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ICEA ISSUES NEW STANDARDS FOR POWER CABLES The Insulated Cable Engineers Association (ICEA) has issued several new standards for solid-dielectric insulated power cables. Several of these standards are joint-standards with the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA). The new standards have been submitted to ANSI for recognition as National Standards. The new ICEA standards reflect a change in ICEA's standards writing objective. They are written as "application standards" rather than the "insulation material-based standards" of the past. These new standards have been updated to reflect the latest conductor constructions, insulations and jacket materials being used to manufacture wires and cables. The advantage of having an application standard is that all insulations suitable for use on a specific product are contained in one document. With material-based standards, only one type of insulation and its requirements are defined. If a different insulation was to be considered, a separate standard would be required. The new ICEA / NEMA published standards are :
New ICEA standards for power cables used by the electric utility industry are :
ICEA / NEMA joint-standards and ICEA standards are available from Global Engineering Documents at the following address;
As a result of the new ICEA / NEMA application standards being issued, the older, more-familiar materials-based ICEA / NEMA standards are being withdrawn. This is necessary to eliminate duplication and because the materials-based standards are no longer being maintained. The withdrawn ICEA / NEMA standards are :
Other ICEA application standards for wire and cable, a standard for test methods and for test frequency are also available from GLOBAL. The titles of these standards are :
Contact GLOBAL for a complete listing of ICEA standards and NEMA standards.
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