DEFSTAN 61-12(PT33)/5(2005) : 2005

1 Scope
2 Warning
3 Normative References
4 Definitions
5 Abbreviations
6 Ordering Information
7 Packaging and Labelling
8 Wire and Cable Categorization
   8.1 Temperature
   8.2 Application
   8.3 Identification
   8.4 Materials
         8.4.1 Conductors
         8.4.2 Screens
   8.5 Colour
   8.6 Multicore Cables
9 Tests
   9.1 Visual inspection of plated strands or braid
   9.2 Conductor Composition
   9.3 Mass Per Unit Length of Conductor
   9.4 Strand Plating Continuity
   9.5 Tensile Strength and Elongation at Break
10 Tests
   10.1 Electrical Resistance After Insulation
   10.2 Solderability
   10.3 Appearance and Identification
   10.4 Mass
   10.5 Wire Outer Diameter
   10.6 Conductor Strand Adhesion
   10.7 Insulation Thickness and Concentricity
   10.8 Colour
   10.9 Colour Stability
   10.10 Colour Fastness to Light
   10.11 Insulation Resistance
   10.12 High Voltage Immersion
   10.13 High Voltage Dry Spark
   10.14 High Voltage Dry Impulse
   10.15 Surface Resistance
   10.16 Overload Resistance
   10.17 Resistance to Wet Arc Tracking
   10.18 Room Temperature Bend
   10.19 Cold Bend
   10.20 Adherence of Insulation on Conductor
   10.21 Dynamic Cut-Through
   10.22 Notch-Propagation Resistance (Applicable to Type 2 only)
   10.23 Scrape Abrasion
   10.24 Wire to Wire Abrasion (applicable to Type 2 wires only)
   10.25 Pliability
   10.26 Identification Durability
   10.27 Flexing Endurance
   10.28 Accelerated Ageing
   10.29 Delamination and Shrinkage
   10.30 Delamination and Insulation Blocking
   10.31 Delamination (tape wrapped insulation)
   10.32 Climatic
   10.33 Damp Heat - steady state
   10.34 Resistance to Solder Heat
   10.35 Thermal Endurance
   10.36 Resistance to Fluids
   10.37 Mould Growth
   10.38 Flammability
   10.39 Flame Propagation
   10.40 Top Coat Durability (tape wrapped constructions with
         dip or spray coated outer surface only)
   10.41 User Applied Markings
         10.41.2 Ultra Violet Laser (excimer laser)
   10.42 Resistance to Dry Arc Tracking
11 Tests
   11.1 Mass
   11.2 Cable Outer Diameter
   11.3 Cable to Cable Abrasion (applicable to Type 2 wires only)
   11.4 High Voltage Immersion (performed on cores removed
         from cables)
   11.5 High Voltage Immersion (screen to solution)
   11.6 High Voltage Dry Spark
   11.7 Cold Bend
   11.8 Thermal Endurance
   11.9 High Voltage (core to core and core to screen)
   11.10 Room Temperature Bend
   11.11 Climatic
   11.12 Damp Heat Steady State
   11.13 Flammability
   11.14 Flame Propagation
   11.15 Identification Durability
   11.16 Dynamic Cut-Through (single core cables)
   11.17 Scrape Abrasion to Screen (single core cables)
   11.18 Accelerated Ageing
12 Tests
   12.1 Jacket Thickness
   12.2 Appearance and Identification
   12.3 Colour Stability
   12.4 Colour Fastness to Light
   12.5 Mould Growth
   12.6 Resistance to Fluids
13 List of Tests and Sample Sizes
Annex A - Resistance To Wet Arc Tracking Test
   A.1 Specimen Requirements
   A.2 Preparation of Specimen
   A.3 Apparatus
         A.3.1 Electrical Equipment
   A.4 Test Equipment
   A.5 Test Protocol
   A.6 Test Rig Set-up
   A.7 Method
         A.7.1 Test Procedure
   A.8 Examination
   A.9 Test Report
   A.10 Requirements
Annex B - Resistance To Dry Arc Tracking Test
   B.1 Specimen Requirements
   B.2 Preparation Of Specimen
   B.3 Apparatus
         B.3.1 Electrical Equipment
         B.3.2 Test Equipment
         B.3.3 Test Protocol
         B.3.4 Test Rig Set-Up
         B.3.5 Method
         B.3.6 Examination
         B.3.7 Test Report
         B.3.8 Requirements

Specifies requirements for airframe wires and cables in the temperature categories 135 degrees C, 150 degrees C, 200 degrees C and 260 degrees C with medium and thin wall insulation, which will withstand 600 V rms at 2000 Hz for use as general airframe wires and cables.