Single-core cables with PVC Insulation, with or without Outersheath 450/750V or 600/1000V

Table PN1-A : Current-Carrying Capacities (Amp) [AL/PVC or AL/PVC/PVC]

Conductor Operating Temperature : 70⁰C
Ambient Temperature : 30⁰C

Conductor Reference Method A (enclosed in conduit in Reference Method B (enclosed Reference Method C (clipped Reference Method F (in free air on a perforated cable tray, horizontal or vertical)
cross-sectional thermally insulating wall etc.) in conduit on a wall or in direct) Touching Spaced by one diameter
area trunking 3etc.)
2 cables, single-phase 3 or 4 cables, three- 2 cables, single- or 4 cables, 2 cables, single- 3 or 4 cables, 2 cables, single- 3 cables, three- 3 cables, three- 2 cables, single-phase a.c. or
a.c. or d.c. phase phase three-phase phase a.c. or three-phase phase phase phase d.c or 3 cables three-phase a.c.
a.c. a.c. or d.c. a.c. d.c. flat and a.c. flat and a.c. or d.c. flat a.c. flat a.c. trefoil Horizontal Flat Vertical
touching touching or
1 2 3 4 5 6 trefoil
7 8 9 10 11 12
(mm2) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A)
16 44 41 54 48 66 59 83 73 73 91 83
25 58 53 71 62 83 73 111 97 97 119 111
35 71 65 86 77 103 90 137 120 120 139 137
50 93 84 118 104 125 110 149 133 128 169 152
70 118 107 150 133 160 140 192 173 166 217 196
95 142 129 181 161 195 170 235 212 203 265 241
120 164 149 210 186 226 197 273 247 237 308 282
150 189 170 234 204 261 227 316 287 274 356 327
185 215 194 266 230 298 259 363 330 316 407 376
240 252 227 312 269 352 305 430 392 375 482 447
300 289 261 358 306 406 351 497 455 434 557 519
400 - - 413 352 511 472 543 502 507 625 584
500 - - 477 405 591 546 629 582 590 726 680
630 - - 545 462 679 626 722 669 680 837 787
800 - - - - 771 709 820 761 776 956 902
1000 - - - - 900 823 953 836 907 1125 1066

Table PN1-B : Voltage Drop (Per Amp Per Meter) [AL/PVC or AL/PVC/PVC]
Conductor Operating Temperature : 70⁰C
Ambient Temperature : 30⁰C

2 cables, single phase a.c. 3 or 4 cables, three-phase a.c.

Conductor
Reference methods C & F (clipped direct, Reference Reference methods C & F (clipped direct, on tray or in free
cross- 2 cables, Reference methods A methods A & B
on tray or in free air) air)
sectional d.c. & B (enclosed in (enclosed in
area conduit or trunking) conduit or Cables touching, Cables touching, Cables spaced*,
Cables touching Cables spaced*
trunking) Trefoil Flat Flat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2
(mm ) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m)
16 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9

25 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5

35 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8

r x z r x z r x z r x z r x z r x z r x z

50 1.550 1.600 0.300 1.600 1.550 0.190 1.550 1.550 0.280 1.550 1.350 0.260 1.400 1.350 0.165 1.350 1.350 0.240 1.350 1.350 0.320 1.400

70 1.050 1.100 0.300 1.150 1.050 0.185 1.050 1.050 0.270 1.100 0.940 0.260 0.970 0.910 0.160 0.920 0.910 0.240 0.940 0.910 0.310 0.960

95 0.770 0.810 0.290 0.860 0.770 0.185 0.790 0.770 0.270 0.820 0.700 0.250 0.740 0.670 0.160 0.690 0.670 0.230 0.710 0.670 0.310 0.740

120 0.610 0.640 0.290 0.700 0.610 0.180 0.640 0.610 0.270 0.670 0.550 0.250 0.610 0.530 0.155 0.550 0.530 0.230 0.580 0.530 0.310 0.610

150 0.490 0.510 0.280 0.590 0.490 0.175 0.520 0.490 0.260 0.550 0.450 0.240 0.510 0.420 0.155 0.450 0.420 0.230 0.480 0.420 0.300 0.520

