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The cord size for anything light and portable. Two 1.5 mm² class 5 conductors — 30 strands of 0.25 mm each, so it bends without work-hardening — tabulated at 19.5 A with both conductors loaded, clipped direct at 30°C, on 300/500 V PVC. That covers lamp and fitting cords, fan leads, chargers and short two-pin extensions on a 220 V supply, where nothing has an earthed metal body. The counter calls this size 3/.029. Drawn and sheathed on the Pilone line in Lahore.
Prices track the daily copper rate. Bulk and coil pricing on request.
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Every coil leaves our factory with a QR code printed on the packaging. Scan it and the factory record for that batch opens: brand, cable size, batch number, year of manufacture and conductor. Compare the batch number on screen with the one printed on your coil — if the two do not match, it did not come from us.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Conductor | Plain annealed copper, class 5 flexible stranded |
| Nominal area | 1.5 mm² × 2 cores |
| Strand construction | 30/0.25 mm per core (typical) |
| Max conductor resistance at 20°C | 13.3 Ω/km |
| Current capacity (method C, 2 loaded) | 19.5 A |
| Voltage drop | 29 mV/A/m |
| Voltage rating | 300/500 V |
| Insulation / sheath | PVC / PVC, 70°C conductor rating |
| Conductor copper weight | ≈ 27 kg/km (2 × 13.3 kg/km) |
| Reference standards | IEC 60228 (conductors), IEC 60227 (PVC cables) |
Heat sets one limit on a cord; run length sets the other. Voltage drop is current × length × 29 mV/A/m ÷ 1000. A 5 A load down a 12 m lead drops 5 × 12 × 29 ÷ 1000 = 1.74 V, which is 0.8% of 220 V — nothing you would notice. Load the same cord to its full 19.5 A and that 5% allowance — 11 V on a 220 V circuit — is reached at 11 000 ÷ (19.5 × 29) = 19 m. Under 19 m the current rating is the limit; past it, the length is.
Pendant, table-lamp and tube-light leads. A 15–25 W LED fitting pulls well under an amp — the cord is picked for flexibility, not for current.
Ceiling and pedestal fans, chargers and double-insulated appliances — typically 60 W to 1 kW, which is under 5 A at 220 V.
Light-duty extension leads. Keep them short and uncoiled: a lead used still wound on its reel traps its own heat and the 19.5 A figure no longer applies.
Who buys this size: electricians rewiring light and fan points, repair shops re-terminating a burnt appliance lead, and homeowners making up an extension. It is a cord, not a wiring cable — 300/500 V insulation, class 5 stranding, no earth core in the sheath. If the appliance has a metal body you can touch — an iron, a heater, a room cooler — the earth has to travel with it, so take 1.5mm 3 core flexible cable instead. If the run is fixed inside conduit and will never move, 1.5mm single core solid wire is the cheaper and cleaner choice; a solid conductor breaks at the flex point if you use it on something that bends.
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