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    ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE-RUBBER-INSULATED WIRE AND CABLE FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY

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    Superseded date:  30-01-2001

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    Published date:  12-01-2013

    Publisher:  National Electrical Manufacturers Association

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    PART 1 - GENERAL
      Scope
      General Information
      Information to be Supplied by Purchaser
    PART 2 - CONDUCTORS
      Wires, Physical, and Electrical Properties
      Solid Conductors
      Stranded Conductors
      Conductor Size Units
      Conductor DC Resistance per Unit Length
      Conductor Diameter
      Stress Control Layer (Conductor Shield)
    PART 3 - INSULATION
      Material
      Insulation Thickness
      Insulation Thickness for Submarine Power Cable
      Repairs
      Insulation Types and Requirements
      Type I Insulation
      Type II Insulation
    PART 4 - SHIELDING AND COVERINGS
      Shielding of Insulated Cables
      Shielding Limits for Power Cable for Fixed Locations
      Jackets
      General
      Rubber or Thermoplastic Jackets
      Metallic and Associated Coverings
      Metallic and Associated Coverings
      Division I - Coverings for Use Under Normal Conditions
      Division II - Round Wire Armor for Borehole, Dredge,
        Shaft, and Vertical Riser Cable
      Division III - Round Wire Armor for Buried Cable
    PART 5 - ASSEMBLY, FILLERS, AND CONDUCTOR IDENTIFICATION
      Assembly of Multiple-conductor Cables
      Fillers
      Conductor Identification
    PART 6 - TESTING AND TEST METHODS
      Testing
      Selection of Samples
      Conductor Test Methods
      Thickness Measurements for Insulations and Nonmetallic
        Jackets
      Physical and Aging Tests for Insulations, Jackets, and
        Nonmetallic Conducting Materials
      Tensile Strength Test
      Tensile Stress Test
      Elongation Test
      Set Test
      Aging Tests
      Physical Tests for Nonmetallic Conducting Materials
        Intended for Extrusion
      Tear Test
      Thickness of Jute Beddings and Servings
      Thickness of Metallic Tapes
      Thickness of Metallic Sheaths
      Heat Shock
      Heat Distortion
      Cold Bend
      Environmental Cracking
      Absorption Coefficient
      Accelerated Water Absorption
      Capacity and Power Factor
      Tests for Discharge Resistance
      Volume Resistivity
      Stripping Test
      Retests for Tests Covered by 6.13 through 6.25 and
        6.30 and 6.31
      Electrical Tests on Completed Cables
      Voltage Tests
      Insulation Resistance
      Partial-discharge Test Procedure
      Method for Flexibility Test for Continuously Corrugated
        Armor
      Method for Determining Permittivity (S.I.C.) and
        Dielectric Strength of Extruded Nonconducting
        Polymeric Stress Control Layers
      Hot Creep Test
    PART 7 - CONSTRUCTIONS OF SPECIFIC TYPES
      Mine Power Cables
      Portable Single- and Multiple-conductor Power Cables
      General Description of Completed Cables
      Preassembled Aerial Cables
      Single- and Multiple-conductor Flexible Cords
      Control Cables
      Optional Flame Test Requirements (Deleted)
      Concentric-neutral Underground Distribution Cables
      Concentric-neutral Underground Distribution Cables
      Metal-clad Cables with Grounding Conductor
      Nonshielded Single-conductor Power Cable
      Nonshielded Single-conductor Cables for Series-lighting
        Circuits
    PART 8 - APPENDICES
    A. Abbreviations and Symbols
    B. Representative Tensile Strength and Elongation of
         Nonmagentic Metals
    C. Definitions for Maximum Temperature of Conductors
         in Insulated Wire and Cable
         Maximum Conductor Temperature - Operating
         Maximum Conductor Temperature - Emergency Overload
         Maximum Conductor Temperature - Short Circuit
    D. Emergency Overloads
    E. ICEA Publications and ASTM Standards
         ICEA Publications
         ASTM Standards
    F. Ampacities for Two-conductor Concentric-neutral
         Single-phase Primary Underground Residential
         Distribution Cables
    F.1 Ampacities for Three-phase Underground Distribution
         Cables
    G. Shielding
         Definition of Shielding
         Functions of Shielding
         Use of Insulation Shielding
         Grounding of the Insulation Shield
         Shield Materials
         Splices and Terminations
    H. Recommended Bending Radii for Cables
         Scope
         Power Cables without Metallic Shielding or Armor
         Power Cables with Metallic Shielding or Armor
         Portable Cables
         Drum Diameters of Reels
    I. Ampacities for Three-conductor Mine Power Cables
    J. Ampacities and Voltage Ratings of Portable Cables
    K. Deleted
    L. Additional Conductor Information
    M. Ampacities for Preassembled Aerial Cables
    N. Flexible Cords and Remote Control and Drill Cords

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    These standards apply to materials, constructions, and testing of ethylene-propylene-rubber-insulated wires and cables that are used for the transmission and distribution of electrical energy for normal conditions of installation and service, either indoors, aerial, underground, or submarine.

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    Document Type Standard
    Publisher National Electrical Manufacturers Association
    Status Superseded
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