WHO WE ARE PRODUCTS SERVICES THE CABLE LAB British Standard Cables British Standards are published by the British Standards Institute (BSi), the world's longest serving national standards setting body. Originally set up in 1901 with the objective of reducing the number of sizes of tramway rails manufactured and supplied to the rail network, it now maintains approximately 37,000 current British Standards. In addition to setting new and maintaining existing standards, the BSi is one of the largest independent certification bodies issuing Kitemarks™ such as the BSi RoHS Trusted Kitemark awarded to Eland Cables. Although BSi is not a regulatory body, British Standards are often referred to within the body of laws and regulations issued in the United Kingdom and internationally. Whilst compliance with the Standards can be voluntary, unless specified by the supplier or the customer, adherence helps mitigate potential issues. For instance, BS7671 (current 18th Edition) provides technical and practical guidance for the design, build and verification of low voltage fixed wiring electrical installations - guidance which electrical engineers would generally not risk ignoring. British Standards are documents outlining minimum or maximum constructional requirements, technical specifications and criteria to be used as guidelines and to provide definitions. They establish benchmarks for the manufacturing and supply of goods and services. British Standard cables (also known as BS cables) are electrical cables manufactured in accordance with and compliant to a specific British Standard. Electrical cable manufacturers demonstrate they have followed the steps to fulfil British Standard requirements by putting a BS mark on their cables' sheath. BRITISH STANDARD CABLE PORTFOLIO Eland Cables supplies cables manufactured in accordance with a wide range of British Standards (BS) and European Standards (EN). These include: BS5308 - Instrumentation cables BS5467 - Thermosetting insulated armoured cables 600/1000V BS7211 - Low Smoke Zero Halogen (LSZH) cables 450/750V for power and lighting BS7629-1 - Fire resistant LSZH cables 300/500V BS7835 - Thermosetting insulated armoured LSZH cables 3.8/6.6kV to 19/33kV BS7846 - Thermosetting insulated armoured LSZH cables 600/1000V BS7870 - Low Voltage (LV) and Medium Voltage (MV) polymeric insulated cables BS7917 - Elastomer insulated fire resistant cables for fixed wiring BS7919 - Flexible industrial cables 450/750V for equipment and appliances BS8436 - LSZH multi-core 300/500V cables for wall partitions BS EN 50288 - multi-element metallic cables for analogue and digital communication BS EN 50525 - LV cables 450/750V As a leading UK-based cable supplier, Eland Cables has one of the most comprehensive ranges of cables manufactured to British Standards. The Cable Lab®, our in-house specialist cable testing laboratory, ensures the compliance of our cables with the relevant British Standards and our technical team has vast experience in advising on the specification and selection of British Standard Cables. Your tailored quote direct to your inbox Your basket is currently empty Need help? 020 7241 8787 sales@elandcables.com Other Standards Harmonised Cable IEC Cable BASEC-Approved Cable Back to Overview PROJECT SERVICES Our extensive portfolio is backed by a wide range of services that help your project run smoothly, together providing a complete cable solution Learn more CABLE TESTING Learn more about our UKAS accredited ISO 17025 testing laboratory, our specialist MV test facility, and the tests that provide quality and compliance assurance Read on CABLE CALCULATOR Use our cable calculator to aid with cable sizing in accordance with British BS7671 and International IEC 60364-5-52 standards Calculate cable size Back to top You are here: Home Cables By Standard British Standard Cables Missing our old nav? Products As a company focused on quality and compliance, we're proud of the accreditations we hold: Our Accreditations 020 7241 8787 | Email Us | © 2021 Eland Cables Apply for an account | Sales Terms | Purchase Terms | UKAS Scope Website Terms | Privacy Policy | Cookie Policy We use cookies. We hope you're ok with that Aside from the ones needed to make our site work properly we use Google Analytics to monitor how the site performs. It's anonymous data and we don't share it with anyone else. Accept All Settings Decline