AS/NZS 5000.1:2003

1 - AS/NZS 5000.1:2003 ELECTRIC CABLES-POLYMERIC INSULATED - FOR WORKING VOLTAGES UP TO AND INCLUDING 0.6/1 (1.2) KV
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - 1 SCOPE
6 - 2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
7 - 3 DEFINITIONS
7 - 3.1 Aerial cables
7 - 3.2 Approximate value
7 - 3.3 Core (of a cable)
7 - 3.4 Direction of lay
7 - 3.5 Fictitious values
7 - 3.6 Fixed cable
7 - 3.7 Flexible cable
7 - 3.8 Multicore cable
7 - 3.9 Non-hygroscopic material
7 - 3.10 Pitch circle diameter
7 - 3.11 Routine tests
7 - 3.12 Sample tests
8 - 3.13 Shall
8 - 3.14 Should
8 - 3.15 Type tests
8 - 3.16 Voltage designation
8 - 3.17 Wavelength or length of lay
8 - 4 VOLTAGE DESIGNATION
8 - 5 CONDUCTORS
9 - 6 INSULATION
9 - 6.1 Material
9 - 6.1.1 General
9 - 6.1.2 Aerial cables or fixed cables used in outdoor applications
9 - 6.2 Application
9 - 6.3 Thickness
10 - 6.4 Core identification
10 - 6.4.1 Restricted colours
10 - 6.4.2 Method
11 - 6.4.3 Colours
11 - 6.4.4 Figures and words
11 - 7 ASSEMBLY OF CORES
11 - 7.1 Flat cables
11 - 7.2 Circular cables
11 - 7.2.1 Lay-up of cores
11 - 7.2.2 Fillers, barrier tapes and binders
12 - 8 BEDDING (OPTIONAL)
12 - 8.1 General
12 - 8.2 Material
12 - 8.3 Application
12 - 8.3.1 Taped bedding
12 - 8.3.2 Extruded bedding
12 - 8.4 Thickness
12 - 8.4.1 General
12 - 8.4.2 Reduced thickness taped bedding under a metallic screen or concentric conductor
13 - 9 METALLIC LAYERS (OPTIONAL)
13 - 10 SEPARATION LAYER (OPTIONAL)
13 - 10.1 General
13 - 10.2 Material and application
13 - 10.3 Thickness
14 - 11 ARMOUR (OPTIONAL)
14 - 11.1 Material
14 - 11.2 Dimensions of wire and tape
14 - 11.3 Application
14 - 11.3.1 General
14 - 11.3.2 Wire armour
15 - 11.3.3 Tape armour
15 - 11.4 Further protection
15 - 12 METALLIC SHEATH (OPTIONAL)
15 - 12.1 Material
15 - 12.2 Application
15 - 12.3 Thickness
15 - 12.4 Further protection
15 - 13 NON-METALLIC SHEATH (OPTIONAL)
15 - 13.1 General
16 - 13.2 Material
16 - 13.3 Application
16 - 13.4 Thickness
16 - 13.4.1 Average thickness
17 - 13.4.2 Minimum thickness
17 - 13.4.3 Thickness of combined layer
17 - 14 NON-METALLIC BRAID (OPTIONAL)
17 - 14.1 Material and application
18 - 14.2 Thickness
18 - 15 FURTHER PROTECTION (OPTIONAL)
18 - 16 MARKING
18 - 16.1 Information to be marked
18 - 16.2 Means of marking
19 - 16.3 Marking of packaging
19 - 17 TESTS
22 - APPENDIX A - PURCHASING GUIDELINES
22 - A1 GENERAL
22 - A2 INFORMATION TO BE SUPPLIED BY THE PURCHASER
23 - APPENDIX B - THE FICTITIOUS CALCULATION METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE DIMENSIONS OF PROTECTIVE COVERINGS
23 - B1 INTRODUCTION
23 - B2 GENERAL
23 - B3 METHOD
23 - B3.1 Conductors
24 - B3.2 Cores
24 - B3.3 Diameter over laid-up cores
26 - B3.4 Bedding
27 - B3.5 Metallic screen or concentric conductor
27 - B3.6 Metallic sheath
27 - B3.7 Separation layer
27 - B3.8 Armour
28 - B3.9 Non-metallic sheath

Specifies the construction, dimensions and test requirements for cables insulated with polymeric materials intended for use in electrical installations at working voltages up to and including 0.6/1 (1.2) kV. It does not apply to polymeric insulated cables for special installations for which there are separate Australian/New Zealand Standards, e.g. flexible lift control cables, neutral screened cables, welding cables, flexible cords and aerial bundled cables.

This Standard specifies construction, dimensions and tests for single and multicore cables insulated with polymeric materials intended for use in electrical installations at working voltages up to and including 0.6/1 (1.2) kV. It does not apply to polymeric insulated cables for special installations and service conditions or for which there are separate Australian/New Zealand Standards, e.g. flexible lift control cables, neutral screened cables, welding cables, flexible cords and aerial bundled cables. NOTES: 1 Purchasing guidelines are contained in Appendix A. 2 AS/NZS 3008.1 should be referenced to assist correct cable size selection for the intended application and installation.

First published in Australia as part of AS C50-1928.
Second edition 1939 (being endorsement of BS 7-1939 with amendments).
AS C116 first published 1941.
AS C130 first published 1941.
AS (E)C502 first published 1943.
AS C50-1939, AS C116-1941, AS C130-1941 and AS (E)C502-1943 revised, amalgamated and designated AS C116-1950.
AS C147 first published 1950.
Third edition AS C116-1955.
Second edition AS C147-1955.
AS C178 first published 1966.
Fourth edition AS C116-1967.
Third edition AS C147-1967.
Fourth edition 1969.
Fourth edition AS C116-1970.
AS C189 first published 1971.
Fifth edition AS C147-1972.
Sixth edition AS C116-1972.
Revised and redesignated in part as AS 3116-1974.
AS C189-1971 and part of AS C147-1972 revised, amalgamated and redesignated AS 3147-1974.
AS C178-1966 revised and redesignated in part as AS 3178-1975.
AS C189-1971 withdrawn 1976.
AS C147-1972 withdrawn 1976.
Second edition AS 3147-1976.
Second edition AS 3116-1976.
AS 3198 first published 1977.
Second edition AS 3178-1978.
Third edition AS 3116-1981.
Third edition AS 3147-1981.
Fourth edition 1988.
Fourth edition AS 3116-1990.
Second edition AS 3198-1990.
Third edition AS 3178-1991.
Fifth edition AS 3147-1992.
First published in New Zealand as NZS/AS 3198-1990.
NZS/AS 3116 first published 1990.
NZS/AS 3198-1990 jointly revised and designated as AS/NZS 3198:1996.
NZS/AS 3116-1990 jointly revised and designated as AS/NZS 3116:1996.
AS 3147-1992, AS/NZS 3116:1996 and AS/NZS 3198:1996 jointly revised, amalgamated and redesignated AS/NZS 5000.1:1999.
AS 3178-1991 and AS/NZS 5000.1:1999 jointly revised, amalgamated and redesignated AS/NZS 5000.1:2003. First published in Australia in part as AS 4802.3-1991. AS 4802.3 Supplement 1 first published 1991. AS 4802.3 Supplement 2 first published 1992. First published in New Zealand as NZS/ISO/IEC 8802-3:1990. AS 4802.3-1991, AS 4802.3 Supplement 1-1991, AS 4802.3 Supplement 2-1992 and NZS/ISO/IEC 8802-3:1990, jointly revised, amalgamated and designated as Joint Standard AS/NZS 4802.3:1994.