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PTFE Insulated Equipment Wires
Qualification to Defense Standard 61-12 Part 8
Qualification to BS3G210


Table 1:
Single-core (cables and wires), unscreened types A and NA 300 V
(Silver or nickel plated copper conductors)
Size # of
Strands
Nominal
Diam. of
Strands
Nominal
Diam.
of
Conductor
Area Circular
Mil
Area(1)
Insulation Radial
Thickness
 Min. Nom.
Overall Diameter

 Min. Nom.
Mass per
Unit
Length
(Max.)
mm mm mm(2) mm mm mm mm kg/km
30 1 .250 .250 .0491 97 .10 .15 .45 .60 .96
28 1 .320 .320 .0804 159 .10 .15 .52 .67 1.32
26 1 .400 .400 .1257 248 .10 .15 .60 .75 1.83
32 7 .080 .240 .0352 69 .10 .15 .44 .59 .84
30 7 .100 .300 .0550 109 .10 .15 .50 .65 1.10
28 7 .120 .360 .0792 156 .10 .15 .56 .71 1.40
26 7 .150 .450 .1237 244 .10 .15 .65 .80 1.96
24 7 .200 .600 .2199 434 .10 .15 .80 .95 3.04
26 19 .100 .500 .1492 295 .10 .15 .70 .85 2.26
24 19 .120 .600 .2149 424 .10 .15 .80 .95 2.99
22 19 .150 .750 .3358 663 .10 .15 .95 1.10 4.41
20 19 .200 1.000 .5969 1178 .10 .15 1.20 1.35 7.19

Table 2:
Single-core (cables and wires), unscreened types B and NB 600 V
(Silver or nickel plated copper conductors)

Size # of
Strands
Nominal
Diam. of
Strands
Nominal
Diam.
of
Conductor
Area Circular
Mil
Area(1)
Insulation Radial
Thickness
 Min. Nom.
Overall Diameter

 Min. Nom.
Mass per
Unit
Length
(Max.)
mm mm mm(2) mm mm mm mm kg/km
26 1 .400 .400 .1257 248 .20 .25 .80 1.00 2.56
23 1 .600 .2827 558 .20 .25 1.00 .65 .84 1.44
32 7 .080 .240 .0352 69 .20 .25 .65 .84 1.44
30 7 .080 .240 .0352 69 .20 .25 .44 .59 .84
28 7 .120 .360 .0792 156 .20 .25 .76 .96 2.10
26 7 .150 .450 .1237 244 .20 .25 .85 1.05 2.74
24 7 .200 .600 .2199 434 .20 .25 1.00 1.20 3.95
26 19 .100 .500 .1492 295 .20 .25 .90 1.10 3.09
24 19 .120 .600 .2149 424 .20 .25 1.00 1.20 3.89
22 19 .150 .750 .3358 663 .20 .25 1.15 1.35 5.44
20 19 .200 1.000 .5969 1178 .20 .25 1.40 1.60 8.43
18 19 .250 1.250 .9327 1841 .20 .25 1.65 1.85 12.11
 (1) The circular mil area (CMA) is equal to 1550.003 D2N where D is the diameter (in mm) of the
individual strands of the conductor and N is the number of strands in the complete conductor.

Table 3:
Single-core (cables and wires), unscreened types C and NC 1000 V
(Silver or nickel plated copper conductors)

Size # of
Strands
Nominal
Diam. of
Strands
Nominal
Diam.
of
Conductor
Area Circular
Mil
Area(1)
Insulation Radial
Thickness
 Min. Nom.
Overall Diameter

 Min. Nom.
Mass per
Unit
Length
(Max.)
mm mm mm(2) mm mm mm mm kg/km
19 1 .900 .900 .6362 1256 .33 .40 .156 1.82 9.94
32 7 .080 .240 .0352 69 .33 .40 .90 1.16 2.52
30 7 .100 .300 .0550 109 .33 .40 .96 1.22 2.90
28 7 .120 .360 .0792 156 .33 .40 1.02 1.28 3.31
26 7 .150 .450 .1237 244 .33 .40 1.11 1.37 4.04
24 7 .200 .600 .2199 434 .33 .40 1.16 1.42 4.45
26 19 .100 .500 .1492 295 .33 .40 1.16 1.42 4.45
22 19 .150 .750 .3358 663 .33 .40 1.41 1.67 7.08
20 19 .200 1.000 .5969 1178 .33 .40 1.66 1.92 10.33
18 19 .250 1.250 .9327 1841 .33 .40 1.91 2.17 14.30
16 19 .300 1.500 1.3430 2651 .33 .40 2.16 2.46 19.25
14 19 .335 1.675 1.6747 3305 .33 .40 2.34 2.74 23.90
12 19 .450 2.250 3.0218 5964 .33 .40 2.91 3.31 38.50
10 37 .400 2.800 4.6496 9176 .33 .43 3.46 3.86 56.00
(1) The circular mil area (CMA) is equal to 1550.003 D2N where D is the diameter (in mm) of the
individual strands of the conductor and N is the number of strands in the complete conductor.


Table 13:
Single- and multi-core cables, screened and sheathed types BSM and
NBSM 600 V (Silver or nickel plated copper conductors)
Single-Core Two-Core Three-Core Four-Core
Overall Diameter

Min. Max.
Mass
Per
Unit
Length
(max.)
Overall Diameter

Min. Max.
Mass
Per
Unit
Length
(max.)
Overall Diameter

 Min. Max.
Mass
Per
Unit
Length
(max.)
Overall Diameter

Min. Max.
Mass
Per
Unit
Length
(max.)
Size Stranding mm mm kg/km mm mm kg/km mm mm kg/km mm mm kg/km
32 7/0.080 1.49 1.89 8.22 2.13 2.73 14.12 2.23 2.86 16.09 2.40 3.08 18.94
30 7/0.100 1.55 1.95 8.78 2.25 2.85 15.22 2.36 2.99 17.79 2.54 3.23 21.13
28 7/0.120 1.61 2.01 9.53 2.37 2.97 16.59 2.49 3.12 19.70 2.68 3.37 22.97
26 7/0.150 1.70 2.10 10.60 2.55 3.15 18.99 2.69 3.32 22.57 2.91 3.59 27.09
24 7/0.200 1.85 2.25 12.51 2.85 3.45 22.96 3.01 3.64 28.32 3.27 3.95 33.67
26 19/0.100 1.75 2.15 11.22 2.65 3.25 20.21 2.79 3.43 24.26 3.03 3.71 29.07
24 19/0.120 1.85 2.25 12.45 2.85 3.45 22.82 3.01 3.64 28.14 3.27 3.95 33.42
22 19/0.150 .200 2.40 14.87 3.15 3.75 27.73 3.33 3.97 34.43 3.63 4.32 41.84
20 19/0.200 2.25 2.65 19.12 3.65 4.25 36.52 3.87 4.51 46.64 4.24 4.92 57.33
18 19/0.250 2.90 23.94 4.15 4.75 46.71 4.41 5.05 1.10 60.93 4.84 5.53 75.90