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BS 5467 600/1000V 2–5 Core Copper XLPE SWA PVC Cable

BS 5467 600/1000V copper XLPE SWA PVC cable: 2–4 cores from 1.5–400 mm2 and 5 cores from 1.5–70 mm2. View construction dimensions, electrical reference tables, selection notes and the product PDF.

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APPLICATION

BURY CABLE BS 5467 600/1000V multicore copper cable is designed for fixed low voltage power distribution in buildings, industrial plants and infrastructure projects. The construction uses Class 2 stranded copper, XLPE insulation, PVC bedding, galvanized steel wire armour (SWA) and a PVC outer sheath.

The construction table covers 2, 3 and 4 cores from 1.5 to 400 mm², and 5 cores from 1.5 to 70 mm². Typical routes include cable trays, ducts and trenches. Underground or direct burial use depends on the project design, site conditions and installation requirements.

Select the core count, conductor area and installation method together. Dimensions and weights are separate from electrical ratings; use the notes below when reading the current and voltage-drop tables.

STANDARDS

Basic design to BS 5467

FIRE PERFORMANCE

Flame Retardance (Single Vertical Wire Test)

BS EN 60332-1-2

VOLTAGE RATING

600/1000V

CABLE CONSTRUCTION

Conductor	Annealed copper wire, stranded according to BS EN 60228 class 2.
Insulation	Extruded XLPE GP 8 according to BS 7655-1.3.
Bedding	PVC.
Armouring	Galvanized steel wire
Outer Sheath	PVC Type 9 according to BS 7655-4.2.
Outer Sheath Option	UV resistance, hydrocarbon resistance, oil resistance, anti rodent and anti termite properties can be offered as option. Compliance to fire performance standard (IEC 60332-1, IEC 60332-3,UL 1581, UL 1666 etc) depends on the oxygen index of the PVC compound and the overall cable design. LSPVC can also be provided upon request.

COLOUR CODE

Insulation Colour	Two-core: Brown, blue Three-core: Brown, black, grey Four-core: Blue, brown, black, grey Five-core: Green-and-yellow, blue, brown, black, grey
Sheath Colour	Black, other colours can be offered upon request.

PHYSICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES

Maximum temperature range during operation (XLPE)	90°C
Maximum short circuit temperature (5 Seconds)	250°C
Minimum bending radius	8 x Overall Diameter

