Copper or aluminium, armoured or unarmoured, 650/1100 V

XLPE Single Core Power Cables

Single core XLPE insulated power cable in stranded compacted copper or aluminium, PVC sheathed, with the option of aluminium round wire or flat strip armour. XLPE runs at 90 °C continuous and 250 °C on short circuit.

IS 7098 Part 1 650/1100 V AC / 1500 V DC to earth Single core, 4 mm² to 1000 mm²

XLPE insulation — 90 °C continuous, 250 °C short circuit
Aluminium round wire or flat strip armour, or unarmoured
ST2, FRLS, FR or LSZH outer sheath
Class 1 or class 2 conductor to IS 8130
Flammability tested to IEC 60332-1-2

Enquire about XLPE Single Core Power Cables

Construction IS 7098 Part 1

Conductor: Stranded compacted copper or aluminium to IS 8130, class 1 or 2
Insulation: Cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) to IS 7098-1
Armour: Aluminium round wire or flat strip (armoured types)
Sheath: Extruded PVC Type ST2 / FRLS / FR / LSZH
Cores: Red / Black / Yellow / Blue / Natural
Bending radius: 12 × overall diameter, fixed installation

Schedules

Dimensions, weight and ratings

Dimensions in millimetres, weights in kg/km, currents in amperes. Tables scroll sideways on narrow screens.

Copper, round wire armoured — dimensions and weight

17 rows

Size (mm²)	Insulation	Armour wire	Sheath (min.)	Overall dia.	Weight (kg/km)
1 × 10	1	1.4	1.24	12	219
1 × 16	1	1.4	1.24	13	281
1 × 25	1.2	1.4	1.24	14	390
1 × 35	1.2	1.4	1.24	16	485
1 × 50	1.3	1.4	1.24	17	608
1 × 70	1.4	1.4	1.24	19	817
1 × 95	1.4	1.6	1.4	22	1102
1 × 120	1.5	1.6	1.4	23.5	1339
1 × 150	1.7	1.6	1.4	24.5	1615
1 × 185	1.9	1.6	1.4	26.5	1976
1 × 240	2	1.6	1.4	29	2508
1 × 300	2.1	1.6	1.56	31.5	3078
1 × 400	2.4	2	1.56	36	3962
1 × 500	2.6	2	1.56	39.5	4969
1 × 630	2.8	2	1.72	43	6318
1 × 800	3.1	2	1.88	48.5	7990
1 × 1000	3.3	2.5	2.04	54	10051

Copper, flat strip armoured — dimensions and weight

11 rows

Size (mm²)	Insulation	Armour strip	Sheath (min.)	Overall dia.	Weight (kg/km)
1 × 95	1.4	4 × 0.8	1.4	18.6	1036
1 × 120	1.5	4 × 0.8	1.4	20.4	1264
1 × 150	1.7	4 × 0.8	1.4	22.2	1530
1 × 185	1.9	4 × 0.8	1.4	24.4	1890
1 × 240	2	4 × 0.8	1.4	26.6	2404
1 × 300	2.1	4 × 0.8	1.56	29.6	2974
1 × 400	2.4	4 × 0.8	1.56	33.2	3726
1 × 500	2.6	4 × 0.8	1.56	36.7	4770
1 × 630	2.8	4 × 0.8	1.72	41.2	6070
1 × 800	3.1	4 × 0.8	1.88	45.1	7676
1 × 1000	3.3	4 × 0.8	2.04	50.6	9567

Copper, unarmoured — dimensions and weight

21 rows

Size (mm²)	Class	Insulation	Sheath	Overall dia.	Weight (kg/km)
1 × 4	Class 1	0.7	1.8	7.5	85.5
1 × 6	Class 1	0.7	1.8	8	109
1 × 4	Class 2	0.7	1.8	8	88
1 × 6	Class 2	0.7	1.8	8.5	114
1 × 10	Class 2	0.7	1.8	9.5	152
1 × 16	Class 2	0.7	1.8	10	209
1 × 25	Class 2	0.9	1.8	12	309
1 × 35	Class 2	0.9	1.8	13	399
1 × 50	Class 2	1	1.8	14	513
1 × 70	Class 2	1.1	1.8	16	712
1 × 95	Class 2	1.1	1.8	17.5	940
1 × 120	Class 2	1.2	1.8	19	1168
1 × 150	Class 2	1.4	2	21.5	1444
1 × 185	Class 2	1.6	2	23.5	1786
1 × 240	Class 2	1.7	2	26	2299
1 × 300	Class 2	1.8	2	28.5	2840
1 × 400	Class 2	2	2.2	33	3629
1 × 500	Class 2	2.2	2.2	36	4598
1 × 630	Class 2	2.4	2.2	40	5880
1 × 800	Class 2	2.6	2.4	43.7	7486
1 × 1000	Class 2	2.8	2.6	49.2	9358

Aluminium, round wire armoured — dimensions and weight

17 rows

Size (mm²)	Insulation	Armour wire	Sheath (min.)	Overall dia.	Weight (kg/km)
1 × 10	1	1.4	1.24	11.35	167
1 × 16	1	1.4	1.24	12.5	190
1 × 25	1.2	1.4	1.24	14	247
1 × 35	1.2	1.4	1.24	15	290
1 × 50	1.3	1.4	1.24	16.5	342
1 × 70	1.4	1.4	1.24	18.5	428
1 × 95	1.4	1.6	1.4	20.2	560
1 × 120	1.5	1.6	1.4	22.5	665
1 × 150	1.7	1.6	1.4	24	779
1 × 185	1.9	1.6	1.4	26.5	921
1 × 240	2	1.6	1.4	29	1121
1 × 300	2.1	1.6	1.56	31.5	1349
1 × 400	2.4	2	1.56	35.5	1739
1 × 500	2.6	2	1.56	39.5	2128
1 × 630	2.8	2	1.72	43	2660
1 × 800	3.1	2	1.88	47.9	3296
1 × 1000	3.3	2.5	2.04	54.37	4142

