STRAND MAKE-UP

According to DIN VDE 0295, IEC 60228 and HD 383

Stranded wires Fine wires Extra fine wires
Multi-stranded wires
Class 2 DIN VDE 0295 Class 5 DIN VDE 0295 Class 6 DIN VDE 0296
Cross Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7
Section no of wires3 x single wire no of wires x single wire no of wires1 x single wire2 no of wires1 x single wire2 no of wires1 x single wire no of wires1 x single wire no of wires1 x single wire
mm2 mm mm mm mm mm mm mm

technical data
0,14 18 x 0,1 18 x 0,1 18 x 0,1 36 x 0,7 72 x 0,05
0,25 14 x 0,15 32 x 0,1 32 x 0,1 65 x 0,7 128 x 0,05
0,34 7 x 0,25 19 x 0,15 42 x 0,1 42 x 0,1 88 x 0,7 174 x 0,05
0,38 7 x 0,27 12 x 0,2 21 x 0,15 48 x 0,1 100 x 0,7 194 x 0,05
0,50 7 x 0,30 7 x 0,3 16 x 0,2 28 x 0,15 64 x 0,1 131 x 0,7 256 x 0,05
0,75 7 x 0,37 7 x 0,37 24 x 0,2 42 x 0,15 96 x 0,1 195 x 0,7 384 x 0,05
1,00 7 x 0,43 7 x 0,43 32 x 0,2 56 x 0,15 128 x 0,1 260 x 0,7 512 x 0,05
1,50 7 x 0,52 7 x 0,52 30 x 0,25 84 x 0,15 192 x 0,1 392 x 0,7 768 x 0,05
2,50 7 x 0,67 19 x 0,14 50 x 0,25 140 x 0,15 320 x 0,1 651 x 0,7 1280 x 0,05
4,00 7 x 0,85 19 x 0,52 56 x 0,3 224 x 0,15 512 x 0,1 1040 x 0,7
6,00 7 x 1,05 19 x 0,64 84 x 0,3 192 x 0,2 768 x 0,1 1560 x 0,7
10,00 7 x 1,35 49 x 0,51 80 x 0,4 320 x 0,2 1280 x 0,1 2600 x 0,7
16,00 7 x 1,70 49 x 0,65 128 x 0,4 512 x 0,2 2048 x 0,1
25,00 7 x 2,13 84 x 0,62 200 x 0,4 800 x 0,2 3200 x 0,1
35,00 7 x 2,52 133 x 0,58 280 x 0,4 1120 x 0,2
50,00 7 x 3,02 / 19 x 1,83 133 x 0,69 400 x 0,4 705 x 0,3
70,00 19 x 2,17 189 x 0,69 356 x 0,5 990 x 0,3
95,00 19 x 2,52 259 x 0,69 485 x 0,5 1340 x 0,3
120,00 37 x 2,03 336 x 0,67 614 x 0,5 1690 x 0,3
150,00 37 x 2,27 392 x 0,69 765 x 0,5 2123 x 0,3
185,00 37 x 2,52 49 x 0,69 944 x 0,5 1470 x 0,4
240,00 61 x 2,24 627 x 0,7 1225 x 0,5 1905 x 0,4
300,00 61 x 2,50 790 x 0,7 1530 x 0,5 2385 x 0,4
400,00 61 x 2,89 2035 x 0,5
500,00 61 x 3,23 1768 x 0,6
1. The n° of individual wires are without obligation. 2. The diameters of the single wires for each conductor are not allowed to exceed the values stated to DIN VDE 0295 the singles wires of a stranded conductors must have all the same nominal diameters. 3.
Minimum number of single wires of stranded conductor. the singles wires of a stranded conductors must have all the same nominal diameters.

