218Y to BS 6500
Application and Description
These cable types are especially suited for use on small appliances with low mechanical stress and for connection for light household appliances, e.g. kitchen utensils, desk lamps, floor lamps, vacuum cleaners, office machines, radios, etc. As far as these cables are admitted to the relevant specifications of the equipment, They are not permitted for use with cooking or heating apparatus. 218Y is equivalent to harmonized code H03VV-F.
Cable Construction
| Bare copper fine wire conductor |
| Stranding to BS 6360 Class 5 or IEC 60228 Class 5 |
| PVC core insulation TI2 to BS 7655 |
| Green/Yellow grounding (3 conductors and above) |
| PVC outer jacket TM2 to BS 7655 |
Core Identification
| 2 Cores |
Blue, Brown |
| 3 Cores |
Green/Yellow, Blue, Brown |
| 4 cores |
Green/Yellow, black, brown, blue |
Technical Characteristics
| Working voltage |
300/300 volts |
| Test voltage |
2000 volts |
| Flexing bending radius |
7.5xOverall diameter |
| Static bending radius |
4xOverall diameter |
| Flexing temperature |
-5 oC to +70 oC |
| Static temperature |
-40 oC to +70 oC |
| Short circuit temperature |
+160 oC |
| Flame retardant |
IEC 60332.1 |
| Insulation resistance |
20 MΩxkm |
Cable Parameter
| AWG (No of Strands/Strand Diameter) |
No. of Cores x Nominal Cross Sectional Area |
Nominal Thickness of Insulation |
Nominal Thickness of Sheath |
Nominal Overall Diameter |
Nominal
Copper
Weight |
Nominal Weight |
| #xmm^2 |
mm |
mm |
mm |
kg/km |
kg/km |
| 2182Y |
| 20(16/32) |
2x0.50 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
5 |
9.6 |
38 |
| 18(24/32) |
2x0.75 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
5.5 |
14.4 |
46 |
| 2183Y |
| 20(16/32) |
3x0.50 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
5.4 |
14.4 |
45 |
| 18(24/32) |
3x0.75 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
6 |
21.6 |
59 |
| 2184Y |
| 20(16/32) |
4x0.50 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
5.8 |
19.2 |
55 |
| 18(24/32) |
4x0.75 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
6.5 |
28.8 |
72 |