185 0.390 0.420 0.280 0.500 0.400 0.175 0.430 0.390 0.260 0.470 0.360 0.240 0.440 0.340 0.150 0.370 0.340 0.230 0.410 0.340 0.300 0.460

240 0.300 0.320 0.270 0.420 0.300 0.170 0.350 0.300 0.260 0.400 0.280 0.240 0.370 0.260 0.150 0.300 0.260 0.220 0.350 0.260 0.300 0.400

300 0.240 0.260 0.270 0.370 0.240 0.170 0.300 0.240 0.260 0.350 0.230 0.230 0.320 0.210 0.145 0.260 0.210 0.220 0.310 0.210 0.300 0.360

400 0.190 0.220 0.270 0.350 0.195 0.165 0.260 0.195 0.250 0.320 0.190 0.230 0.300 0.170 0.145 0.220 0.170 0.220 0.280 0.170 0.290 0.340

500 0.150 0.180 0.260 0.320 0.155 0.165 0.230 0.155 0.250 0.290 0.155 0.230 0.270 0.140 0.140 0.195 0.140 0.220 0.260 0.135 0.290 0.320

630 0.120 0.150 0.260 0.300 0.130 0.160 0.210 0.125 0.250 0.280 0.125 0.220 0.260 0.110 0.140 0.180 0.110 0.220 0.240 0.110 0.290 0.310

800 0.099 - - - 0.105 0.160 0.190 0.100 0.250 0.270 - - - 0.094 0.135 0.165 0.094 0.210 0.230 0.089 0.290 0.300

1000 0.075 - - - 0.086 0.155 0.180 0.082 0.240 0.260 - - - 0.077 0.135 0.155 0.077 0.210 0.220 0.071 0.290 0.290

* Spacings larger than one cable diameter will result in larger voltage drop

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PVC Insulated Cables
Multi-core cables with PVC insulation, PVC Outersheath 600/1000V

Table PN2-A : Current-Carrying Capacities (Amp) [AL/PVC/PVC]

Conductor Operating Temperature : 70⁰C
Ambient Temperature : 30⁰C

Reference Method E
Reference Method A (enclosed Reference Method B (enclosed in
Reference Method C (in free air or on a perforated
in conduit in thermally conduit on a wall or in trunking
(clipped direct) cable tray etc, horizontal or
insulating wall etc.) etc.)
vertical)
Conductor
cross-sectional
area 1 two-core 1 three- or 1 two-core 1 three- or 1 two-core 1 three- or
1 two-core cable, 1 three- or four-
cable, single- four-core cable, single- four-core cable, single- four-core
single-phase a.c. core cable,
phase a.c. or cable, three phase a.c. or cable, three phase a.c. or cable, three
or d.c. three phase a.c.
d.c. phase a.c. d.c. phase a.c. d.c. phase a.c.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
(mm2) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A)
16 44 41 54 48 66 59 73 61
25 58 53 71 62 83 73 89 78
35 71 65 86 77 103 90 111 96
50 86 78 104 92 125 110 135 117
70 108 98 131 116 160 140 173 150
95 130 118 157 139 195 170 210 183
120 - 135 - 160 - 197 - 212
150 - 155 - 176 - 227 - 245
185 - 176 - 199 - 259 - 280
240 - 207 - 232 - 305 - 330
300 - 237 - 265 - 351 - 381
400 - 274 307 407 441

Table PN2-B : Voltage Drop (Per Amp Per Meter) [AL/PVC/PVC]

Conductor Operating Temperature : 70⁰C
Ambient Temperature : 30⁰C

Conductor
cross- Two-core cable d.c. Two-core cable, single-phase a.c. Three- or four-core cable, three-phase a.c.
sectional area

1 2 3 4
2
(mm ) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m)
16 4.5 4.5 3.9
r x z r x z
25 2.900 2.900 0.175 2.900 2.500 0.150 2.500
35 2.100 2.100 0.170 2.100 1.800 0.150 1.800
50 1.550 1.550 0.170 1.550 1.350 0.145 1.350
70 1.050 1.050 0.165 1.050 0.900 0.140 0.920
95 0.770 0.770 0.160 0.790 0.670 0.140 0.680
120 - - - - 0.530 0.135 0.550
150 - - - - 0.420 0.135 0.440
185 - - - - 0.340 0.135 0.370
240 - - - - 0.260 0.130 0.300
300 - - - - 0.210 0.130 0.250
400 - - - - 0.165 0.130 0.210

