric cables and wires |
| BS 5691-2:1995 | Guide for the determination of thermal endurance properties of electrical insulating materials Choice of test criteria |
| BS 5691-1:1979 | Guide for the determination of thermal endurance properties of electrical insulating materials General procedures for the determination of thermal endurance properties, temperature indices and thermal endurance profiles |
| ISO 974:2000 | Plastics Determination of the brittleness temperature by impact |
| IEC 60250:1969 | Recommended methods for the determination of the permittivity and dielectric dissipation factor of electrical insulating materials at power, audio and radio frequencies including metre wavelengths |
| BS 903-A43:1982 | Methods of testing vulcanized rubber. Determination of resistance to ozone cracking (static strain test) |
| IEC 60304:1982 | Standard colours for insulation for low-frequency cables and wires |
| ISO 105-B:1984 | Textiles Tests for colour fastness Part B: Colour fastness to light and weathering |
| IEC 60243:1967 | Recommended methods of test for electric strength of solid insulating materials at power frequencies |
| BS 2782-1 Method 130A:1976 | Methods of testing plastics. Thermal properties Determination of the thermal stability of polyvinyl chloride by the Congo red method |
| IEC 60216-3:2006 | GUIDE FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THERMAL ENDURANCE PROPERTIES OF ELECTRICAL INSULATING MATERIALS - STATISTICAL METHODS |
| ISO 37:2017 | Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic — Determination of tensile stress-strain properties |
| BS 5691-2:1979 | Guide for the determination of thermal endurance properties of electrical insulating materials List of materials and available tests |
| BS 2782-1 Method 141:1986 | Methods of testing plastics. Thermal properties Determination of flammability by oxygen index |
| BS 2011-2.1T:1981 | Environmental testing. Tests Test T. Soldering |
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