BS 542:1973

Withdrawn

Specification for cable glands and sealing boxes for association with apparatus for use at mines and quarries

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Hardcopy , PDF

Withdrawn date

08-07-2014

Language(s)

English

Published date

30-03-1973

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Co-operating organizations
Foreword
Specification
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Voltages
4 Materials
5 Cable glands
6 Clearance and creepage distances
7 Construction of cable sealing boxes
8 Marking
9 Ordering information
Appendices
A Information required when ordering cable glands and
sealing boxes
B Determination of creepage distances
C Approximate conversions to imperial units
Tables
1 Terminal stems
2 Material properties
3 General data
4 Minimum clearances and creepages in compound
5 Minimum clearances and creepages in air
Figures
1 Cable conductor termination
2 Cable conductor termination

Cable sealing and dividing boxes with cable glands, designed to be filled with solid setting bituminous compound (not sealing boxes filled with oil). Construction, physical properties of insulation materials and minimum electrical creepage distances; clearance distances between bare conductors; details of screwed terminals.

Committee	W/-
DevelopmentNote	Supersedes 71/42537 DC. (08/2005) Inactive for the new design. (11/2011)
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	14
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Withdrawn

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BS 542:1973

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