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PVC Insulated Cables
Single-Core, Armoured

Single-core cables with PVC Insulation, Armoured, PVC Outersheath 600/1000V

Table PA1-A : Current-Carrying Capacities (Amp) [AL/PVC/PVC/AWA/PVC]

Conductor Operating Temperature : 70⁰C

Ambient Temperature : 30⁰C

Reference Method C (clipped direct) Reference method F (in free air or on a perforated cable tray, horizontal or vertical)

Conductor Touching Touching Spaced by one cable diameter

cross-
sectional area 2 cables, single phase 3 or 4 cables, three-phase
2 cables, single-phase 3 or 4 cables, three- 2 cables, single- 3 cables, three-phase 3 cables, three-phase 2 cables, d,c.
a.c. a.c.
a.c. or d.c. flat phase a.c. flat phase a.c. or d.c. flat a.c. flat a.c. trefoil
Horizontal Vertical Horizontal Vertical Horizontal Vertical
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
(mm2) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A)
50 143 133 152 141 131 167 157 168 159 169 155

70 183 168 194 178 168 214 202 212 200 213 196

95 221 202 234 214 205 261 247 259 245 255 236

120 255 233 270 246 238 303 288 299 285 293 272

150 294 267 310 282 275 349 333 340 323 335 312

185 334 303 352 319 315 400 382 389 371 379 354

240 393 354 413 374 372 472 452 457 437 443 415

300 452 405 474 427 430 545 523 520 498 505 475

400 518 452 543 479 497 638 613 583 559 551 518

500 586 501 616 534 568 742 715 655 629 604 568

630 658 550 692 589 642 859 828 724 696 656 618

800 728 596 769 642 715 986 952 802 770 707 666

1000 819 651 868 706 808 1171 1133 866 832 770 726

Table PA1-B : Voltage Drop (Per Amp Per Meter) [AL/PVC/PVC/AWA/PVC]

Conductor Operating Temperature : 70⁰C
Ambient Temperature : 30⁰C

Conductor Reference methods C & F (clipped direct, on tray or in free air)

cross- 2 cables,
sectional d.c. 2 cables, single-phase a .c. 3 or 4 cables, three-phase a.c.
area touching spaced* trefoil and touching flat and touching flat and spaced*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
(mm2) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m)
r x z r x z r x z r x z r x z
50 1.550 1.550 0.230 1.550 1.550 0.310 1.550 1.350 0.195 1.350 1.350 0.270 1.350 1.300 0.340 1.350
70 1.050 1.050 0.220 1.100 1.050 0.300 1.100 0.920 0.190 0.930 0.930 0.260 0.960 0.950 0.330 1.000
95 0.770 0.780 0.210 0.810 0.810 0.290 0.860 0.680 0.185 0.700 0.700 0.250 0.750 0.730 0.320 0.800
120 0.610 0.620 0.210 0.660 0.650 0.290 0.710 0.540 0.180 0.570 0.570 0.250 0.620 0.600 0.320 0.680
150 0.490 0.500 0.200 0.540 0.530 0.280 0.600 0.440 0.175 0.470 0.460 0.240 0.520 0.500 0.310 0.580
185 0.390 0.410 0.195 0.450 0.440 0.280 0.520 0.350 0.170 0.390 0.380 0.240 0.450 0.420 0.300 0.510
240 0.300 0.320 0.190 0.370 0.340 0.270 0.440 0.280 0.165 0.320 0.300 0.230 0.380 0.330 0.290 0.440
300 0.240 0.260 0.185 0.320 0.280 0.260 0.390 0.220 0.160 0.270 0.240 0.230 0.340 0.280 0.290 0.400
400 0.190 0.220 0.185 0.280 0.260 0.250 0.360 0.185 0.155 0.240 0.220 0.220 0.320 0.270 0.260 0.380
500 0.150 0.180 0.180 0.250 0.220 0.250 0.330 0.155 0.155 0.220 0.195 0.220 0.290 0.240 0.250 0.350
630 0.120 0.150 0.175 0.230 0.195 0.240 0.310 0.130 0.150 0.200 0.170 0.210 0.270 0.210 0.240 0.320
800 0.097 0.135 0.170 0.220 0.180 0.230 0.290 0.115 0.145 0.185 0.160 0.200 0.260 0.200 0.220 0.300
1000 0.075 0.115 0.160 0.200 0.165 0.210 0.270 0.100 0.140 0.175 0.150 0.185 0.240 0.190 0.195 0.270
* Spacings larger than one cable diameter wil result in larger voltage drop

