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

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    Superseded date:  01-11-2000

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    Published date:  12-01-2013

    Publisher:  National Electrical Manufacturers Association

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    Foreword
    PART 1 - GENERAL
      Scope
      General Information
      Information to Be Supplied to 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
    PART 3 - INSULATION
      Material
      Insulation Thicknesses
      Additional Insulation Thickness for non-sheathed
        Submarine Cables
      Series Lighting Circuits
      Repairs
      Insulation Grades and Requirements
      Synthetic Rubber, Moisture Resisting, 60 deg C
      Natural Rubber, 60 deg C
      Synthetic Rubber, 75 deg C
      Synthetic Rubber, Heat Resisting, 75 deg C or Moisture
        Resisting 60 deg C
      Natural Rubber 75 deg C
      Synthetic Rubber, Heat and Moisture Resisting, 75 deg C
      Ozone-resisting Natural or Synthetic Rubber
      Ozone-resisting Butyl Rubber
      Synthetic Rubber, 90 deg C
      Ozone-resisting Silicone Rubber
      Chlorosulfonated Polyethylene
    PART 4 - SHIELDING AND COVERINGS
      Shielding
      Tapes, Braids, Wraps, and Servings
      Jackets
    PART 5 - ASSEMBLY, FILLERS, BINDERS, AND CONDUCTOR
             IDENTIFICATION
      Assembly of Multiple-conductor Cables
      Multiple-conductor Round Cables
      Flat Twin Cables
      Fillers
      Binder
      Conductor Identification
    PART 6 - TESTING AND TEST METHODS
      Testing
      Tests on Samples
      Conductor Test Methods
      Test Samples and Specimens for Physical and Aging Tests
      Short-time Dielectric Strength Test on Insulation
        Conductors
      Cold Bending and Long-time Dielectric Strength Test
      Capacity and Power Factor Tests
      Ozone Resisting Tests
      Accelerated Water Absorption Tests
      Thickness of Tapes
      Measurements of Braids
      Determination of Yarn Size of Wraps
      Braided Cables for Indoor Installations
      Saturant for Fibrous Covering for Aerial Cables
      Braided Cables for Outdoor Installations
      Saturant for Fibrous Covering for Aerial Cables
      Braided Cables for Outdoor Installations
      Fibrous or Composite Jackets
      Thickness of Metallic Sheaths
      Thickness of Jute Beddings and Servings
      Tests for Thermoplastic Jackets
      Tests for Discharge-resisting Jackets
      Volume Resistivity
      Stripping Test
      Retests for Tests on Samples (Except Physical and Aging
        Tests)
      Voltage Tests
      Insulation Resistance
      Partial Discharge Test Procedure
      Method for Flexibility Test for Continuously Corrugated
        Armor
      Method for Determining Permittivity (SIC) and Dielectric
        Strength of Exuded Nonconducting Polymeric Stress
        Control Layers
    PART 7 - CONSTRUCTIONS OF SPECIFIC TYPES
      Mine Power Cables
      Preassembled Aerial Cables
      Portable Arc-welding Cables
      Control Cables
      Primary Underground Residential Distribution Cables -
        Butyl Rubber Insulated
      Metal-clad Cables with Grounding Conductor
      Nonshielded Single-conductor Power Cable
    PART 8 - APPENDICES
      Abbreviations and Symbols
      Representative Tensile Strength and Elongation of Non-
        magnetic Metals
      Definitions for Maximum Temperature of Conductors in
        Insulated Wire and Cable
      Emergency Overload Ratings for Rubber-Insulated Cables
      Referenced ICEA Publications and ASTM Standards
      Shielding
      Recommended Bending Radii for Cables
      Ampacities for Three-conductor Mine Power Cables 2001
        to 15000 Volts copper and Aluminium
      Conductor Identification for Control Cables
      Additional Conductor Information
      Ampacities for Preassembled Aerial Cables

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    These standards apply to materials, constructions and testing of rubber-insulated wires and cables which 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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