N2XRY Cable

Copper Conductor IEC 60502-1 XLPE SWA PVC 0.6/1kV Cable

Rated Voltage 600/1000 Volts
Conductor Material soft annealed copper
Insulation Cross Linked Poly Ethylene (XLPE)
Armour Steel Wire Armoured
Oversheath PVC

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N2XRY cable is a premium steel wire armoured power cable designed for demanding industrial applications. Engineered for AC 50Hz power transmission and distribution systems with rated voltages of 0.6/1kV, this cable excels in fixed industrial installations, underground tunnels, and environments requiring superior mechanical protection. The integrated steel wire armour provides exceptional mechanical strength and durability, making it the ideal choice for harsh industrial conditions where cable integrity is critical.

Standards Compliance

International Standard: IEC 60502-1
British Standards: BS 5467, BS 6346

Technical Specifications

Electrical Performance

Parameter	Specification
Rated Voltage	0.6/1kV (BS 5467, BS 6346)
Alternative Rating	1.9/3.3kV
Frequency	50Hz AC systems
Insulation Type	XLPE (Cross-Linked Polyethylene)

Temperature Ratings

Condition	Temperature	Duration
Maximum Service Temperature	+90°C	Continuous
Minimum Service Temperature	-40°C	Continuous
Short-Circuit Temperature	+160°C	Maximum 5 seconds
Installation Temperature	-5°C minimum	During installation

Mechanical Performance

Parameter	Specification
Minimum Bending Radius (Armoured)	20 × cable diameter
Minimum Bending Radius (Unarmoured)	10 × cable diameter
Armour Type	Steel wire armour (SWA)
Mechanical Protection	High impact and crush resistance

Chemical & Environmental Performance

Property	Rating
Chemical Resistance	Good
Oil Resistance	Good
UV Resistance	Excellent (with appropriate sheath)
Moisture Resistance	Excellent

Fire Performance

Parameter	Specification
Flame Propagation	Non-propagating per IEC 60332-1
Halogen Content	Reduced emission - Chlorine <15%
Smoke Emission	Low smoke characteristics

Cable Construction

Conductor

Material: Stranded copper or aluminum conductor
Class: IEC 60228 Class 2 stranded
Configuration: Circular compacted stranding

Insulation

Material: XLPE (Cross-Linked Polyethylene)
Temperature Rating: 90°C continuous operation
Properties: Excellent electrical and thermal characteristics

Inner Sheath

Material: PVC compound
Function: Protects insulated cores during armour application

Armour System

Type: Steel wire armour (SWA)
Material: Galvanized steel wires
Configuration: Helically applied for maximum protection
Benefits: Superior mechanical protection and fault current path

Outer Sheath

Material: PVC compound type ST2
Properties: Weather resistant, flame retardant
Color: Black (standard) or as specified

N2XRY Cable Construction

3 core N2XRY Cable Construction

Conductors: soft annealed copper and can be either stranded circular or shaped.
Insulation: Cross Linked Poly Ethylene (XLPE) or Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC).
Bedding:PVC
Armour: single layer of steel wire
Oversheath: single layer of extruded PVC and is usually black in color.

4 core N2XRY Cable Construction

0.6/1kV-2 core copper conductor XLPE insulated steel wire armored PVC sheathed power cable