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PVC Insulated Cables
Multi-Core, Armoured

Multi-core cables with PVC Insulation, Armoured, PVC Outersheath 600/1000V

Table PA2-A : Current-Carrying Capacities (Amp) [AL/PVC/PVC/SWA/PVC]

Conductor Operating Temperature : 70⁰C

Ambient Temperature : 30⁰C

Conductor cross- Reference method E (in free air or Reference method D (direct in ground
sectional area Reference Method C (clipped direct) on a perforated cable tray etc, or in ducting in ground, in or around
horizontal or vertical) buildings)

1 two-core
1 two-core cable, 1 three- or 1 four- 1 two-core cable, 1 three- or 1 four-
1 three- or 1 four-core cable, single-
single-phase a.c. or core cable, three- single-phase a.c. core cable, three-
cable, three-phase a.c. phase a.c. or
d.c. phase a.c. or d.c. phase a.c.
d.c.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
(mm2) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A)
16 68 58 71 61
25 89 76 94 80 77 64
35 109 94 115 99 93 77
50 131 113 139 119 109 91
70 165 143 175 151 135 112
95 199 174 211 186 159 132
120 - 202 - 216 - 150
150 - 232 - 250 - 169
185 - 265 - 287 - 190
240 - 312 - 342 - 218
300 - 360 - 399 - 247
400 - 418 - 462 - 286

Table PA2-B : Voltage Drop (Per Amp Per Meter) [AL/PVC/PVC/SWA/PVC]

Conductor Operating Temperature : 70⁰C
Ambient Temperature : 30⁰C

Conductor cross-
Two-core cable, d.c. Two-core cable, single-phase a.c. Three or four-core cable, three-phase a.c.
sectional area

1 2 3 4
(mm2) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m)
16 4.5 4.5 3.9
r x z r x z
25 2.90 2.900 0.175 2.900 2.500 0.150 2.500
35 2.10 2.100 0.170 2.100 1.800 0.150 1.800
50 1.55 1.550 0.170 1.550 1.350 0.145 1.350
70 1.05 1.050 0.165 1.050 0.900 0.140 0.920
95 0.77 0.770 0.160 0.790 0.670 0.140 0.680
120 - - - - 0.530 0.135 0.550
150 - - - - 0.420 0.135 0.440
185 - - - - 0.340 0.135 0.370
240 - - - - 0.260 0.130 0.300
300 - - - - 0.210 0.130 0.250
400 - - - - 0.165 0.130 0.210

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XLPE or XLEVA Insulated Cables
Single-Core, Unarmoured

Single-core cables with XLPE Insulation, Unarmoured with or without Outersheath 600/1000V
Table XN1-A : Current-Carrying Capacities (Amp) [AL/XLPE or AL/XLPE/PVC or AL/XLPE/LS0H or AL/MGT/XLPE/PVC-FR
or AL/MGT/XLPE/LS0H or AL/MGT/XLEVA/LS0H]

Conductor Operating Temperature : 90⁰C

Ambient Temperature : 30⁰C

Conductor Reference Method A (enclosed in Reference Method B Reference Method F (in free air on a perforated cable tray, horizontal or vertical)
Reference Method C (clipped
cross- conduit in thermally insulating wall (enclosed in conduit on a wall
direct)
sectional etc.) or in trunking etc.)
Touching Spaced by one diameter
area
2 cables, single- 3 or 4 cables, 2 cables, 3 or 4 cables, 2 cables, single- 3 or 4 cables, 2 cables, 3 cables, three- 3 cables, three- 2 cables, single-phase a.c. or d.c or
phase three-phase a.c. single-phase three-phase phase three-phase single-phase phase phase 3 cables three-phase a.c. flat
a.c. or d.c. a.c. or d.c. a.c. a.c. or d.c. flat a.c. flat and a.c. or d.c. flat a.c. flat a.c. trefoil
and touching touching or
trefoil Horizontal Vertical

