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I don't believe that there is any official definition, or recognition in any standard, of the term "arctic grade".Jeremy Hodge, chief executive for BASEC said: "Cable claiming 'arctic grade' performance needs to be suitable for use down to –25 °C, and therefore needs to be tested at –40 °C. There is cable on the market claiming to be 'arctic grade' which has been shown to have inadequate performance to be safe."
I don't believe that there is any official definition, or recognition in any standard, of the term "arctic grade".Jeremy Hodge, chief executive for BASEC said: "Cable claiming 'arctic grade' performance needs to be suitable for use down to –25 °C, and therefore needs to be tested at –40 °C. There is cable on the market claiming to be 'arctic grade' which has been shown to have inadequate performance to be safe."
If that's the case then any cable maker can label any cable as "arctic grade" because it is not a indication of any performance guarantee or methods of testing. On its own, with no accompanying specification to say what temperatures the maker considers it is suitable for use in, it is meaningless - they might as well just call it "bright blue PVC cable". People who buy cable with no BS number and no BASEC certification should think more carefully about what it is they are actually getting.
True - I selected what he said about "arctic" cable, which according to my eyes is what this topic is about.Selective quoting again,
What the man also said was stuff about certain BS cables, the performance of which is defined and guaranteed.what the man also said was...
i.e. not about some random cable given a meaningless name by its maker which defines and guarantees nothing.
i.e. not about cables which are the subject of this topic.
The only meaningless name I have mentioned is "arctic", as in "arctic cables".You were the one who introduced the meaningless names.
I'm talking about BS 6500, 7919 etc cables not being of the type that this topic is about.WTF are you talking about
I do.if you want to converse with people in the uk try speaking normal english.
they might as well just call it "bright blue PVC cable".
they might as well just call it "bright blue PVC cable".
Who said that then?
Admit that you were wrong.
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