scope:

This Standard specifies elastomer-insulated, elastomer-sheathed reeling and trailing electric cables for use in underground coal mines. An essential feature of this Standard is the requirement that cables used for alternating current supply be electrically symmetrical.

This Standard is intended to apply only to cables of the types provided for in Table 1 of this Standard.

This Standard also provides the basis of requirements for other sizes of cable not specified in this Standard.

NOTE: Purchasing guidelines are provided in Appendix A.