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
(mm2) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A)
16 - - 72 62 113 94 - - - 78 78
25 - - 94 80 147 123 99 97 97 99 89
35 - - 117 101 177 148 129 125 120 122 121
50 125 113 157 140 154 136 184 165 159 210 188
70 158 142 200 179 198 174 237 215 206 271 244
95 191 171 242 217 241 211 289 264 253 332 300
120 220 19 281 251 280 245 337 308 296 387 351
150 253 226 307 267 324 283 389 358 343 448 408
185 288 256 351 300 371 323 447 413 395 515 470
240 338 300 412 351 439 382 530 492 471 611 561
300 387 344 471 402 508 440 613 571 547 708 652
400 - - - - 658 594 679 628 638 798 742
500 - - - - 765 692 786 728 743 927 865
630 - - - - 871 791 903 936 849 1058 990
800 - - - - 1001 911 1025 951 979 1218 1143
1000 - - - - 1176 1072 1191 1108 1151 1440 1355

Table XN1-B : Voltage Drop (Per Amp Per Meter) [AL/XLPE or AL/XLPE/PVC or AL/XLPE/LS0H or
AL/MGT/XLPE/PVC-FR or AL/MGT/XLPE/LS0H or AL/MGT/XLEVA/LS0H]

Conductor Operating Temperature : 90⁰C

Ambient Temperature : 30⁰C
2 cables, single phase a.c. 3 or 4 cables, three-phase a.c.
Conductor Reference methods C, F & G (clipped direct,
Reference methods C, F & G (clipped direct, on tray or in free air)
cross- 2 cables, Reference methods A & on tray or in free air) Reference methods A
sectional d.c. B (enclosed in conduit or & B (enclosed in
area trunking) Cables touching Cables spaced* conduit or trunking) Cables touching, Trefoil Cables touching, Flat Cables spaced*, Flat

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

(mm2) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m)

16 - - - 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2

25 - - - 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7

35 - - - 1.95 1.95 1.95 1.95

r x z r x z r x z r x z r x z r x z r x z

50 1.650 1.70 0.30 1.72 1.650 0.190 1.660 1.650 0.280 1.680 1.440 0.260 1.460 1.440 0.165 1.450 1.440 0.240 1.460 1.440 0.320 1.480

70 1.130 1.17 0.30 1.21 1.120 0.185 1.140 1.120 0.270 1.150 1.000 0.260 1.040 0.970 0.160 0.980 0.970 0.240 1.000 0.970 0.310 1.020

95 0.820 0.86 0.29 0.91 0.820 0.185 0.840 0.820 0.270 0.940 0.750 0.250 0.790 0.710 0.160 0.730 0.710 0.230 0.750 0.710 0.310 0.780

120 0.650 0.68 0.29 0.74 0.650 0.180 0.670 0.650 0.270 0.700 0.590 0.250 0.640 0.570 0.155 0.590 0.570 0.230 0.610 0.570 0.310 0.640

150 0.530 0.54 0.28 0.61 0.520 0.175 0.550 0.520 0.260 0.580 0.480 0.240 0.540 0.450 0.155 0.470 0.450 0.230 0.500 0.450 0.300 0.540

185 0.420 0.45 0.28 0.53 0.430 0.175 0.460 0.420 0.260 0.490 0.380 0.240 0.450 0.360 0.150 0.390 0.360 0.230 0.430 0.360 0.300 0.470

240 0.320 0.34 0.27 0.43 0.320 0.170 0.360 0.320 0.260 0.410 0.300 0.240 0.380 0.280 0.150 0.320 0.280 0.220 0.350 0.280 0.300 0.410

300 0.260 0.28 0.27 0.38 0.260 0.170 0.310 0.360 0.260 0.360 0.250 0.230 0.340 0.220 0.145 0.270 0.220 0.220 0.310 0.220 0.300 0.370

