CORE IDENTIFICATION :-
For power cables and control cables up to
4 cores, the cores are identified by different colours as per IS 1554 :
part-1 / 1988
Single core : Red, Black, Yellow or Blue
2 core : Red and Black
3 core : Red, Yellow and Blue
3½ : Red, Yellow, Blue & reduced neutral core in Black
Where the number of cores exceeds 5, core shall be identified by
numbers. On specific request we can also provide core, two adjacent
cores are Blue for reference and Yellow for direction in each layer. The
remaining cores in each layer are grey. |
PRODUCT CODES :-
As per IS : 1554 (Part-1) & 7098 (Part-1),
the product is coded by alphabets :
Aluminum A
PVC Insulation Y
XLPE Insulation 2X
Steel round wire armour W
Steel strip armour F
PVC outer sheath Y
Steel double round wire armour WW
Steel double strip armour YY
Non-magnetic round wire armour Wa
Non-magnetic flat strip armour Fa
No abbreviation is used for copper, the product code is stenciled on the
drum flange's surface. |