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Power cables with extruded insulation and their accessories for rated voltages above 150kV (Um=170kV)
up to 500kV (Um=550kV) Test methods and requirements
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R=Required by Lab
S=May be subcontracted
Clause
Table C.1,12
Table C.1 item c,

Measurement/testing

Testing / measuring equipment / material needed

Subcontracting

Type tests on cable systems

Electrical type tests

12.4
Table C.1 item e

Bending test

Test cylinder.

Partial discharge tests at ambient

temperature

High voltage power supply(AC); voltmeter; measuring circuit;

discharge calibrator; double pulse generator; terminal
impedance or reflection suppressor(if necessary).

Tanmeasurement

Tank of liquid, oven or current heating system; thermometer of

thermocouple; voltage power supply(AC); tan measurement

12.4.3
Table C.1 item e
12.4.4
Table C.1 item f

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Table C.1 item g

Current heating system; thermocouple; suitable time meter; high

voltage power supply (AC).

Partial discharge tests at high

temperature

High voltage power supply(AC); voltmeter; measuring circuit;

discharge calibrator; double pulse generator; terminal
impedance or reflection suppressor(if necessary); Current
heating system; thermocouple; suitable time meter.

Partial discharge tests at ambient

temperature ( after final cycle or after
lightning impulse voltage test in item i)

High voltage power supply(AC); voltmeter; measuring circuit;

discharge calibrator; double pulse generator; terminal
impedance or reflection suppressor(if necessary).

Switching impulse voltage test

Current heating system; thermocouple; impulse voltage

generator.

Lightning impulse voltage test followed

by a power frequency voltage test

Current heating system; thermocouple; impulse voltage

generator; high voltage power supply (AC); suitable time meter.

Partial discharge tests at high

temperature ( if not carried out after
item g) above)

High voltage power supply(AC); voltmeter; measuring circuit;

discharge calibrator; double pulse generator; terminal
impedance or reflection suppressor(if necessary); Current
heating system; thermocouple; suitable time meter.

12.4.7.1
Table C.1 item j
12.4.7.2
Table C.1 item k
12.4.4

Subcontracting

Heating cycle voltage test

Table C.1 item h

Table C.1 item i

Testing / measuring equipment / material needed

apparatus.

12.4.6

12.4.4

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Test of outer protection for joints

Header tank connected to a sealed-off vessel or equivalent

device; water heating system; thermocouple; suitable time
meter; high voltage power supply(AC); voltage power
supply(DC); impulse voltage generator

Examination

Normal or corrected vision without magnification

Resistivity of semi-conducting screens

Oven; silver paint; testing apparatus for measuring resistivity.

Annex G

Table C.1 item m

COMMITTEE OF TESTING LABORATORIES

12.4.8
Table C.1 item n
12.4.9
Table C.1 item o
12.5
12.5.1

Non-electrical type tests on cable

components and on complete cable
Check of cable construction

same with Clause 10.4,10.6,10.7

10.4 Conductor examination

Vernier caliper or micrometer caliper

10.6 Measurement of thickness of cable

insulation and oversheath

Measuring microscope or profile projector of at least 10 x

magnification.

10.7 Measurement of thickness of metal

sheath

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10.7.1.1 Strip method

Micrometer with a plane faces of 4mm to 8mm diameter and an

accuracy 0,01mm.

10.7.1.2 Ring method

Micrometer having either one flat nose and one ball nose, or
one flat nose and a flat rectangular nose 0,8mm wide and
2,4mm long with an accuracy 0,01mm.

10.7.2 Plain or corrugated aluminium

sheath

Micrometer with ball noses of radius about 3mm and an

accuracy 0,01mm.

12.5.2

Tests for determining the mechanical

properties of insulation before and after
ageing

Tensile machine and system for measurement of the elongation;

equipment for punching dumb-bell test pieces and equipment for
cutting or grinding the insulation to obtain 2 parallel surfaces;
Optical measuring instrument / dial gauge; Oven with natural air
flow or air flow by pressure, airflow rate: 820 completed air
changes per hour.

12.5.3

Tests for determining the mechanical

properties of oversheaths before and
after ageing

Tensile machine and system for measurement of the elongation;

equipment for punching dumb-bell test pieces and equipment for
cutting or grinding the insulation to obtain 2 parallel surfaces;
Optical measuring instrument / dial gauge; Oven with natural air
flow or air flow by pressure, airflow rate: 820 completed air
changes per hour.

10.7.1 Lead or lead alloy sheath

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12.5.4

Ageing tests on pieces of complete

cable to check compatibility of materials

Tensile machine and system for measurement of the elongation;

equipment for punching dumb-bell test pieces and equipment for
cutting or grinding the insulation to obtain 2 parallel surfaces;
Optical measuring instrument / dial gauge; Oven with natural air
flow or air flow by pressure, airflow rate: 820 completed air
changes per hour.