400 0.200 - - - 0.210 0.165 0.270 0.210 0.250 0.330 0.200 0.230 0.310 0.180 0.145 0.230 0.180 0.220 0.280 0.180 0.290 0.340

500 0.160 - - - 0.170 0.165 0.230 0.165 0.250 0.300 0.165 0.230 0.280 0.150 0.140 0.200 0.150 0.220 0.270 0.145 0.290 0.320

630 0.130 - - - 0.140 0.160 0.210 0.135 0.250 0.280 0.135 0.220 0.260 0.120 0.140 0.185 0.120 0.220 0.250 0.120 0.290 0.310

800 0.105 - - - 0.115 0.160 0.190 0.110 0.250 0.270 - - - 0.100 0.135 0.170 0.100 0.210 0.230 0.095 0.290 0.300

1000 0.080 - - - 0.092 0.155 0.180 0.087 0.240 0.260 - - - 0.082 0.135 0.160 0.082 0.210 0.230 0.076 0.290 0.300
* Spacings larger than one cable diameter wil result in larger voltage drop

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XLPE or XLEVA Insulated Cables
Multi-Core, Unarmoured

Multi-core cables with XLPE insulation, Unarmoured, PVC Outersheath 600/1000V

Table XN2-A : Current-Carrying Capacities (Amp) [AL/XLPE/PVC or AL/XLPE/LS0H or AL/MGT/XLPE/PVC-FR
or AL/MGT/XLPE/LS0H or AL/MGT/XLEVA/LS0H ]

Conductor Operating Temperature : 90⁰C

Ambient Temperature : 30⁰C

Reference Method A
Conductor Reference Method B Reference Method E
(enclosed in conduit in Reference Method C
cross- (enclosed in conduit on a (in free air or on a perforated cable tray
thermally insulating wall (clipped direct)
sectional area wall or in trunking etc.) etc, horizontal or vertical)
etc.)

1 two-core 1 three- or 1 two-core 1 three- or 1 two-core 1 three- or 1 two-core cable, 1 three- or four-
cable, single- four-core cable, single- four-core cable, four-core single-phase a.c. or core cable, three
phase a.c. or cable, three phase a.c. cable, three single- cable, three d.c. phase a.c.
d.c. phase a.c. or d.c. phase a.c. phase a.c. phase a.c.
or d.c.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
(mm2) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A)
16 60 55 72 64 84 76 91 77
25 78 71 94 84 101 90 108 97
35 96 87 115 103 126 112 135 120
50 115 104 138 124 154 136 164 146
70 145 131 175 156 198 174 211 187
95 175 157 210 188 241 211 257 227
120 - 180 - 216 - 245 - 263
150 - 206 - 240 - 283 - 304
185 - 233 - 272 - 323 - 347
240 - 273 - 318 - 382 - 409
300 - 313 - 364 - 440 - 471
400 - 363 - 422 - 510 - 546

Table XN2-B : Voltage Drop (Per Amp Per Meter) [AL/XLPE/PVC or AL/XLPE/LS0H or AL/MGT/XLPE/PVC-FR
or AL/MGT/XLPE/LS0H or AL/MGT/XLEVA/LS0H]

Conductor Operating Temperature : 90⁰C

Ambient Temperature : 30⁰C
Conductor
cross- Two-core Two-core cable, single-phase
sectional area
Three- or four-core cable, three-phase a.c.
cable d.c. a.c.

1 2 3 4
(mm2) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m)
16 4.8 4.8 4.2
r x z r x z
25 3.100 3.100 0.165 3.100 2.700 0.140 2.700
35 2.200 2.200 0.160 2.200 1.900 0.140 1.950
50 0.600 1.650 0.160 1.165 1.400 0.135 1.450
70 0.100 1.100 0.155 1.150 0.960 0.135 0.970
95 0.820 0.820 0.150 0.840 0.710 0.130 0.720
120 - - - - 0.560 0.130 0.580
150 - - - - 0.450 0.130 0.470
185 - - - - 0.370 0.130 0.390
240 - - - - 0.280 0.125 0.310
300 - - - - 0.230 0.125 0.260
400 - - - - 0.185 0.099 0.210

