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GEL/20/17 - Electric Cables - Low voltage

Sector: Manufacturing

Categories: Wires | Connecting devices | Electrical wires and cables | Cables | Emission | Plugs, socket-outlets, couplers | Heaters. Gas | Lamps. Caps and holders | Electric road vehicles | Electrical and electronic equipment | Rubber compounding ingredients | Fire protection. Other | | Electrical accessories. General | Lifts. Escalators | Electrical accessories | Fibres and cables | Lamps. General | Fire-resistance. Building materials and elements | Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities | Colour coding | Welding. Consumables | Ignitability and burning behaviour. Materials and products | Open systems interconnection. General | Electricity supply | Audio, video and audiovisual systems. General | Electrical accessories. Other | Insulating materials. General | Heating appliances. General | Thermodynamics. General | Electrical insulation. General | Receiving and transmitting | Welding. Equipment | Telecontrol. Telemetering | Lamps. Incandescent | Insulating fluids | Power transmission and distribution networks. General | Components. Electrical equipment. Other | Insulating materials. Plastics and rubber | Lamps. Fluorescent and discharge | Plug-and-socket devices. Connectors | Environment and environmental protection. General | Insulation systems | Solar energy engineering | Airport construction | Document imaging applications | Industrial process measurement and control | Electrical engineering | Transfusion, infusion and injection equipment | Automatic controls for household use | Immunity | Copper products | Electrical engineering. General

Overview: Under the direction of GEL/20, is responsible for Standards for low voltage cables and for providing the UK input to IEC/TC 20/WG 17: Low voltage cables below 1 kV, and common test methods in IEC 60811 and low voltage cable aspects of CENELEC/TC 20,

Committee standards activity

In Progress (15)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.

BS IEC IEC 62893-4-1 Charging cables for electric vehicles of rated voltages up to and including 0,6/1 kV. - Part 4-1: Cables for DC charging according to mode 4 of IEC 61851-1 - DC charging without use of a thermal management system

Categories: Electric road vehicles

Approval begins : 2020-04-14
Approval
BS IEC 63010-2 Ed.1.0 Electric cables - Halogen-free thermoplastic insulated and sheathed flexible cables of rated voltages up to and including 300/300 V -. Part 2: Test nmethods

Categories: Unclassified documents

Approval begins : 2017-12-28
Approval
BS IEC 63010-1 Ed.1.0 thermoplastic insulated and sheathed flexible cables of rated voltages up to and including 300/300 V -. Part 1: General requirements

Categories: Unclassified documents

Approval begins : 2017-12-28
Approval
BS IEC 62893-3 IEC 62893-3 ED1: Charging cables for electric vehicles. - Part 3: Cables for AC charging according to modes 1, 2 and 3 of IEC 61851-1

Categories: Unclassified documents

Approval begins : 2017-11-28
Approval
BS IEC 62893-2 IEC 62893-2 ED1: Charging cables for electric vehicles. - Part 2: Test methods

Categories: Unclassified documents

Approval begins : 2017-11-28
Approval
BS IEC 62893-1 IEC 62893-1 ED1: Charging cables for electric vehicles. - Part 1: General requirements

Categories: Unclassified documents

Approval begins : 2017-11-28
Approval
BS IEC 60245-8 Ed.2.0 BS IEC 60245-8 ED2 Rubber insulated cables - Rated voltages up to and including 450/750 V. Part 8: Cords for applications requiring high flexibility

Categories: Cables

Public comment begins : 2024-03-15
Public comment
BS IEC 60245-7 Ed.2.0 Rubber insulated cables - Rated voltages up to and including 450/750 V. Part 7: Heat resistant ethylene-vinyl acetate rubber insulated cables

Categories: Cables

Public comment begins : 2024-03-15
Public comment
BS IEC 60245-6 Ed.3.0 Rubber insulated cables - Rated voltages up to and including 450/750 V. Part 6: Arc welding electrode cables

Categories: Cables

Public comment begins : 2024-03-15
Public comment
BS IEC 60245-4 Ed.4.0 BS IEC 60245-4 ED4 Rubber insulated cables - Rated voltages up to and including 450/750 V. Part 4: Cords and flexible cables

Categories: Cables

Public comment begins : 2024-03-15
Public comment
Published (135)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.

