This standard specifies the test methods to be used for testing polymeric insulating and sheathing materials of electric cables for power distribution and telecommunications including cables used on ships.
This Section Two of Part 1 gives the thermal ageing methods which apply to the most common types of insulating and sheathing compounds (elastomeric, PVC, PE, PP, etc.).
BS EN 60811-1-2:1995 history
2012BS EN 60811-100:2012 Electric and optical fibre cables. Test methods for non-metallic materials. General
1995BS EN 60811-1-2:1995 Insulating and sheathing materials of electric cables - Common test methods - General application - Thermal ageing methods