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XLPE or XLEVA Insulated Cables
Single-Core, Armoured

Single-core cables with XLPE insulation, Armoured, PVC Outersheath 600/1000V

Table XA1-A : Current-Carrying Capacities (Amp) [AL/XLPE/PVC/AWA/PVC or AL/MGT/XLPE/PVC/AWA/PVC-FR or AL/XLPE/LS0H/AWA/LS0H
or AL/MGT/XLPE/LS0H/AWA/LS0H or AL/MGT/XLEVA/LS0H/AWA/LS0H]

Conductor Operating Temperature : 90⁰C

Ambient Temperature : 30⁰C

Conductor Reference Method C (clipped direct) Reference method F (in free air or on a perforated cable tray, horizontal or vertical)
cross-
sectional area Touching Touching Spaced by one cable diameter

2 cables, single phase 3 or 4 cables, three-phase

2 cables, single- 3 or 4 cables, 2 cables, single- 3 cables, three- 2 cables, d,c.
3 cables, three- a.c. a.c.
phase a.c. or d.c. three-phase a.c. phase a.c. or phase a.c.
phase a.c. flat
flat flat d.c. flat trefoil Horizontal Vertical Horizontal Vertical Horizontal Vertical

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
(mm2) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A) (A)
50 179 165 192 176 162 216 197 212 199 215 192
70 228 209 244 222 207 275 253 269 254 270 244
95 276 252 294 267 252 332 307 328 310 324 296
120 320 291 340 308 292 384 357 378 358 372 343
150 368 333 390 352 337 441 411 429 409 424 394
185 419 378 444 400 391 511 480 490 467 477 447
240 494 443 521 468 465 605 572 576 549 554 535
300 568 508 597 536 540 701 666 654 624 626 595
400 655 573 688 608 625 812 780 735 704 693 649
500 747 642 786 685 714 942 906 825 790 765 717
630 836 706 880 757 801 1076 1036 909 872 832 780
800 934 764 988 824 897 1250 1205 989 950 890 835
1000 1056 838 1121 911 1014 1488 1435 1094 1052 970 911

Table XA1-B : Voltage Drop (Per Amp Per Meter) [AL/XLPE/PVC/AWA/PVC or AL/MGT/XLPE/PVC/AWA/PVC-FR or AL/XLPE/LS0H/AWA/LS0H
or AL/MGT/XLPE/LS0H/AWA/LS0H or AL/MGT/XLEVA/LS0H/AWA/LS0H]

Conductor Operating Temperature : 90⁰C

Ambient Temperature : 30⁰C
Conductor Reference methods C & F (clipped direct, on tray or in free air)
cross sectional 2 cables,
area d.c.
2 cables, single-phase a .c. 3 or 4 cables, three-phase a.c.
touching spaced* trefoil and touching flat and touching flat and spaced*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
2 (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m)
(mm ) (mV/A/m)
r x z r x z r x z r x z r x z
50 1.600 1.600 0.220 1.600 1.600 0.300 1.600 1.400 0.185 1.400 1.400 0.260 1.400 1.350 0.340 1.400
70 1.100 1.100 0.210 1.150 1.100 0.290 1.150 0.960 0.180 0.980 0.970 0.250 1.000 0.990 0.330 1.050
95 0.820 0.830 0.200 0.850 0.850 0.290 0.900 0.710 0.175 0.740 0.740 0.250 0.780 0.760 0.320 0.830
120 0.660 0.660 0.200 0.690 0.690 0.280 0.740 0.570 0.170 0.600 0.600 0.240 0.640 0.630 0.310 0.700
150 0.520 0.530 0.195 0.570 0.560 0.280 0.620 0.460 0.170 0.490 0.490 0.240 0.540 0.520 0.300 0.600
185 0.420 0.430 0.190 0.470 0.460 0.270 0.540 0.380 0.165 0.410 0.400 0.240 0.470 0.440 0.300 0.530
240 0.320 0.340 0.185 0.390 0.370 0.270 0.450 0.290 0.160 0.340 0.320 0.230 0.390 0.350 0.290 0.460
300 0.260 0.270 0.185 0.330 0.300 0.260 0.400 0.240 0.160 0.290 0.260 0.230 0.340 0.290 0.290 0.410
400 0.210 0.230 0.180 0.290 0.260 0.250 0.360 0.195 0.155 0.250 0.230 0.220 0.320 0.270 0.270 0.380
500 0.160 0.185 0.175 0.250 0.230 0.250 0.340 0.160 0.155 0.220 0.200 0.210 0.290 0.240 0.260 0.350
630 0.130 0.160 0.175 0.240 0.200 0.240 0.310 0.135 0.150 0.200 0.175 0.210 0.270 0.220 0.250 0.330
800 0.105 0.140 0.170 0.220 0.190 0.220 0.290 0.120 0.145 0.190 0.165 0.195 0.260 0.210 0.220 0.300
1000 0.080 0.120 0.160 0.200 0.170 0.210 0.270 0.105 0.140 0.175 0.150 0.180 0.240 0.195 0.195 0.280
* Spacings larger than one cable diameter wil result in larger voltage drop

