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Cable Reference Installation Methods

The document defines seven methods (A-G) for installing cables according to the IEC 60364 standard. Method A covers cables installed in thermally insulated walls or conduits in walls. Method B includes cables in conduits on walls or less than 0.3 times the cable diameter from walls. Method C applies to cables directly on wooden walls or suspended ceilings. Method D refers to cables buried in conduits or directly in the ground. Method E involves cables in free air, such as on perforated trays spaced more than 0.3 times the cable diameter from walls. Methods F and G specify arrangements for single-core cables in free air.

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Cable Reference Installation Methods

The document defines seven methods (A-G) for installing cables according to the IEC 60364 standard. Method A covers cables installed in thermally insulated walls or conduits in walls. Method B includes cables in conduits on walls or less than 0.3 times the cable diameter from walls. Method C applies to cables directly on wooden walls or suspended ceilings. Method D refers to cables buried in conduits or directly in the ground. Method E involves cables in free air, such as on perforated trays spaced more than 0.3 times the cable diameter from walls. Methods F and G specify arrangements for single-core cables in free air.

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Cable Reference Installation Methods

The IEC 60364 standard defines a number of installation methods which represent the
various installation conditions. By the following icons, they are divided into groups and
defined by the letters A to G which determine how to read the table of the current-carrying
capacities in conductors.
Method A
A1 - Insulated single core conductors in conduit in a thermally
insulated wall
A2 - Multicore cable in conduit in a thermally insulated wall
This method also applies to single core or multicore cables installed directly
in a thermally insulated wall (use methods A1 and A2 respectively),
conductors installed in mouldings, architraves and window frames.
Method B
B1 - Insulated single core conductors in conduit on a wall
B2 - Multicore cable in conduit on a wall
This method applies when a conduit is installed inside a wall, against a wall
or spaced less than 0.3 x D (overall diameter of the cable) from the wall.
Method B also applies for cables installed in trunking / cable duct against a
wall or suspended from a wall and cables installed in building cavities.
Method C
C - Single core or multi-core cable on a wooden wall
This method also applies to cables fixed directly to walls or ceilings, suspended
from ceilings, installed on un-perforated cable trays (run horizontally or
vertically) and installed directly in a masonry wall (with thermal resistivity less
than 2 K.m/W).
Method D
D1 - Multicore or single core cables installed in
conduit buried in the ground
D2 - Multicore or single core cables buried
directly in the ground

Method E
E - Multicore cable in free-air
This method applies to cables installed on cable ladder, perforated cable
tray or cleats provided that the cable is spaced more than 0.3 x D (overall
diameter of the cable) from the wall. Note that cables installed on
unperforated cable trays are classified under Method C.
Method F
F - Single core cables touching in free-air
This method applies to cables installed on cable ladder, perforated cable
tray or cleats provided that the cable is spaced more than 0.3 x D (overall
diameter of the cable) from the wall. Note that cables installed on
unperforated cable trays are classified under Method C.


Method G
G - Single-core cables laid flat and spaced in free-air
This method applies to cables installed on cable ladder, perforated cable
tray or cleats provided that the cable is spaced more than 0.3 x D (overall
diameter of the cable) from the wall and with at least 1 x D spacings
between cables. Note that cables installed on unperforated cable trays are
classified under Method C. This method also applies to cables installed in
air supported by insulators.

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