British Standards relevant to Electric Wire & Cable

31 Steel conduit and fittings for electrical wiring
AU88 Recommended ratings for light duty cables for automobile use
91 Electrical cable soldering sockets
125 Hard drawn copper cadmium conductors for overhead power transmission purposes
196 Protected type non-reversible plugs, socket outlets, cable couplers and appliance cou plers with
earthing contacts for single phase a.c. circuits up to 250 volts
215 Aluminium conductors and aluminium conductors - steel reinforced for overhead power transmission
542 Cable glands and sealing boxes for association with apparatus for use at mines and quarries
731 Flexible steel conduit for cable protection and flexible steel tubing to enclose flexible drives
801 Lead and lead alloy sheaths of electric cable
1497 Impregnated asbestos covered copper conductors
1791 Cotton covered copper conductors
1815 Enamelled and cotton covered copper conductors (oleo resinous enamel)
2316 Radio frequency cables
2484 Cable covers concrete and earthenware
2562 Cable sealing boxes for oil immersed transformers
2755 Copper and copper cadmium stranded conductors for overhead electric traction systems
3242 Aluminium alloy stranded conductors for overhead power transmission
3454 3.3kV 300a interchangeable bolted flameproof cable couplers and adaptors (including 600v 300a
adaptors - primarily for use in mines
3573 Polyethylene insulated copper conductor telecommunication distribution cables
3685 Enamelled and silk covered copper conductors (oleo resinous enamel)
3902 Enamelled and rayon covered copper conductors (oleo resinous enamel)
3905 6.6kv 200 ampere bolted flameproof cable couplers and adaptors primarily for use in mines
3988 Wrought aluminium for electrical purposes solid conductors for insulated cables
4059 Methods for the determination of mass resistivity and mass conductivity of metallic electrical
conductor materials (withdrawn January 1979, superseded by BS 5714)
4066 Flame retardant characteristics of electric cables
4108 Pitch impregnated fibre conduit
4410 Connection of flexible cables and cords to appliances (withdrawn April 1978, requirements
incorporated in the IEE Regulations for the Electrical Equipment of Buildings)
4516 Enamelled copper conductors (polyvinyl acetal base with high mechanical properties
4520 Enamelled copper conductors (polyurethane base with solderable properties)
4553 PVC insulated split concentric cables with copper conductors for electric supply
4565 Galvanised steel wire for aluminium conductors steel reinforced
4568 Steel conduit and fittings with metric threads of ISO form for electrical insulations
4579 Performance of mechanical and compression joints in electric cable and wire connectors
4607 Non-metallic conduits and fittings for electrical installations
4609 Enamelled copper conductors (oleo resinous base with good dielectric properties under humid
conditions)
4653 Paper covered copper conductors
4663 Enamelled copper conductors temperature index 220 (aromatic polymide base)
4665 Enamelled copper conductors temperature index 180 (modified polyester base)
4678 Cable trunking
4720 Enamelled copper conductors temperature index 155 (modified polyester base)
4738 Enamelled copper conductor cores with an additional heat bonding coating
4770 Bunched enamelled copper conductors with silk covering
4799 Varnished bonded glass lapped copper conductors
4801 Varnished bonded glass braided copper conductors
4808 LF cables and wires with PVC insulation and PVC sheath for telecommunication
4824 Fibrelight cables and fittings for surgical equipment
4927 Paper, cotton, silk or rayon covered copper conductors
4990 Copper clad aluminium conductors in insulated cables
5055 PVC insulated and elastomer insulated cables for electric signs and high voltage luminous
discharge tube installations
5099 Spark testing of electric cables
5308 Instrumentation cables intended for intrinsically safe systems
5310 Hand crimping tools for the termination of electrical cables and wires for low frequency
and radio frequency applications
5345 Code of practice for the selection, installation and maintenance of electrical apparatus
for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (other than mining applications or explosive
processing and manufacture)
5372 Specification for cable terminations for electrical equipment
5425 Specification for co-axial cables for wired distribution systems
5467 Specification for armoured cables with thermosetting insulation for electrical supply
5468 Specification for cross linked polyethylene insulation of electric cables
5469 Specification for hard ethylene propylene rubber insulation of electric cables
5593 Specification for impregnated paper insulated cables with aluminium sheath/neutral conductor
and three shaped solid aluminium phase conductors (CONSAC) 600/1000v for electricity
supply
5603 Specification for cables distribution systems primarily for sound and television signals
5714 Method of measurement of resistivity of metallic materials
6004 PVC insulated cables (non-armoured) for electric power and lighting
6007 Rubber insulated cables for electric power and lighting
6081 Specification for terminations for mineral insulated cables
6116 Elastomer insulated flexible trailing cables for quarries and miscellaneous mines
6121 Mechanical cable glands for elastomer and plastics insulated cables
6195 Insulated flexible cables and cords for coil leads
6207 Mineral insulated cables
6231 Specification for PVC insulated cables for switchgear and controlgear wiring
6234 Polythene insulation and sheath of electric cables
6346 PVC insulated cables for electricity supply
6360 Copper conductors in insulated cables and cords
6480 Impregnated paper insulated cables for electricity supply
6485 PVC covered conductors for overhead power lines
6500 Insulated flexible cords
6708 Specification for trailing cables for mining purposes
6791 Aluminium conductors in insulated cables
6862 Cables for vehicles
6883 Elastomer insulated cables for fixed wiring in ships
6899 Specification for rubber insulation and sheath of electric cables
6977 Braided travelling cables for electric and hydraulic lifts