IS 7098 Part 2 : 2011

What this standard covers

This standard (Part 2) covers the requirements of following categories of crosslinked polyethylene insulated and PVC sheathed or polyethylene sheathed cables for single phase or three phase (earthed or unearthed) systems for electricity supply purposes: a) Types of Cables 1) Single-core unscreened, unarmoured (but non-magnetic metallic tape covered); 2) Single-core screened, unarmoured; 3)...

Scope, quoted from IS 7098 (Part 2) : 2011. Read the full standard

Requirements and tests, as the standard names them

• 19.1 Type Tests
• 19.2 Acceptance Tests
• 19.3 Routine Tests
• 19.4 Optional Test
• 20.1 General
• 20.2 Partial Discharge Test
• 20.3 Bending Test
• 20.4 Dielectric Power Factor Test
• 20.5 Heating Cycle Test
• 20.6 Impulse Withstand Test
• 20.7 High Voltage Test
• 20.7.1 Type/Acceptance Test
• 20.7.2 Routine Test
• 20.8 Flammability Test for PVC Sheathed Cables
• 20.9 Thermal Ageing Test for Complete Cable
• 20.10 Oxygen Index Test
• 20.12 Flame Retardance Test on Bunched Cables
• 20.13 Test for Halogen Acid Gas Evolution
• 20.14 Test for Smoke Density
• 20.15 Test for Temperature Index

Sub-clause names as printed under the headings “CLASSIFICATION OF TESTS”, “DETAILS OF TESTS” in IS 7098 (Part 2) : 2011. Values and limits are deliberately not reproduced here — read them in the standard itself.

How the standard is organised

• 4 CONDUCTOR
• 5 INSULATION
• 6 SCREENING
• 7 FILLERS AND INNER SHEATH
• 8 ARMOURING
• 9 OUTER SHEATH
• 11 CONDUCTOR SCREENING
• 13 INSULATION SCREENING
• 14 CORE IDENTIFICATION
• 15 LAYING UP OF CORES
• 16 INNER SHEATH (COMMON COVERING)
• 19 CLASSIFICATION OF TESTS
• 20 DETAILS OF TESTS
• 21 IDENTIFICATION
• 22 PACKING AND MARKING

Edition history (per the BIS registry)

• IS 7098 Part 2 : 2011 — current edition

Where this standard is used on NirmanDost

Listed by product makers

17 products in the NirmanDost catalogue name this standard on their spec sheets — Finopower 3.8/6.6 kV (E) Grade Single Core, Aluminium Conductor, XLPE Insulated, Unarmoured Cables, A2XCY, Finopower 6.35/11 kV (E) or 6.6/6.6 kV (UE) Grade Single Core, Aluminium Conductor, XLPE Insulated, Unarmoured Cables, A2XCY, Finopower 11/11 kV (UE) Grade Single Core, Aluminium Conductor, XLPE Insulated, Un-armoured Cables, A2XCY. 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.

Materials market

Also cited in the DSR↔brand equivalence map (16 brand matches).