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BS 8519:2010

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Selection and installation of fire-resistant power and control cable systems for life safety and fire-fighting applications. Code of practice
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

06-25-2020

Language(s)

English

Published date

02-28-2010

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General
5 Fire survival times
6 Power supplies
7 Dual circuits/diverse routes
8 Fire protective enclosures for equipment
9 Automatic changeover devices
10 Motor control panels
11 Cable selection
12 Fire protective enclosures for cables
13 Effects of fire temperature on cable size
14 Use of circuit protective conductors (CPCs)
15 Cable installation practice
16 Cable support systems
17 Inverters
18 Multi-zoned smoke ventilation systems
19 Junction boxes
20 Areas of special fire risk
Annexes
Annex A (informative) - Typical medium voltage circuit
        in a building
Annex B (normative) - Testing of Category 3 cables of
        core sizes up to and including 4 mm[2]
        cross-sectional area
Annex C (informative) - Voltage drop calculations for
        cables in a fire
Annex D (informative) - Fire-resistant cables under fire
        and fault conditions
Annex E (normative) - Methodology for determining the
        cross-sectional area of drop rods
Annex F (informative) - Multi-zoned smoke ventilation
        systems
Bibliography

Provides guidance and recommendations on the selection and installation of power and control cable systems which are required to maintain their circuit integrity for life safety and fire-fighting applications.

This British Standard gives guidance and recommendations on the selection and installation of power and control cable systems which are required to maintain their circuit integrity for life safety and fire-fighting applications. It also gives specific recommendations for electrical system design for such applications, and recommended limits for survival times.

This British Standard does not give recommendations for those installations covered in BS5839‑1, BS5839‑8, BS5839‑9 and BS5266‑1, but makes reference to these standards in an informative capacity.

Committee
FSH/1
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes BS 7346-6(2005) and 09/30189450 DC. (02/2010)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
34
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

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