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  • BS 7383:1990

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    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

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  31-12-1990

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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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

    Abstract - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    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.

    Scope - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    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.

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    Committee W/-
    Development Note Supersedes 89/72979 DC (09/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, January 2011. (12/2010)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Current

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    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

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    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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