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XLPE or XLEVA Insulated Cables
Multi-Core, Armoured

Multi-core cables with XLPE insulation, Armoured, PVC Outersheath 600/1000V

Table XA2-A : Current-Carrying Capacities (Amp) [AL/XLPE/PVC/SWA/PVC or AL/MGT/XLPE/PVC/SWA/PVC-FR or
AL/XLPE/LS0H/SWA/LS0H or AL/MGT/XLPE/LS0H/SWA/LS0H or AL/MGT/XLEVA/LS0H/SWA/LS0H]

Conductor Operating Temperature : 90⁰C

Ambient Temperature : 30⁰C

Reference method E (in free air

Conductor Reference Method C (clipped Reference method D (direct in ground or in ducting in ground, in or
cross-sectional or on a perforated cable tray etc,
direct) around buildings)
area horizontal or vertical)

1 two-core 1 two-core
1 three- or 1 1 three- or 1
cable, single- cable, single- 1 two-core cable, single-phase 1 three- or 1 four-core cable,
four-core cable, four-core cable,
phase a.c. or phase a.c. or a.c. or d.c. three-phase a.c.
three-phase a.c. three-phase a.c.
d.c. d.c.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
2) (A) (A)
(mm (A) (A) (A) (A)
16 82 71 85 74 71 59
25 108 92 112 98 90 75
35 132 113 138 120 108 90
50 159 137 166 145 128 106
70 201 174 211 185 158 130
95 242 214 254 224 186 154
120 - 249 - 264 - 174
150 - 284 - 305 - 197
185 - 328 - 350 - 220
240 - 386 - 418 - 253
300 - 441 - 488 - 286
400 - 522 - 551 - 383

Table XA2-B : Voltage Drop (Per Amp Per Meter) [AL/XLPE/PVC/SWA/PVC or AL/MGT/XLPE/PVC/SWA/PVC-FR or
AL/XLPE/LS0H/SWA/LS0H or AL/MGT/XLPE/LS0H/SWA/LS0H or AL/MGT/XLEVA/LS0H/SWA/LS0H]

Conductor Operating Temperature : 90⁰C

Ambient Temperature : 30⁰C

Conductor
cross-sectional Two-core cable, d.c. Two-core cable, single-phase a.c. Three or four-core cable, three-phase a.c.
area

1 2 3 4
(mm2) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m) (mV/A/m)
16 4.8 4.8 4.2
r x z r x z
25 3.10 3.100 0.165 3.100 2.700 0.140 2.700
35 2.20 2.200 0.160 2.200 1.900 0.140 1.950
50 1.60 1.650 0.160 1.650 1.400 0.135 1.450
70 1.10 1.100 0.155 1.150 0.960 0.135 0.970
95 0.82 0.820 0.150 0.840 0.710 0.130 0.720
120 - - - - 0.560 0.130 0.580
150 - - - - 0.450 0.130 0.470
185 - - - - 0.370 0.130 0.390
240 - - - - 0.280 0.125 0.310
300 - - - - 0.230 0.125 0.260
400 - - - - 0.185 0.099 0.210

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