IS 1255 : 1983

What this standard covers

This standard gives recommendations and broad guidelines for selection, transportation, laying, iuinting, termination, testing, commis- sioning, maintenance and fault localization of power cables up to and includuig 33 kV ratings, rhis standard applies to cables conforming to IS: 692-]973t, IS: 1554 ( Part I )-l976^ IS: 1554 ( Part 2 )-l981§, IS: 7098 ( Part 1 )- 197711 and IS: 709S ( Part 2...

Scope, quoted from IS 1255 : 1983. Read the full standard

Requirements and tests, as the standard names them

• 14.2.4 High Voltage Test

Sub-clause names whose printed names themselves say “Test” in IS 1255 : 1983. Values and limits are deliberately not reproduced here — read them in the standard itself.

How the standard is organised

• 3 TYPES OF CABLES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS
• 4 GUIDELINES FOR SELECTION AND PLANNING OF CABLE
• 5 GUIDELINES FOR CABLE LAYING AND INSTALLATION
• 7 PACKING, TRANSPORT AND STORAGE
• 8 GENERAL
• 9 TRENCHING
• 12 JOINTING OF CABLES
• 13 EARTHING AND BONDING
• 15 CABLE INSTALLATION PLAN
• 16 MAINTENANCE OF CABLE INSTALLATION
• 17 FAULT LOCALIZATION OF CABLE

Edition history (per the BIS registry)

• IS 1255 : 1983 — current edition

Where this standard is used on NirmanDost

Listed by product makers

11 products in the NirmanDost catalogue name this standard on their spec sheets — FINVUL-X 1100 V Grade Single Core, Aluminium Conductor, XLPE Insulated, Unarmoured/Armoured, PVC Type ST-2 Jacketed Cables, FINVUL-X 1100 V Grade Two Core, Aluminium Conductor, XLPE Insulated, Unarmoured/Armoured, PVC Type ST-2 Jacketed Cables, FINVUL-X 1100 V Grade Three Core, Aluminium Conductor, XLPE Insulated, Unarmoured/Armoured, PVC Type ST-2 Jacketed Cables. That is the maker’s own claim, copied as printed; we have not tested these products against the standard, and a spec sheet can cite the wrong code.