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IEEE Recommended Practice for Marine Cable for Use on Shipboard and Fixed or Floating Facilities, 2010
- IEEE Std 1580-2010 Front Cover
- Title page
- Introduction
- Laws and regulations
- Copyrights
- Updating of IEEE documents
- Errata
- Interpretations
- Patents
- Participants
- Contents
- Important Notice
- 1. Overview [Go to Page]
- 1.1 Scope
- 1.2 Purpose
- 1.3 Vessel classification
- 1.4 Cable construction, testing, and certification
- 2. Normative references
- 3. Definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations [Go to Page]
- 3.1 Definitions
- 3.2 Acronyms and abbreviations
- 4. Government codes, rules, and regulations
- 5. Cable construction [Go to Page]
- 5.1 Conductors [Go to Page]
- 5.1.1 General
- 5.1.2 Composition
- 5.1.3 Stranding
- 5.1.4 Separator
- 5.2 Conductor shield
- 5.3 Insulation [Go to Page]
- 5.3.1 General
- 5.3.2 Properties
- 5.3.3 Thickness of insulation
- 5.4 Insulation shield (5–35 kV shielded cable) [Go to Page]
- 5.4.1 Rating of metallic shield
- 5.5 Tapes
- 5.6 Glass braid
- 5.7 Conductor identification
- 5.8 Equipment grounding conductor (optional) [Go to Page]
- 5.8.1 Equipment grounding conductors
- 5.8.2 Segmentation
- 5.8.3 Grounding conductors for cables rated 2001 V and higher
- 5.8.4 Cables installed in parallel
- 5.9 Cabling
- 5.10 Fillers
- 5.11 Specialty cables
- 5.12 Shielding [Go to Page]
- 5.12.1 Individually shielded components and overall shielding [Go to Page]
- 5.12.1.1 Shield types and drains
- 5.12.1.2 Shield identification
- 5.13 Cable jackets [Go to Page]
- 5.13.1 General
- 5.13.2 Thickness of overall jacket
- 5.14 Armor [Go to Page]
- 5.14.1 General
- 5.14.2 Basket-weave armor [Go to Page]
- 5.14.2.1 Aluminum armor
- 5.14.2.2 Commercial bronze armor
- 5.14.2.3 Tin-coated copper armor
- 5.14.2.4 Stainless steel armor
- 5.14.3 Continuously welded and corrugated metal armor
- 5.15 Overall sheath
- 5.16 Dimension and weight tolerances
- 5.17 Performance tests on finished cable [Go to Page]
- 5.17.1 High-voltage test [Go to Page]
- 5.17.1.1 Nonshielded or unarmored cable
- 5.17.1.2 Shielded or armored cable
- 5.17.1.3 Cables having 2 to 5 conductors
- 5.17.1.4 Cables having more than five conductors
- 5.17.2 Partial discharge test
- 5.17.3 Conductor resistance test
- 5.17.4 Insulation resistance test (see Annex E for metric version) [Go to Page]
- 5.17.4.1 Method of test [Go to Page]
- 5.17.4.2.2 Water bath temperature
- 5.17.4.2.3 DC resistance
- 5.17.4.2.4 Test temperatures
- 5.17.4.2.5 Plot
- 5.17.4.2.6 Results
- 5.17.5 Flammability test
- 5.17.6 Ease of stripping test
- 5.17.7 Salt water immersion test
- 5.17.8 Cable immersion in oil test
- 5.17.9 Pull-through metal plates test
- 5.17.10 Bending endurance test
- 5.17.11 Cold bend test
- 5.17.12 Cold impact (optional)
- 5.17.13 Vibration
- 5.17.14 Incidental motion test
- 5.17.15 Insulation discharge resistance test
- 5.18 Basic construction details for various cable types [Go to Page]
- 5.18.1 Halogen free constructions
- 5.18.2 Single conductor 600/1000 V or 2000 V
- 5.18.3 Multiconductor 300V, 600/1000 V, or 2000 V
- 5.18.4 Single conductor 5 kV–35 kV
- 5.18.5 Single conductor 2.4 kV
- 5.18.6 Single conductor 5 kV–35 kV discharge resistant
- 5.18.7 Three conductor 2.4 kV
- 5.18.8 Three conductor 5 kV–35 kV
- 5.18.9 Three conductor 5 kV–35 kV discharge resistant
- 5.18.10 Signal cable, twisted pair/triad/quad, 300 or 600/1000 V
- 5.18.11 Recommended guidelines for power cables used in variable frequency drive (a type of non-linear load) applications: [Go to Page]
- 5.18.11.1 General
- 5.18.11.2 Construction notes [Go to Page]
- 5.18.11.2.1 Insulation
- 5.18.11.2.2 Grounding conductors (if the system design requires)
- 5.18.11.2.3 EMI shielding
- 5.18.11.2.4 Cable marking
- 5.18.11.2.5 Voltage drop
- 5.19 Cable markings
- 6. Cable application and installation
- Annex A (informative) Repeated flexing test equipment
- Annex B (informative) Typical cable dimensions and weights
- Annex C (informative) Conversion tables
- Annex D (informative) Previously used cable designations [Go to Page]
- D.5.19 Previously used cable designations [Go to Page]
- D.5.19.1.1 Cable type (service symbol)
- D.5.19.1.2 Shielding
- D.5.19.1.3 Insulation type (2)
- D.5.19.1.4 Jacket type
- D.5.19.1.5 Armor
- D.5.19.1.6 Size
- D.5.19.1.7 Voltage rating
- Annex E (informative) Metric treatment of 5.17.4--Insulation resistance test [Go to Page]
- E.5.17.4.1 Method of test
- E.5.17.4.2 Test procedure for determining the multiplying-factor column for adjusting insulation resistance [Go to Page]
- E.5.17.4.2.1 Samples
- E.5.17.4.2.2 Water bath temperature
- E.5.17.4.2.3 DC Resistance
- E.5.17.4.2.4 Test temperatures
- E.5.17.4.2.5 Plot
- E.5.17.4.2.6 Results [Go to Page]