CONSTRUCTION PARAMETERS

Conductor		FLP600-RVMV-R
No. of Cores x Cross Section	Class of Conductor	Nominal Insulation Thickness	Nominal Bedding Thickness	Nominal Armour Wire Diameter	Nominal Sheath Thickness	Approx. Overall Diameter	Approx. Weight
No.xmm²		mm	mm	mm	mm	mm	kg/km
2 Cores
2x1.5^a	2	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.3	12.1	320
2x2.5^a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	13.6	365
2x4.0^a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	14.7	440
2x6.0^a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	15.9	470
2x10^a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.5	18.0	800
2x16^a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.5	20.4	900
2x25^b	2	0.9	0.8	1.25	1.6	20.4	1240
2x25^a	2	0.9	0.8	1.25	1.6	24.1	1240
2x35^b	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.7	23.3	1710
2x35^a	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.7	27.7	1710
2x50^b	2	1.0	1.0	1.6	1.8	25.8	1800
2x70^b	2	1.1	1.0	1.6	1.9	29.0	2320
2x95^b	2	1.1	1.2	2.0	2.0	33.1	3150
2x120^b	2	1.2	1.2	2.0	2.1	36.1	3880
2x150^b	2	1.4	1.2	2.0	2.2	39.3	4820
2x185^b	2	1.6	1.4	2.5	2.4	44.7	5920
2x240^b	2	1.7	1.4	2.5	2.5	49.0	7300
2x300^b	2	1.8	1.6	2.5	2.6	53.5	8770
2x400^b	2	2.0	1.6	2.5	2.8	59.0	10905
3 Cores
3x1.5^a	2	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.3	12.6	340
3x2.5^a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	14.1	408
3x4.0^a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	15.3	498
3x6.0^a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	16.6	600
3x10^a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.5	19.5	915
3x16^a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.6	21.6	1130
3x25^a	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.7	26.7	1710
3x25^b	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.7	23.6	1710
3x35^a	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.8	29.4	2100
3x35^b	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.8	25.7	2100
3x50^b	2	1.0	1.0	1.6	1.8	28.5	2450
3x70^b	2	1.1	1.0	1.6	1.9	32.2	3120
3x95^b	2	1.1	1.2	2.0	2.1	37.0	4310
3x120^b	2	1.2	1.2	2.0	2.2	40.4	5160
3x150^b	2	1.4	1.4	2.5	2.3	45.5	7160
3x185^b	2	1.6	1.4	2.5	2.4	49.8	8600
3x240^b	2	1.7	1.4	2.5	2.6	55.1	10755
3x300^b	2	1.8	1.6	2.5	2.7	60.2	13080
3x400^b	2	2.0	1.6	2.5	2.9	66.6	15810
4 Cores
4x1.5^a	2	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.3	13.3	390
4x2.5^a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	15.0	470
4x4.0^a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	16.4	580
4x6.0^a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.5	18.7	805
4x10^a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.5	21.1	1090
4x16^a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.6	23.4	1320
4x25^a	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.7	28.9	1840
4x25^b	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.7	26.1	1840
4x35^a	2	0.9	10	1.6	1.8	31.9	2310
4x35^b	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.8	28.6	2310
4x50^b	2	1.0	1.0	1.6	1.9	32.0	2970
4x70^b	2	1.1	1.2	2.0	2.1	37.7	4240
4x95^b	2	1.1	1.2	2.0	2.2	41.7	5400
4x120^b	2	1.2	1.4	2.5	2.3	47.1	7000
4x150^b	2	1.4	1.4	2.5	2.4	51.4	8350
4x185^b	2	1.6	1.4	2.5	2.6	56.6	10130
4x240^b	2	1.7	1.6	2.5	2.7	63.0	12840
4x300^b	2	1.8	1.6	2.5	2.9	68.8	15530
4x400^b	2	2.0	1.8	3.15	3.2	78.1	19950
5 Cores
5x1.5^a	2	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.4	14.3	430
5x2.5^a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.4	16.1	545
5x4.0^a	2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.5	17.8	680
5x6.0^a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.5	20	840
5x10^a	2	0.7	0.8	1.25	1.6	22.9	1105
5x16^a	2	0.7	1.0	1.6	1.7	26.6	1450
5x25^a	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.8	31.5	2245
5x35^a	2	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.9	34.8	2840
5x50^a	2	1.0	1.2	2.0	2.0	40.4	3895
5x70^a	2	1.1	1.2	2.0	2.2	46.3	5145

^a Circular or compacted circular stranded conductors (class 2).
^b Shaped stranded conductor (class 2).

ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES

Conductor Operating Temperature	90°C
Ambient Temperature	30°C

Current-Carrying Capacities (Amp) according to BS7671:2008 table 4E4A

Conductor crosssectional area	Reference Method C (clipped direct)		Reference Method E (in free air or on a perforated cable tray, horizontal or vertical)		Reference Method D (direct in in groud or in ducting in groud. in or around buildings)
Conductor crosssectional area	1 two-core cable*, single-phase a.c. or d.c.	1 three-or four core cable*, three-phase a.c.	1 two-core cable*, singlephase a.c. or d.c.	1 three-or four core cable*, three-phase a.c.	1 two-core cable*, single-phase a.c. or d.c.	1 three-or four core cable*, threephase a.c.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
mm2	A	A	A	A	A	A
1.5	27	23	29	25	25	21
2.5	36	31	39	33	33	28
4.0	49	42	52	44	43	36
6.0	62	53	66	56	53	44
10	85	73	90	78	71	58
16	110	94	115	99	91	75
25	146	124	152	131	116	96
35	180	154	188	162	139	115
50	219	187	228	197	164	135
70	279	238	291	251	203	167
95	338	289	354	304	239	197
120	392	335	410	353	271	223
150	451	386	472	406	306	251
185	515	441	539	463	343	281
240	607	520	636	546	395	324
300	698	599	732	628	446	365
400	787	673	847	728	-	-

