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GeneralCable NZ have been manufacturing cables
to NZS 6401:600/1000V for over 3 decades. This standard sets minimum limits
on conductor size, radial thickness of insulation and sheath, and the
temperature rating of these layers.
GeneralCable NZ TPS cables exceed these minimum limits,
with temperature rating exceeding requirements by 5�C.
This particular range of cables is popularly known as TPS or tough plastic
sheathed cables and can be split into two categories.
Flat TPS trades some of the toughness for an easi peel sheath and is commonly
used for the fixed wiring of domestic and industrial lighting, power outlets,
and heating.
Circular TPS retains the tough plastic sheath and is more commonly used for
commercial and industrial wiring to motors, heating, and lighting, and areas
where glanding is required.
CONDUCTORS:
Conductors consist of plain annealed copper.
INSTALLATION:
Cables should never be bent to a small radius. The prescribed minimums on the
following datasheets should be considered the exception rather than the rule and
the actual bending radius the largest which circumstances will permit. A cable
must also not be laid or otherwise bent when it is at such a low temperature
that damage might be caused to the insulation or serving. Where environmental
conditions are at or below 0�C, cable drums will require heating, or drums
stored on a site with a higher ambient temperature, and moved and installed as
quickly as possible before significant cooling can take place.
Cables can be pulled into position by hand, cable stocking or conductor hauling
eye but for high pulling tensions a hauling eye is preferred to avoid stretching
of the outer layer.
Copyright 2000
GeneralCable New Zealand Limited, Last Modified August,
2004
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