12.5.5

Loss of mass test on PVC oversheaths

of type ST2

Oven with natural air flow or air flow by pressure, airflow rate:
820 completed air changes per hour; analytical balance with a
sensitivity of 0,1mg; punching dies for dumb-bell test pieces;
desiccator with silica gel or similar material.

12.5.6

Pressure test at high temperature on

oversheaths

Indentation device consists of a rectangular blade with an edge

0,70,01mm wide, loads (weights) and supports; air oven;
microscope or profile projector with two decimal places.

12.5.7

Test on PVC oversheaths (ST1, ST2) at

low temperature
Elongation test at low temperature

Tensile machine with a cooling device or tensile machine

installed in a cooling chamber; system for measurement of the
elongation; equipment for cutting or grinding the sample and
equipment for punching dumb-bell test pieces.

Impact test at low temperature

Impact test apparatus; pad of sponge rubber about 40mm;

suitable low temperature cabinet; hammers; caliper for

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measurement of the height of fall hammer.

12.5.8

Heat shock test for PVC oversheaths

(ST1 and ST2)

Mandrel with different diameters; air oven.

12.5.9

Ozone resistance test for EPR

insulations

Device for generating a controlled amount of ozone; a means for

circulating ozonized air under controlled conditions of humility
and temperature through a chamber containing the test pieces
to be tested; a means for determination of ozone concentration;
suitable device for the clamping and elongation of test pieces;
cylindrical mandrels consisting of wood or metal; desiccator
filled with silica gel or equivalent material; accurate laboratory
balance reading to 0,1mg.

12.5.10

Hot set test for EPR and XLPE

insulations

Oven with natural air flow or air flow by pressure, airflow rate:
820 completed air changes per hour; grips; weights; system
for measurement of the elongation.

12.5.11

Measurement of density of HDPE

insulation

Ethanol of analytical grade or another suitable liquid; distilled or

deionized water; mixing cylinder; thermostat; hydrometer
calibrated at (23.00.1); thermometer graduated in tenths of
a degree Celsius.

12.5.12

Measurement of carbon black content of Device consists of furnace, combustion boat about 75mm long,
black PE oversheaths (ST3 and ST7)
hard glass/silica / porcelain combustion tube with bore
approximately 30mm and length 40050mm, stopper carrying a

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thermometer and tube; desiccator; analytical balance with a

sensitivity of 0,1mg; Nitrogen; air or oxygen. Thermogravimetric
analysis as an alternative test method.
12.5.13

Test under fire conditions

Propane gas burner: 1 kW pre-mixed flame including system of

confirmation of test flame 3-sided metallic screen 1200 mm
high, 300 mm wide and 450 mm deep with open front and
closed top and bottom; suitable timer; vernier caliper with an
accuracy of 1mm; propane gas with the prescribed purity.

12.5.14

Water penetration test

Test cylinder; current heating system; timer; thermocouple;

apparatus for water penetration test.

Tests on components of cables with a

longitudinally applied metal tape or foil,
bonded to the oversheath

Tensile testing machine.

Current heating system; thermocouple; suitable time meter; high

voltage power supply (AC).

Annex E
12.5.15
Annex F
Table C.2

Prequalification test of the cable system

13
Table C.2 item b
13.2
Table C.2 item f

Prequalification test on complete

system
Heating cycle voltage test

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13.2.4
Table C.2 item g

Lightning impulse voltage test

Current heating system; thermocouple; impulse voltage

generator.

Examination

Normal or corrected vision without magnification

13.2.5
Table C.2 item h
13.2.6
Table C.3
13.3
Table C.3 item c
13.3.2

Tests for the extension of the

prequalification of a cable system
Electrical part of the extension of
prequalification tests on complete cable
system

Table C.3 item e

Bending test without discharge test

see 12.4.3

Table C.3 item f

Partial discharge at ambient

temperature after installation of the
accessories that are part of the test

see 12.4.4

Table C.3 item g

Heating cycle test without voltage

see 13.3.2.4

Table C.3 item h

Tan measurement

see 12.4.5

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Table C.3 item i

Heating cycle voltage test

see 12.4.6

Table C.3 item j

Partial discharge test at ambient

temperature and at high temperature
(after final cycle in item i or after
lightning impulse voltage test in item l)

see 12.4.4

Table C.3 item k

Switching impulse voltage test

see 12.4.7.1

Table C.3 item l

Lightning impulse voltage test followed

by a power frequency voltage

see 12.4.7.2

Table C.3 item m

Partial discharge tests at high

temperature (if not carried out after item
i above);

see 12.4.4

Table C.3 item n

Tests of outer protection for joints

see Table C.1 item l Annex G;

Table C.3 item o

Examination

see 12.4.8

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Table C.3 item p

Resistivity of semi-conducting screens

see 12.4.9

Table C.3 item q

Non-electrical type tests on cable

components and on completed cable

see 12.5

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