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BS 8512:2008

BS 8512:2008

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Electric cables. Code of practice for the storage, handling, installation and disposal of cables on wooden drums

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BSI 2008 16
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This British Standard gives recommendations for the storage and handling of cables for fixed installations, rated up to 1 900/3 300 V, that are packaged on wooden cable drums suitable for storage outdoors.

NOTE The recommendations could also be applied to:

  • cables of higher rated voltages that are packaged on wooden drums; and
  • cables of similar size, on similar wooden drums, and made to standards and specifications not specifically quoted here.

This standard does not cover metal drums, cable spools or cable reels, or trailing and reeling cables.

PDF Catalog

PDF Pages PDF Title
3 Contents
1 Scope 1
2 Normative references 1
3 Terms and definitions 2
4 Personal protective equipment 3
5 Storage 3
6 Manual handling 5
7 Lifting 5
8 Unwinding and rewinding 6
9 Storage and handling at the installation site 8
10 Installation 9
11 Disposal 9
Bibliography 10
List of figures
Figure 1a – Correct drum storage 4
Figure 1b – Incorrect drum storage 4
Figure 1c – Drum storage – view from the top 4
Figure 2 – Handling drums 5
Figure 3 – Lifting by crane 6
Figure 4 – Lifting by fork lift trucks 6
Figure 5 – Unwinding cable 6
Figure 6 – Rewinding cable 7
List of tables
Table 1 – Minimum barrel diameters for 600/1 000V single wire armoured cables 8
4 Foreword
5 1 Scope
2 Normative references
6 3 Terms and definitions
3.1 cable drum
3.2 cable spool (reel)
3.3 barrel
3.4 lagging
3.5 batten
3.6 end cap
7 4 Personal protective equipment
5 Storage
8 Figure 1a Correct drum storage
Figure 1b Incorrect drum storage
Figure 1c Drum storage – view from the top
9 6 Manual handling
Figure 2 Handling drums
7 Lifting
10 Figure 3 Lifting by crane
Figure 4 Lifting by fork lift trucks
8 Unwinding and rewinding
Figure 5 Unwinding cable
11 Figure 6 Rewinding cable
a) 25 times the measured overall diameter for single core non-armoured cable with solid conductors; or
b) 20 times the measured overall diameter for all other cable types.
12 Table 1 Minimum barrel diameters for 600/1 000V single wire armoured cables
9 Storage and handling at the installation site
13 10 Installation
11 Disposal
14 Bibliography
[1] GREAT BRITAIN. The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. London: HMSO. SI 1999/3242.
[2] GREAT BRITAIN. The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992. London: HMSO. SI 1992/2966.
[3] GREAT BRITAIN. The Manual Handling Regulations 1992 (as amended). London: HMSO. SI 1992/2973.
[4] Coates M W. Current Rating Standards 69.30 Part V. Sustained Current Ratings Publication with Thermosetting Insulation to BS 5467:1989 and BS 6724:1986 (AC 50 Hz and DC). ERA Technology.
BS 8512:2008
$102.76