PD IEC TS 62893-4-2:2021 Charging cables for electric vehicles of rated voltages up to and including 0,6/1 kV. Cables for DC charging according to mode 4 of IEC 61851-1. Cables intended to be used with a thermal management system

Categories: Cables | Electric road vehicles

Published standard begins : 2021-07-06
Published standard
BS IEC 62125:2019 Environmental considerations specific to insulated electrical power and control cables

Categories: Cables

Published standard begins : 2022-10-26
Published standard
BS EN 61138:2007 Cables for portable earthing and short-circuiting equipment

Categories: Cables

Published standard begins : 2008-01-24
Published standard
BS EN 60811-607:2012 Electric and optical fibre cables. Test methods for non-metallic materials. Physical tests. Test for the assessment of carbon black dispersion in polyethylene and polypropylene

Categories: Insulating materials. General | Cables

Published standard begins : 2012-08-03
Published standard
BS EN 60811-606:2012 Electric and optical fibre cables. Test methods for non-metallic materials. Physical tests. Methods for determining the density

Categories: Insulating materials. General | Cables

Published standard begins : 2012-08-03
Published standard
BS EN 60811-605:2012 Electric and optical fibre cables. Test methods for non-metallic materials. Physical tests. Measurement of carbon black and/or mineral filler in polyethylene compounds

Categories: Insulating materials. General | Cables

Published standard begins : 2012-08-03
Published standard
BS EN 60811-604:2012 Electric and optical fibre cables. Test methods for non-metallic materials. Physical tests. Measurement of absence of corrosive components in filling compounds

Categories: Insulating materials. General | Cables

Published standard begins : 2012-08-03
Published standard
BS EN 60811-603:2012 Electric and optical fibre cables. Test methods for non-metallic materials. Physical tests. Measurement of total acid number of filling compounds

Categories: Insulating materials. General | Cables

Published standard begins : 2012-08-03
Published standard
BS EN 60811-602:2012 Electric and optical fibre cables. Test methods for non-metallic materials. Physical tests. Separation of oil in filling compounds

Categories: Insulating materials. General | Cables

Published standard begins : 2012-08-03
Published standard
BS EN 60811-601:2012 Electric and optical fibre cables. Test methods for non-metallic materials. Physical tests. Measurement of the drop point of filling compounds

Categories: Insulating materials. General | Cables

Published standard begins : 2012-08-03
Published standard
Withdrawn (66)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.

PD CLC/TR 50424:2004 Electric cables. List of residual recognised national types

Categories: Cables

Withdrawn begins : 2010-01-26
Withdrawn
BS EN 62230:2007+A1:2014 Electric cables. Spark-test method

Categories: Cables

Withdrawn begins : 2017-07-25
Withdrawn
BS EN 62230:2007 Electric cables. Spark-test method

Categories: Cables

Withdrawn begins : 2007-09-27
Withdrawn
BS EN 60811-511:2012 Electric and optical fibre cables. Test methods for non-metallic materials. Mechanical tests. Measurement of the melt flow index of polyethylene compounds

Categories: Insulating materials. General | Cables

Withdrawn begins : 2020-08-06
Withdrawn
BS EN 60811-509:2012 Electric and optical fibre cables. Test methods for non-metallic materials. Mechanical tests. Test for resistance of insulations and sheaths to cracking (heat shock test)

Categories: Cables | Insulating materials. General

Withdrawn begins : 2020-08-06
Withdrawn
BS EN 60811-508:2012 Electric and optical fibre cables. Test methods for non-metallic materials. Mechanical tests. Pressure test at high temperature for insulation and sheaths

Categories: Insulating materials. General | Cables

Withdrawn begins : 2021-03-12
Withdrawn
BS EN 60811-501:2012 Electric and optical fibre cables. Test methods for non-metallic materials. Mechanical tests. Tests for determining the mechanical properties of insulating and sheathing compounds

Categories: Insulating materials. General | Cables

Withdrawn begins : 2018-11-19
Withdrawn
BS EN 60811-410:2012 Electric and optical fibre cables. Test methods for non-metallic materials. Miscellaneous tests. Test method for copper-catalyzed oxidative degradation of polyolefin insulated conductors

Categories: Insulating materials. General | Cables

Withdrawn begins : 2021-03-12
Withdrawn
BS EN 60811-401:2012 Electric and optical fibre cables. Test methods for non-metallic materials. Miscellaneous tests. Thermal ageing methods. Ageing in an air oven

Categories: Insulating materials. General | Cables | Telecontrol. Telemetering

Withdrawn begins : 2020-08-06
Withdrawn
BS EN 60811-4-2:2004 Insulating and sheathing materials of electric and optical cables. Common test methods. Methods specific to polyethylene and polypropylene compounds. Tensile strength and elongation at break after conditioning at elevated temperature. Wrapping test after conditioning at elevated temperature. Wrapping test after thermal ageing in air. Measurement of mass increase. Long-term stability test. Test method for copper-catalyzed oxidative degradation

Categories: Insulating materials. Plastics and rubber | Cables

Withdrawn begins : 2012-08-06
Withdrawn