BS 7912:2012+A1:2017 specifies tests and requirements for power cables with XLPE insulation and metal sheath and their accessories for rated voltages from 66 kV (U_m = 72.5 kV) to 132 kV (U_m = 145 kV) for fixed installations.

NOTE 1 Cable systems to this standard do not normally have high electrical stresses at the conductor or insulation screen. If the calculated nominal electrical stresses at the conductor screen will be higher than 8.0 kV/mm and/or at the insulation screen higher than 4.0 kV/mm, then attention is drawn to the need to conduct a prequalification test in accordance with IEC 60840:2011, Clause 13.

This British Standard is applicable to single-core cables and three-core cables with separate cores and to their accessories for usual conditions of installation and operation. It is not applicable to special cables and their accessories, such as those designed for submarine cables, for which modification to the standard tests might be necessary or special test conditions might need to be devised.

NOTE 2 Annex A gives tests and requirements for cable bonding leads. Annex B gives tests and requirements for sheath voltage limiters (SVLs), while Annex C gives tests and requirements for link housings. Annex D gives an additional water blocking test for phase conductors.


Cross References:
BS EN 60287-1-1
BS 7970:2012
BS EN 60811-202:2012
BS EN 60811-502:2012
BS EN 60230:2002
BS EN 60060-1:2010
BS 7870-2:2011
BS EN 60885-3:2015
BS EN 62271-209:2007
BS EN 60811-503:2012
BS EN 60811-508:2012
BS EN 61462:2007
BS EN 60811-409:2012
BS EN 60811-401:2012
BS EN 60811-501:2012
BS EN 60229:2008
IEC 60050-461:2008 Ed 2
BS EN 60811-201:2012
BS EN 60228:2005
BS EN 60811-505:2012
BS EN 60332-1-2:2004
BS EN 60811-509:2012
BS EN 60811-605:2012
BS EN 60811-507:2012 IEC 60183:2015
HD 632 S2:2008
IEC 60840:2011
BS EN 60099-4:2014


Incorporates the following:
Amendment, July 2017; Corrigendum, January 2016; Corrigendum, February 2015