AMERICAN STRANDINGS
Size Section Stranding (n x mm) Solid
AWG mm2 150° 200° mm
E.U. (n x mm) U.S.A.(n/awg) E.U. (n x mm) U.S.A.(n/awg)
24 0,205 7 x 0,20 7/32 1 x 0,50 1/24 1 x 0,5
23 0,259 8 x 0,20 1 x 0,60 1 x 0,6
22 0,325 11 x 0,20 7/30 1 x 0,70 1/22 1 x 0,7
21 0,412 13 x 0,20 1 x 0,72 1 x 0,72
20 0,519 16 x 0,20 10/30 5 x 0,40 1/20 1 x 0,81
18 0,832 26 x 0,20 16/30 7 x 0,40 7/26 1 x 1,02
16 1,31 42 x 0,20 26/30 11 x 0,40 7/24 1 x 1,3
15 1,65 33 x 0,25 13 x 0,40 1 x 1,45
14 2,08 42 x 0,25 41/30 17 x 0,40 7/22 1 x 1,62
13 2,63 53 x 0,25 21 x 0,40 1 x 1,82
12 3,31 67 x 0,25 65/30 27 x 0,40 19/0,0185” 1 x 2,04
11 4,17 59 x 0,30 33 x 0,40 1 x 2,3
10 5,26 74 x 0,30 105/30 42 x 0,40 19/0,0234” 1 x 2,6
9 6,63 93 x 0,30 52 x 0,40 1 x 2,9
8 8,36 118 x 0,30 133/29 66 x 0,40 54/25 1 x 3,3
7 10,55 148 x 0,30 84 x 0,40
6 13,3 106 x 0,40 133/27 106 x 0,40 84/25
5 16,77 133 x 0,40 133 x 0,40
4 21,15 168 x 0,40 133/25 168 x 0,40 133/25
3 26,67 212 x 0,40 212 x 0,40
2 33,62 267 x 0,40 259/26 267 x 0,40 259/26
1 42,41 337 x 0,40 259/25 337 x 0,40 259/25
1/0 53,49 425 x 0,40 259/24 425 x 0,40 259/24
2/0 67,43 536 x 0,40 259/23 536 x 0,40 259/23
3/0 85,01 676 x 0,40 259/22 676 x 0,40 259/22
4/0 107,2 853 x 0,40 259/21 853 x 0,40 259/21
250 MCM 127 1011 x 0,40 427/22 1011 x 0,40 427/22
300 MCM 152 1210 x 0,40 1210 x 0,40
350 MCM 177 1409 x 0,40 427/21 1409 x 0,40 427/21
400 MCM 203 1616 x 0,40 1616 x 0,40
450 MCM 228 1815 x 0,40 427/20 1815 x 0,40 427/20
500 MCM 253 2014 x 0,40 427/0,0341” 2014 x 0,40 427/0,0341”

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 AWG/MCM TABLE WIRE GAUGE CONVERSION
based on solid conductors based on solid conductors based on solid conductors
normal normal lbs kgs normal normal lbs kgs normal normal lbs kgs
size SECTION size SECTION size SECTION
diameter diameter diameter diameter diameter diameter
awg/mcm mm2 awg/mcm mm2 awg/mcm mm2
inches mm per m inches mm per m inches mm per m

36 0,012 0,0050 0,127 0,0757 0,0343 23 0,259 0,02257 0,573 1,542 0,6995 3 26,70 0,2294 5,830 162 73,50
technical data

35 0,016 0,00561 0,143 0,0954 0,0433 22 0,325 0,02535 0,644 1,945 0,8823 2 33,6 0,2576 6,54 205 93
34 0,020 0,00630 0,160 0,1203 0,0546 21 0,412 0,02846 0,723 2,452 1,112 1 42,4 0,2893 7,35 259 117
33 0,025 0,00708 0,180 0,1517 0,0688 20 0,519 0,03196 0,812 3,154 1,431 1/0 53,4 0,3249 8,25 326 148
32 0,032 0,00795 0,202 0,1913 0,0868 18 0,832 0,04030 1,024 5,015 2,275 2/0 67,5 0,3648 9,27 411 186
31 0,040 0,00893 0,227 0,2413 0,1095 16 1,310 0,0508 1,290 7,974 3,617 3/0 85,0 0,4096 10,40 518 235
30 0,050 0,01003 0,255 0,3042 0,1380 14 2,080 0,0641 1,630 12,68 5,752 4/0 107,2 0,4600 11,68 653 296
29 0,065 0,01126 0,286 0,3836 0,1740 12 3,310 0,0808 2,050 20,16 9,145 250 MCM 136,0 0,4999 12,70 772 350
28 0,080 0,01264 0,321 0,4837 0,2194 10 5,270 0,1019 2,590 32,06 14,54 300 MCM 161,0 0,5476 13,70 925 420
27 0,102 0,01420 0,361 0,6100 0,2767 9 6,620 0,1144 2,910 40,42 18,33 350 MCM 193,0 0,5917 15,’03 1080 490
26 0,128 0,01594 0,405 0,7692 0,3489 8 8,350 0,1285 3,260 51,00 23,13 400 MCM 225,0 0,6322 16,06 1236 561
25 0,163 0,01790 0,455 0,9699 0,4399 6 13,30 0,1620 4,110 80,90 36,70 450 MCM 257,0 0,7070 17,96 1542 699
24 0,205 0,02010 0,511 1,223 0,5548 4 21,20 0,2043 5,190 129 58,50 500 MCM 322,0 0,7744 19,67 1850 839