0.6/1kV-2 core copper conductor XLPE insulated steel wire armored PVC sheathed power cable
Nominal cross sectional area	Insulation thickness	Steel Wire diameter	Sheath thickness	Approximate outer diameter	Approx. weight	Max.D.C resistance of conductor（20℃）	Current carrying capacity
mm2	mm	mm	mm	mm	kg/km	Ω/km	In Air(A)	In Ground(A)
2X2.5	0.7	0.8	1.8	14.8	364	7.41	23	32
2X4	0.7	0.8	1.8	15.7	425	4.61	30	41
2X6	0.7	1.25	1.8	17.6	646	3.08	39	53
2X10	0.7	1.25	1.8	20.1	802	1.83	53	70
2X16	0.7	1.25	1.8	22.3	1008	1.15	68	91
2X25	0.9	1.6	1.8	26.3	1470	0.727	91	116
2X35	0.9	1.6	1.8	27.6	1712	0.524	112	140
2X50	1	1.6	1.9	30.8	2123	0.387	137	168
2X70	1.1	2	2	35.4	2974	0.268	172	203
2X95	1.1	2	2.1	39.5	3737	0.193	214	249
2X120	1.2	2	2.3	42.9	4453	0.153	249	284
2X150	1.4	2.5	2.4	48	5744	0.124	284	315
2X185	1.6	2.5	2.6	52.7	6811	0.0991	326	357

0.6/1kV-3 core copper conductor XLPE insulated steel wire armored PVC sheathed power cable

0.6/1kV-3 core copper conductor XLPE insulated steel wire armored PVC sheathed power cable
Nominal cross sectional area	Insulation thickness	Steel Wire diameter	Sheath thickness	Approximate outer diameter	Approx. weight	Max.D.C resistance of conductor（20℃）	Current carrying capacity
mm2	mm	mm	mm	mm	kg/km	Ω/km	In Air(A)	In Ground(A)
3X2.5	0.7	0.8	1.8	15.3	405	7.41	20	27
3X4	0.7	0.8	1.8	16.2	481	4.61	26	36
3X6	0.7	1.25	1.8	18.3	696	3.08	33	45
3X10	0.7	1.25	1.8	20.9	930	1.83	46	60
3X16	0.7	1.25	1.8	23.3	1191	1.15	59	77
3X25	0.9	1.6	1.8	27.6	1745	0.727	77	98
3X35	0.9	1.6	1.8	29	2100	0.524	95	119
3X50	1	1.6	1.9	32.5	2628	0.387	119	144
3X70	1.1	2	2.1	37.9	3728	0.268	151	175
3X95	1.1	2	2.2	41.8	4692	0.193	186	210
3X120	1.2	2	2.3	45.5	5645	0.153	217	242
3X150	1.4	2.5	2.5	51.3	7350	0.124	245	270
3X185	1.6	2.5	2.7	55.9	8698	0.0991	284	305
3X240	1.7	2.5	2.9	62.1	10837	0.0754	336	350
3X300	1.8	2.5	3	67.4	12990	0.0601	389	396

0.6/1kV-4 core copper conductor XLPE insulated steel wire armored PVC sheathed power cable

0.6/1kV-4 core copper conductor XLPE insulated steel wire armored PVC sheathed power cable
Nominal cross sectional area	Insulation thickness	Steel Wire diameter	Sheath thickness	Approximate outer diameter	Approx. weight	Max.D.C resistance of conductor（20℃）	Current carrying capacity
mm2	mm	mm	mm	mm	kg/km	Ω/km	In Air(A)	In Ground(A)
4X2.5	0.7	0.8	1.8	16.1	472	7.41	20	27
4X4	0.7	1.25	1.8	18.1	677	4.61	26	36
4X6	0.7	1.25	1.8	19.3	804	3.08	33	45
4X10	0.7	1.25	1.8	22.3	1088	1.83	46	60
4X16	0.7	1.6	1.8	25.7	1571	1.15	59	77
4X25	0.9	1.6	1.8	29.7	2085	0.727	77	98
4X35	0.9	1.6	1.9	31.4	2543	0.524	95	119
4X50	1	1.6	2	35.3	3214	0.387	119	144
4X70	1.1	2	2.2	41.2	4571	0.268	151	175
4X95	1.1	2	2.3	45.6	5782	0.193	186	210
4X120	1.2	2.5	2.5	51.2	7557	0.153	217	242
4X150	1.4	2.5	2.7	56.1	9080	0.124	245	270
4X185	1.6	2.5	2.8	61.3	10822	0.0991	284	305
4X240	1.7	2.5	3.1	68.1	13566	0.0754	336	350
4X300	1.8	2.5	3.2	74.1	16356	0.0601	389	396

