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  • BS 6893-2:1987

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    Flexible insulating sleeving for electrical purposes Methods of test

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  15-12-1997

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  23-12-1987

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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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

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    Methods of test for sleeving including heat shrinkable sleeving, intended primarily for insulating conductors and connections of electrical apparatus.

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    Committee GEL/15
    Development Note Partially replaces BS 2848:1973.
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
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    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    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

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    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 216-3 : 2ED 80 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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