BRITISH STANDARD BS EN

60811-5-1:2000
IEC
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60811-5-1:1990
Incorporating
Amendment No.1

Insulating and
sheathing materials of
electric and optical
fibre cables —
Common test
methods —
Part 5-1: Methods specific to filling
compounds — Drop point —
Separation of oil — Lower temperature
brittleness — Total acid number —
Absence of corrosive components —
Permittivity at 23 °C — D.C resistivity
at 23 °C and 100 °C

The European Standard EN 60811-5-1:1999, with the incorporation of

amendment A1:2004, has the status of a British Standard

ICS 29.035.01

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National foreword
This British Standard is the official English language version of
EN 60811-5-1:1999. It was derived by CENELEC from IEC 60811-5-1:1990.
It supersedes BS 6469-5.1:1992 which is withdrawn.
The CENELEC common modifications have been implemented at the
appropriate places in the text and are indicated by a side line in the margin.
The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee
GEL/20, Electric cables, to Subcommittee GEL/20/3, Insulation and sheath,
which has the responsibility to:
— aid enquirers to understand the text;

— present to the responsible international/European committee any

enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the
UK interests informed;
— monitor related international and European developments and
promulgate them in the UK.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on

request to its secretary.
From 1 January 1997, all IEC publications have the number 60000 added to
the old number. For instance, IEC 27-1 has been renumbered as IEC 60027-1.
For a period of time during the change over from one numbering system to the
other, publications may contain identifiers from both systems.
Cross-references
The British Standards which implement international or European
publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue
under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”,
or by using the “Search” facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of
British Standards Online.
This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a
contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.
Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity
from legal obligations.

This British Standard was Summary of pages

published under the authority This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page,
of the Standards Policy and pages 2 to 18, an inside back cover and a back cover.
Strategy Committee
on 15 June 2000 The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the
document was last issued.

Amendments issued since publication

Amd. No. Date Comments

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15143 28 April 2004 Revision of Clause 1

ISBN 0 580 34710 9

 EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60811-5-1
May 1999
NORME EUROPÉENNE
+ A1
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EUROPÄISCHE NORM March 2004

ICS 29.035.01;29.035.20;29.060.20
English version

Insulating and sheathing materials of electric and optical

fibre cables — Common test methods
Part 5-1: Methods specific to filling compounds —
Drop point — Separation of oil — Lower temperature
brittleness — Total acid number — Absence of corrosive
components — Permittivity at 23 °C — D.C resistivity
at 23 °C and 100 °C
(includes amendment A1:2004)
(IEC 60811-5-1:1990 modified + A1:2004)
Matériaux d’isolation et de gainage des câbles Isolier-und Mantelwerkstoffe für Kabel und isolierte
électriques et des cables à fibres optiques — Leitungen —
Méthodes d’essais communes Allgemeine Prüfverfahren
Partie 5-1: Méthodes spécifiques pour les matières Teil 5-1: Besondere Prüfverfahren für Füllmassen —
de remplissage — Point de goutte — Tropfpunkt — Ölabscheidung —
Séparation d’huile — Fragilité à basse Kälterissbeständigkeit — Gesamtsäurezahl —
température — Indice d’acide total — Absence de Abwesenheit korrosiver Bestandteile —
composés corrosifs — Permittivité à 23 °C — Dielektrizitätskonstante bei 23 °C —
Résistivité en courant continu à 23 °C et 100 °C Gleichstromwiderstand bei 23 °C und 100 °C
(inclut l’amendment A1:2004) (enthält Änderung A1:2004)
(CEI 60811-5-1:1990 modifiée + A1:2004) (IEC 60811-5-1:1990 modifiziert + A1:2004)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 1999-04-01,
amendment A1 was approved by CENELEC on 2004-03-01. CENELEC
members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a
national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national
standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any
CENELEC member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French,
German). A version in any other language made by translation under the
responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the
Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees bodies of
Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

CENELEC
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung

Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 35, B-1050 Brussels

© 1999 CENELEC — All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for
CENELEC members.
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Foreword Contents
The text of the International standard Page
IEC 60811-5-1:1990, prepared by IEC TC 20, 1. Scope 3
Electric cables, together with common modifications
2. Test Value 3
prepared by the Technical Committee CENELEC
TC 20, Electric cables, was submitted to the Unique 3. Applicability 3
Acceptance Procedure and was approved by 4. Drop-point 3
CENELEC as EN 60811-5-1 on 1999-04-01. 5. Separation of oil 7
This European Standard supersedes 6. Low temperature brittleness 7
HD 505.5.1 S1:1992. 7. Total acid number 8
Where reference is made to HD 505.5.1 S1:1992 8. Absence of corrosive components 10
(IEC 60811-5-1:1990) in another standard, users
should refer to this EN 60811-5-1:1998 for the 9. Permittivity at 23 °C 12
current information. 10. D.C resistivity at 23 °C and 100 °C 12
The following dates were fixed: Appendix A - Specification for
p-Naphtholbenzein 13
— latest date by which the Figures 14
EN has to be implemented Annex ZA 18
at national level by
publication of an identical
national standard or by
endorsement (dop) 2000-04-01
— latest date by which the
national standards
conflicting with the EN
have to be withdrawn (dow) 2001-04-01

Annexes designated “normative” are part of the

body of the standard. In this standard, Annex A and
Annex ZA are normative.
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.

Foreword to amendment A1
The text of document 20/650/FDIS, future
amendment 1 to IEC 60811-5-1:1990, prepared by
IEC TC 20, Electric cables, was submitted to the
IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by
CENELEC as amendment A1 to EN 60811-5-1:1999
on 2004-03-01
The following dates were fixed:

— latest date by which the

amendment has to be
implemented at national
level by publication of an
identical national standard
or by endorsement (dop) 2004-12-01
— latest date by which the
national standards
conflicting with the
amendment have to be
withdrawn (dow) 2007-03-01

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