BRITISH STANDARD Common test methods for cables under fire conditions — Test for resistance to vertical flame propagation for a single insulated conductor or cable — Part 2-1: Procedures — 1 kW pre-mixed flame ‘The Buropean Standard EN 502652-1:1998 has the stamus of a British Standard 1S 1320040, ana001 NO COPYING WITHOUT RST PERMISSION FXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW ee BS EN 50265-2-1:1999 ey thBS EN 50265-2-1:1999 88 eee National foreword ‘This Hrifish Standard is the English language version of EN 50265.2-1:1998, When. used int conjunction with BS EN 60266-1, it supersedes BS 4006-1:1980 which is withdrawn. ‘The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee GEL20, Blectric cables, to Subcommittee GEL/203, Insulation and sheath, which has the responsibility to: — aid enquirers to understand the text; — present to the responsible European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; — monitor related intemational and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request, to its secretary. Cross-references ‘The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the ‘ection entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index’, or by using the “Find” facility of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue. A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users of Bnitish Standards are responsible for their correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations, Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, payes 2 wv 9 and a back cover, ‘The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document ‘was last issued. ‘This Drish Sandard having © Amendments issued since publication ‘been prepared under the ‘rection of te Electrotechnical ‘Amd, No. | Date ‘Comments, Sector Commitee, was published lnder the authority of he Standarde Committee and comet into effec on 15 September 1008 © BSI 09.1000 ISBN O80 92614 4EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 50265-2-1 NORME EUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM July 1998 1S 13.220. 7060.20 ‘Supersedes HD405.1 Sl: 1983 + AT: 1992 Descriptors: Electrical installation, electrical cables, insulated conductors, insulated cables, fire tests, flammability tests, flame propagation, testing conditions, procedures. Englich version Common test methods for cables under fire conditions — Test for resistance to vertical flame propagation for a single insulated conductor or eable— Part 2-1: Procedures — 1 kW pre-mixed flame Méthodes d’essai communes aux cables sounis Allgemeine Priitverfahren fir das Verhalten von au feu — Essai de résistance ala propagation _Kabeln und isolierten Leitungen im verticale de la flamme sur un conducteur ou -—-_‘Brandfall — Prifung der vertikalen cable isolé— Flammenausbreitung an einer Ader oder einem Partie 2-1: Procédures—Flamme de type Kabel — prémélange 1 kW Teil 2-1: Profverfabren— 1 kW-Flamme mit Gas-/Luftegemisch ‘This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 1998.04.01, CENELEC members are bound to ‘comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European ‘Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Central Sceretart oro any CENELEC member. ‘This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the oficial versions, (CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria. Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. CENELEC European Committee for Flectrotechnical Standardization ‘Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europiisches Komitee fir Elektrotechnische Normung (Cemral Secretariat: re de Stassart, 35 B-1050 Brussels (©1998 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide Tor ‘CENELEC members Ref. No. EN 50265.2-1 : 1998 E