600/1000V TWO-CORE PVC INSULATED ,PVC SHEATHED,ARMOURED CABLE TO BS 6346 

Construction 
Conductor : Plain annealed copper 
Insulation : Flame Retardant PVC Compound 
Filler: PVC or Polypropylene yarn 
Binder Tape: Polyester (mylar) tape 
Bedding:  Flame retardant PVC compound 
Armouring: Steel wire armored 
Sheath: Flame retardant PVC compound

Size of Conductor

Nominal Thickness of Insulation

STEEL WIRE ARMOURED (SWA) CABLE

Nominal Thickness of Bedding

Nominal Dia. of Armour Wire

Nominal Thickness of Sheath

Approx. Overall Diameter

Approx. Weight

mm2

mm

mm

mm

mm

mm

kg/km

1.5

0.6

0.8

0.9

1.4

12.3

290

2.5

0.7

0.8

0.9

1.4

13.6

355

4

0.8

0.8

0.9

1.4

15.1

445

6

0.8

0.8

0.9

1.5

16.5

520

10

1.0

0.8

1.25

1.6

20.1

845

16

1.0

0.8

1.25

1.6

21.9

1050

25

1.2

1.0

1.6

1.7

23.0

1340

35

1.2

1.0

1.6

1.8

24.9

1615

50

1.4

1.0

1.6

1.9

27.8

2035

70

1.4

1.0

1.6

1.9

30.4

2570

95

1.6

1.2

2.0

2.1

35.5

3590

120

1.6

1.2

2.0

2.2

38.0

4230

150

1.8

1.2

2.0

2.3

41.3

4990

185

2.0

1.4

2.5

2.4

46.4

6460

240

2.2

1.4

2.5

2.5

55.0

8225

300

2.4

1.6

2.5

2.7

66.5

10745

400

2.6

1.6

2.5

2.9

73.0

12990