Voltage Drop (Per Amp Per Meter) according to BS7671:2008 table 4E4B

Conductor cross- sectional area	Two-core cables, d.c.	Two-core cable, single-phase a.c.			Three-or four core cable, three-phase a.c.
1	2	3			4
mm2	mV/A/m	mV/A/m			mV/A/m
1.5	31	31			27
2.5	19	19			16
4.0	12	12			10
6.0	7.9	7.9			6.8
10	4.7	4.7			4.0
16	2.9	2.9			2.5
		r	x	z	r	x	z
25	1.85	1.85	0.160	1.90	1.60	0.140	1.65
35	1.35	1.35	0.155	1.35	1.15	0.135	1.15
50	0.98	0.99	0.155	1.00	0.86	0.135	0.87
70	0.67	0.67	0.150	0.69	0.59	0.130	0.60
95	0.49	0.50	0.150	0.52	0.43	0.130	0.45
120	0.39	0.40	0.145	0.42	0.34	0.130	0.37
150	0.31	0.32	0.145	0.35	0.38	0.125	0.30
185	0.25	0.26	0.145	0.29	0.22	0.125	0.26
240	0.195	0.200	0.140	0.24	0.175	0.125	0.21
300	0.155	0.160	0.140	0.21	0.140	0.120	0.185
400	0.120	0.130	0.140	0.190	0.115	0.120	0.165

Note: *Spacings larger than one cable diameter will result in a large voltage drop.
r = conductor resistance at operating temperature
x = reactance
z = impedance

KEY FEATURES

600/1000V rating; 67 listed construction entries across 2, 3, 4 and 5 cores.
Annealed stranded copper to BS EN 60228 Class 2, with XLPE GP 8 insulation.
Galvanized steel wire armour with PVC bedding and PVC Type 9 outer sheath.
Catalogue operating temperature up to 90°C; short-circuit temperature up to 250°C for 5 seconds.
Listed minimum bending radius: 8 times the overall diameter.
BS EN 60332-1-2 is the listed single vertical wire flame-retardance reference.

SELECTION NOTES

For quotation, state the core count, conductor area, a/b conductor form where listed, length per run, drum lengths, destination and any required sheath options.
The a and b variants have separate construction entries. Use the matching diameter, weight and thickness values when checking routing, glands and handling.
Electrical columns cover two-core and three-/four-core cables. Do not apply them directly to five-core cable; request ratings for its actual circuit and loaded-core arrangement.
The electrical headings cite BS 7671:2008 Tables 4E4A and 4E4B, with 90°C conductor and 30°C ambient temperatures. Confirm the applicable design rules, reference method and site correction factors.
For 150 mm² three- and four-core cables, please contact BURY CABLE for confirmed voltage-drop data before final cable selection.
Check load current, voltage drop, short-circuit duty, grouping and route conditions. Dashes in the tables are not usable ratings. Confirm armour termination and bonding with the project designer.
UV, oil, hydrocarbon, rodent or termite resistance and LSPVC are optional. Specify the required performance and supporting evidence before ordering.

RELATED CABLE TYPES

BS 5467 600/1000V armoured cable range — compare the listed conductor materials and core counts.
BS 5467 600/1000V single-core copper AWA cable — separate construction with aluminium wire armour.
BS 6724 600/1000V LSZH armoured cable range — review when a low smoke zero halogen sheath is specified.

FAQ

Which core counts and sizes are listed?

The construction table lists 2-, 3- and 4-core cables from 1.5 to 400 mm², and 5-core cables from 1.5 to 70 mm². The 67 entries include separate a/b variants at some sizes.

What do the a and b suffixes mean?

The original notes define a as circular or compacted circular stranded conductors, and b as shaped stranded conductors. Both are Class 2. Keep each variant with its own construction values.

Is this cable SWA or AWA?

This multicore page specifies galvanized steel wire armour (SWA). The linked single-core copper product uses aluminium wire armour (AWA) and has a separate specification.

Are five-core electrical ratings included?

No separate five-core rating columns are provided here. The current and voltage-drop tables label two-core and three-/four-core arrangements. Request confirmed five-core data for the intended circuit.

How should I use the current-rating table?

Match the stated method: C for clipped direct, E for free air or tray, or D for ground or ducting. Check the table assumptions and obtain a project-specific rating assessment before selecting a conductor size.

Can this cable be installed underground?

Ducts, trenches and direct burial may be considered subject to the approved design and site conditions. Confirm route protection, sheath requirements and the applicable thermal conditions.

Is the PVC sheath LSZH or fire resistant?

This page specifies PVC Type 9, not LSZH. The listed flame-retardance test does not establish fire-resistant circuit integrity, BS 6387 CWZ performance or a fire-survival duration.

Which product documents should I request?

Use the attached BS 5467 600/1000V 2–5 Cores PDF for this construction. Request the matching supply datasheet, confirmed electrical data and any project-required test evidence with your enquiry.