0.6/1kV-5 core copper conductor XLPE insulated steel wire armored PVC sheathed power cable

0.6/1kV-5 core copper conductor XLPE insulated steel wire armored PVC sheathed power cable
Nominal cross sectional area	Insulation thickness	Steel Wire diameter	Sheath thickness	Approximate outer diameter	Approx. weight	Max.D.C resistance of conductor（20℃）	Current carrying capacity
mm2	mm	mm	mm	mm	kg/km	Ω/km	In Air(A)	In Ground(A)
5X2.5	0.7	1.25	1.8	17.9	645	7.41	20	27
5X4	0.7	1.25	1.8	19.1	770	4.61	26	36
5X6	0.7	1.25	1.8	20.5	925	3.08	33	45
5X10	0.7	1.6	1.8	24.6	1417	1.83	46	60
5X16	0.7	1.6	1.8	27.6	1812	1.15	59	77
5X25	0.9	1.6	1.9	32.2	2460	0.727	77	98
5X35	0.9	1.6	2	34.1	3019	0.524	95	119
5X50	1	2	2.2	39.7	4166	0.387	119	144
5X70	1.1	2	2.3	44.9	5443	0.268	151	175
5X95	1.1	2.5	2.5	51.3	7485	0.193	186	210
5X120	1.2	2.5	2.7	55.9	9026	0.153	217	242
5X150	1.4	2.5	2.8	61.4	10912	0.124	245	270
5X185	1.6	2.5	3	67.6	13119	0.0991	284	305
5X240	1.7	2.5	3.3	74.8	16427	0.0754	336	350
5X300	1.8	3.15	3.5	83.2	20915	0.0601	389	396

0.6/1kV-3+1 core copper conductor XLPE insulated steel wire armored PVC sheathed power cable

0.6/1kV-3+1 core copper conductor XLPE insulated steel wire armored PVC sheathed power cable
Nominal cross sectional area	Insulation thickness	Steel Wire diameter	Sheath thickness	Approximate outer diameter	Approx. weight	Max.D.C resistance of conductor（20℃）	Current carrying capacity
mm2	mm	mm	mm	mm	kg/km	Ω/km	In Air(A)	In Ground(A)
3X4+1X2.5	0.7/0.7	1.25	1.8	17.8	873	4.61/7.41	26	36
3X6+1X4	0.7/0.7	1.25	1.8	19.1	764	3.08/4.61	33	45
3X10+1X6	0.7/0.7	1.25	1.8	21.6	1002	1.83/3.08	46	60
3X16+1X10	0.7/0.7	1.6	1.8	25.1	1475	1.15/1.83	59	77
3X25+1X16	0.9/0.7	1.6	1.8	28.7	2101	0.727/1.15	77	98
3X35+1X16	0.9/0.7	1.6	1.8	30	2300	0.524/1.15	95	119
3X50+1X25	1/0.9	1.6	2	34.1	2945	0.387/0.727	119	144
3X70+1X35	1.1/0.9	2	2.1	39.2	4131	0.268/0.524	151	175
3X95+1X50	1.1/1.0	2	2.3	43.2	5199	0.193/0.387	186	210
3X120+1X70	1.2/1.1	2.5	2.4	48.8	6827	0.153/0.268	217	242
3X150+1X70	1.4/1.1	2.5	2.6	52.9	7915	0.124/0.268	245	270
3X185+1X95	1.6/1.1	2.5	2.7	57.8	9655	0.0991/0.193	284	305
3X240+1X120	1.7/1.2	2.5	2.9	64.1	11988	0.0754/0.153	336	350
3X300+1X150	1.8/1.4	2.5	3.1	69.8	14475	0.0601/0.124	389	396

0.6/1kV-4+1 core copper conductor XLPE insulated steel wire armored PVC sheathed power cable

