BS 7383:1990
Current
The latest, up-to-date edition.
Specification for cold-pour resin-based compound for use as a filling medium in terminating cables in enclosures for voltages not exceeding 11 kV for use in coal mines
Hardcopy , PDF
English
31-12-1990
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Committees responsible
Foreword
Specification
1 Scope
2 Form of supply
3 General properties of the compound
4 Type tests
5 Marking
Appendices
A Guidance on pouring and curing times
B Minimum information to be provided by the
manufacturer on data sheets
C Flammability test
D Electrical discharge test
E Torsion test
F Moisture sealing tests
Figures
1 Test cell for insulation resistance and electric
strength tests
2 Cabinet for flame test
3 Layout of apparatus for flammability test
4 Electrical discharge test cell
Alternative to BS 1858 for internal insulation in plugs, sockets and connectors. Specifies form of supply, general properties and testing and gives guidance on use.
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W/-
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 89/72979 DC (09/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, January 2011. (12/2010)
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Standard
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14
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British Standards Institution
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Current
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This British Standard specifies the form of supply, properties and type tests for a resin-based compound supplied in kit form, suitable as a cold-pour filling medium when terminating electric cables in enclosures primarily used in mines; in particular, but not exclusively, for cable couplers complying with BS 3454, BS 3905 and BS 7019.
NOTE The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.
| BS 3905:1995 | Specification for 3.8/6.6 kV, 300 A bolted flameproof cable couplers and adaptors, for use in coal mines. |
| BS 3454:1995 | Specification for 1.9/3.3 kV, 300 A bolted flameproof cable couplers and adaptors (including 380/660 V and 640/1100 V, 300 A adaptors) for use in coal mines |
| BS 5126-4:1993 | Mining type flameproof supply and control units for use on systems up to 1100 V Specification for air-cooled transformers to power drilling machines |
| BS 3905:1984 | Specification for 3.8/6.6 kV, 300 A bolted flameproof cable couplers and adaptors, primarily for use in mines |
| BS 5865:1980 | Specification for construction and operation of spirit burner for small-scale laboratory flame tests |
| BS 2782-2.230A(1982) : 1982 | PHYSICAL TESTING OF RUBBER - DETERMINATION OF VOLUME RESISTIVITY |
| BS 6910-1:1988 | Cold pour resin compound and heat-shrink cable joints in the voltage range up to 1000 V a.c. and 1500 V d.c. Specification for materials |
| BS 7019:1989 | Specification for fully screened 400 A bolted flameproof cable couplers and adaptors for use on systems up to and including 6.6 kV, primarily for use in mines |
| BS 874(1983) : LATEST | |
| BS 1858:1973 | Specification for bitumen-based filling compounds for electrical purposes |
| BS 3454:1984 | Specification for 1.9/3.3 kV, 300 A bolted flameproof cable couplers and adaptors (including 380/660 V and 640/1100 V, 300 A adaptors), primarily for use in mines |
| BS 2782-4.430A.D(1983) : 1983 | METHODS OF TESTING PLASTICS - CHEMICAL PROPERTIES - DETERMINATION OF WATER AND BOILING WATER ABSORPTION AT 23 DEGREES C. DETERMINATION OF WATER AND BOILING WATER WITH ALLOWANCE OF WATER-SOLUBLE MATTER |
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