Table 4B1 - Rating factors (Ca) for ambient air temperatures other

than 30°C
Table 4B1 - Rating factors (Ca) for ambient air temperatures other than 30°C
Ambient Insulation
temperature °C a 60°C 70°C 90°C Mineral a
thermosetting thermoplastic thermosetting Thermoplastic covered or bare and Bare and not exposed to
exposed to touch 70°C touch 105°C
25 1.04 1.03 1.02 1.07 1.04
30 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
35 0.91 0.94 0.96 0.93 0.96
40 0.82 0.87 0.91 0.85 0.92
45 0.71 0.79 0.87 0.78 0.88
50 0.58 0.71 0.82 0.67 0.84
55 0.41 0.61 0.76 0.57 0.80
60 0.50 0.71 0.45 0.75
65 - 0.65 - 0.70
70 - 0.58 - 0.65
75 - 0.50 - 0.60
80 - 0.41 - 0.54
85 - - - 0.47
90 - - - 0.40
95 - - - 0.32
Table 4E4A XLPE Insulation / Copper / Multi-core / Armoured
Keywords

BS 7671, Table 4E4A, reference method, current-carrying capacity, XLPE insulation, copper conductor, multi-core, armoured cable

• Standard: BS 7671
• Table 4E4A
• Multi-core armoured 90 °C thermosetting insulated cables
• Copper conductors
• Conductor temperature: 90 °C
• Air Ambient temperature: 30 °C
• Ground Ambient temperature: 30 °C

Cuctor Current-carrying capacities in [A]

nominal Reference Method C Reference Method E Reference Method F
cross- (Clipped direct) (in free air or (direct in ground or in ducting
sectional in perforated cable tray in ground, in or around buildings)
area horizontal or vertical)
[mm²]
1 two-core 1 three-core 1 two-core 1 three-core 1 two-core 1 three-core
cable, cable or cable, cable or cable, cable or
1 four-core 1 four-core 1 four-core
cable cable cable
single-phase three-phase single-phase three-phase single-phase three-phase
AC or DC AC AC or DC AC AC or DC AC

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1.5 27 23 29 25 25 21
2.5 36 31 39 33 33 28
4 49 42 52 44 43 36
6 62 53 66 56 53 44
10 85 73 90 78 71 58
16 110 94 115 99 91 75
25 146 124 152 131 116 96
35 180 154 188 162 139 115
50 219 187 228 197 164 135
70 279 238 291 251 203 167
95 338 289 354 304 239 197
120 392 335 410 353 271 223
150 451 386 472 406 306 251
185 515 441 539 463 343 281
300 698 599 732 628 446 365
400 787 673 847 728 - -