Honeywell RMA 3000 User Manual page 40

European Union and Countries That Follow ATEX/CENELEC Practices:
Cables for Fixed Apparatus shall be thermoplastic sheathed cables, thermosetting sheathed cables,
elastomeric sheathed cables, or mineral insulated metal sheathed cables for fixed wiring.
Cables for fixed wiring shall have flame propagation characteristics that enable them to withstand the tests
according to EN 500265-1 and EN 50265-2.
Cable entry systems (cable glands) shall comply with all of the requirements referred to in the appropriate
apparatus standards (EN 50014 and EN 50018), the cable entry device is appropriate to the type of cable
employed, and maintains the respective method of protection.
The cable entry system shall comply with one of the following:
a) Cable terminal compartment with cable entry device and a particular type of cable in compliance with
EN 50018.
b) Thermoplastic, thermosetting or elastomeric cable that is substantially compact and circular, has
extruded bedding and the fillers, if any, are non-hygroscopic may utilize flameproof cable entry devices,
incorporating a compression seal.
c) Mineral insulated cable with or without plastic outer covering with appropriate flameproof entry device.
d) Flameproof sealing device (e.g. a stopper box or sealing chamber) specified in the apparatus
documentation or having component approval and employing cable entry devices appropriate to the
cables used. The sealing devices such as stopper boxes or sealing chambers shall incorporate compound
or other appropriate seals which permit stopping around individual cores. Sealing devices shall be fitted
at the point of entry of the cables to the apparatus.
e) Flameproof cable entry devices incorporating compound filled seals or other equivalent sealing
arrangements.
f) Other means which maintain the integrity of the flameproof enclosure.
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