TABLE METRIC CONVERSIONS

to convert from to multiply by to convert from to multiply by
AREA LENGHT
circular mils square inches 0,0000007854 miles kilometers 1,6093
circular mils square mils 0,7854 millimeters inches 0,03937
circular mils square millimeters 0,0005066 millimeters mils 39,3701
square centimeters square inches 0,155 mils inches 0,001
square feets square meters 0,0929 mils millimeters 0,0254
square inches circular mils 1273240 yards meters 0,9144
square inches square centimeters 6,4516 MISCELLANEUS
square inches square millimeters 645,16 kilograms pounds 2,205
square inches square mils 1000000 kilograms per kilometer pounds per 1000 feet 0,6719
square meters square feets 10764 ohms per kilometers ohms per 1000 feet 0,3048
square millimeters square inches 0,00155 ohms per 1000 feet ohms per kilometers 3,2808
square millimeters circular mils 1973510 ohms per 1000 yard ohms per kilometers 1,0936
square mils circular mils 1273 picofarads per foot picofarads per meter 3,285
square mils square inches 0,0000001 pounds kilograms 0,4536
LENGHT pounds per 1000 feet kilograms per kilometer 1,488
centimeters inches 0,3937 pounds per 1000 yards kilograms per kilometer 0,496
centimeters feet 0,03281 pounds per 1000 yards pounds per kilometers 1,0936
feet centimeters 30,48 diam. circle circumference circle 3,1416
feet meters 0,3048 diam. circle side of equal sphere 0,8862
inches centimeters 2,54 diam. sphere-cubed volume of sphere 0,5236
inches meters 0,0254 u.s. gallons imperial gallons (british) 0,8327
inches millimeters 25,4 u.s. gallons cubic feet 0,1337
inches mils 1000 u.s. gallons pounds of water (20°C) 8,33
kilometers miles 0,6214 cubic feet pounds of water (4°C) 32,427
meters feet 3,2808 feet of water (4°C) pound per square inch 0,4336
meters inches 39,3701 inches of mercury (0°C) pound per square inch 0,4912
meters yards 1,0936 knots miles per hour 1,1516

GENERAL INFORMATION - DEFINITIONS OF TERMS

FLAME-RETARDANT IEC 60332-1 IEC 60332-3 FIRE-RESISTANT
To be flame-retardant, the cable must withstand Is the flame test for single insulated wire and cable. Is the flame test for bunched wires and cables. The To be classified as fire-resistant the cables must with-
the test specified in IEC standard 60332-3 or IEC burner is directed towards the bunch of cables. stand the test specified in standard IEC 60331-21.
60332-1. Flame retardant cables do not propagate The cables must operate for a minimum of 90 minu-
fire and are self-extinguishing. The requirement for tes while the burner is directed towards the cable.
passing the test is that after the burner has been re-
moved the cables must extinguish themselves.

SMOKE EMISSION HALOGEN-FREE IEC 60754-1 IEC 60754-2

Smoke emission refers to visibility in a fire. The gre- Halogen-free refers to the absence of halogens, such Determines the halogen content of the material. To Determines the degree of acidity of gases evolved
ater the light transmittance, the better the visibility. as chlorine and fluorine and is determined on the meet the requirements as halogen-free the halogen during combustion. The limit values are 4,3 for pH
When tested in accordance with IEC 61034-1 (test basis of halogen content and the acidity of gases content of the material may not exceed 0,5% or and 10 mikroS for conductivity.
method) and IEC 61034-2 (test requirements) the of a cable. 5 mg/g.
smoke emission of a cable during fire must not
exceed the relative values.

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