0.6/1kV-4+1 core copper conductor XLPE insulated steel wire armored PVC sheathed power cable
Nominal cross sectional area	Insulation thickness	Steel Wire diameter	Sheath thickness	Approximate outer diameter	Approx. weight	Max.D.C resistance of conductor（20℃）	Current carrying capacity
mm2	mm	mm	mm	mm	kg/km	Ω/km	In Air(A)	In Ground(A)
4X4+1X2.5	0.7/0.7	1.25	1.8	18.9	731	4.61/7.41	26	36
4X6+1X4	0.7/0.7	1.25	1.8	20.3	875	3.08/4.61	33	45
4X10+1X6	0.7/0.7	1.6	1.8	23.9	1295	1.83/3.08	46	60
4X16+1X10	0.7/0.7	1.6	1.8	27	1712	1.15/1.83	59	77
4X25+1X16	0.9/0.7	1.6	1.9	31.2	2322	0.727/1.15	77	98
4X35+1X16	0.9/0.7	1.6	1.9	32.8	2759	0.524/1.15	95	119
4X50+1X25	1/0.9	2	2.1	38.5	3860	0.387/0.727	119	144
4X70+1X35	1.1/0.9	2	2.3	43	5010	0.268/0.524	151	175
4X95+1X50	1.1/1.0	2.5	2.4	48.9	6850	0.193/0.387	186	210
4X120+1X70	1.2/1.1	2.5	2.6	54	8395	0.153/0.268	217	242
4X150+1X70	1.4/1.1	2.5	2.7	58.4	9745	0.124/0.268	245	270
4X185+1X95	1.6/1.1	2.5	2.9	64.4	11948	0.0991/0.193	284	305
4X240+1X120	1.7/1.2	2.5	3.1	71.1	14832	0.0754/0.153	336	350
4X300+1X150	1.8/1.4	3.15	3.4	78.9	18826	0.0601/0.124	389	396

0.6/1kV-3+2 core copper conductor XLPE insulated steel wire armored PVC sheathed power cable

0.6/1kV-3+2 core copper conductor XLPE insulated steel wire armored PVC sheathed power cable
Nominal cross sectional area	Insulation thickness	Steel Wire diameter	Sheath thickness	Approximate outer diameter	Approx. weight	Max.D.C resistance of conductor（20℃）	Current carrying capacity
mm2	mm	mm	mm	mm	kg/km	Ω/km	In Air(A)	In Ground(A)
3X4+2X2.5	0.7/0.7	1.25	1.8	18.6	705	4.61/7.41	26	36
3X6+2X4	0.7/0.7	1.25	1.8	20	845	3.08/4.61	33	45
3X10+2X6	0.7/0.7	1.25	1.8	22.5	1109	1.83/3.08	46	60
3X16+2X10	0.7/0.7	1.6	1.8	26.5	1630	1.15/1.83	59	77
3X25+2X16	0.9/0.7	1.6	1.8	30.2	2185	0.727/1.15	77	98
3X35+2X16	0.9/0.7	1.6	1.9	31.3	2505	0.524/1.15	95	119
3X50+2X25	1/0.9	2	2.1	37	3531	0.387/0.727	119	144
3X70+2X35	1.1/0.9	2	2.2	41.1	4572	0.268/0.524	151	175
3X95+2X50	1.1/1.0	2	2.4	45.8	5841	0.193/0.387	186	210
3X120+2X70	1.2/1.1	2.5	2.6	52.1	7765	0.153/0.268	217	242
3X150+2X70	1.4/1.1	2.5	2.7	55.4	8758	0.124/0.268	245	270
3X185+2X95	1.6/1.1	2.5	2.8	60.8	10777	0.0991/0.193	284	305
3X240+2X120	1.7/1.2	2.5	3	67.4	13385	0.0754/0.153	336	350
3X300+2X150	1.8/1.4	2.5	3.2	73.6	16100	0.0601/0.124	389	396

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