Aluminium, flat strip armoured — dimensions and weight

11 rows

Size (mm²)	Insulation	Armour strip	Sheath (min.)	Overall dia.	Weight (kg/km)
1 × 95	1.4	4 × 0.8	1.4	18.6	494
1 × 120	1.5	4 × 0.8	1.4	20.4	589
1 × 150	1.7	4 × 0.8	1.4	22.5	694
1 × 185	1.9	4 × 0.8	1.4	24.5	827
1 × 240	2	4 × 0.8	1.4	26.6	1026
1 × 300	2.1	4 × 0.8	1.56	29.6	1235
1 × 400	2.4	4 × 0.8	1.56	33	1548
1 × 500	2.6	4 × 0.8	1.56	36.7	1909
1 × 630	2.8	4 × 0.8	1.72	40.5	2413
1 × 800	3.1	4 × 0.8	1.72	46	2992
1 × 1000	3.3	4 × 0.8	1.88	50	3667

Aluminium, unarmoured — dimensions and weight

22 rows

Size (mm²)	Class	Insulation	Sheath	Overall dia.	Weight (kg/km)
1 × 4	Class 1	0.7	1.8	7.5	60
1 × 6	Class 1	0.7	1.8	8	70
1 × 10	Class 1	0.7	1.8	9	80
1 × 4	Class 2	0.7	1.8	8	65
1 × 6	Class 2	0.7	1.8	8.5	75
1 × 10	Class 2	0.7	1.8	9.5	90
1 × 16	Class 2	0.7	1.8	10	115
1 × 25	Class 2	0.9	1.8	12	155
1 × 35	Class 2	0.9	1.8	13	180
1 × 50	Class 2	1	1.8	14	240
1 × 70	Class 2	1.1	1.8	15.5	310
1 × 95	Class 2	1.1	1.8	17.5	385
1 × 120	Class 2	1.2	1.8	19.5	470
1 × 150	Class 2	1.4	2	21.5	600
1 × 185	Class 2	1.6	2	23.5	710
1 × 240	Class 2	1.7	2	26	900
1 × 300	Class 2	1.8	2	28.5	1158
1 × 400	Class 2	2	2.2	31.5	1385
1 × 500	Class 2	2.2	2.2	35.5	1650
1 × 630	Class 2	2.4	2.2	39.5	2100
1 × 800	Class 2	2.6	2.4	44.5	2730
1 × 1000	Class 2	2.8	2.6	48.5	3350

Copper — current carrying capacity

21 rows

Size (mm²)	Ground 2 core	Ground 3 core	Duct 2 core	Duct 3 core	Air 2 core	Air 3 core	DC res. (Ω/km)
1.5	32	28	27	26	28	24	12.1
2.5	42	36	36	33	37	31	7.41
4	54	47	46	43	48	41	4.61
6	67	58	57	53	61	52	3.08
10	90	77	76	70	83	71	1.83
16	115	98	97	89	108	94	1.15
25	148	126	124	114	144	126	0.727
35	177	150	148	136	176	154	0.524
50	208	177	174	160	212	187	0.387
70	255	216	213	195	269	238	0.268
95	312	260	256	233	340	303	0.193
120	355	295	291	264	396	354	0.153
150	396	329	324	294	450	403	0.124
185	447	371	365	330	519	468	0.0991
240	515	427	420	379	613	553	0.0754
300	576	477	469	422	700	634	0.0601
400	651	537	528	473	813	737	0.047
500	727	598	589	525	930	844	0.0366
630	806	661	651	578	1056	961	0.0283
800	877	721	707	626	1179	1077	0.0221
1000	935	772	751	668	1288	1188	0.0176

Columns give 2 single core cables / 3 single core cables in each installation condition. Air 40 °C, ground 30 °C, conductor 90 °C. To IS 3961 Part 6.

Aluminium — current carrying capacity

19 rows

Size (mm²)	Ground 2 core	Ground 3 core	Duct 2 core	Duct 3 core	Air 2 core	Air 3 core	DC res. (Ω/km)
4	43	37	36	34	38	33	7.41
6	55	47	47	43	50	43	4.61
10	69	59	58	54	64	55	3.08
16	89	76	75	69	84	72	1.91
25	115	98	96	89	112	98	1.2
35	137	116	115	106	137	119	0.868
50	161	137	135	124	165	145	0.641
70	198	168	165	151	209	185	0.443
95	243	202	199	181	264	235	0.32
120	276	230	226	206	308	276	0.253
150	308	256	252	229	350	314	0.206
185	349	290	285	258	406	366	0.164
240	404	335	329	298	480	434	0.125
300	454	376	369	333	551	500	0.1
400	518	429	421	378	647	589	0.0778
500	588	485	476	426	751	685	0.0605
630	663	546	536	477	868	793	0.0469
800	740	608	596	528	992	907	0.0367
1000	812	665	652	575	1117	1022	0.0291

Air 40 °C, ground 30 °C, conductor 90 °C. To IS 3961 Part 6.

Dimensions and weights are approximate and subject to manufacturing tolerance. Current ratings assume the stated installation conditions — apply the de-rating factors for anything else, and confirm against the mill certificate before ordering.