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Four 16 mm² class 2 copper conductors, 7/1.70 mm strands per core, PVC insulated and sheathed to 450/750 V. 76 A on reference method C, 1.15 Ω/km, about 51 kg of copper in a 90 m coil. Drawn on the Pilone line in Lahore.
Prices track the daily copper rate. Bulk and coil pricing on request.
Check the coil before you pay for it
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.
16mm 4 core cable is quoted at the day's copper rate, per metre.
16 mm² 4 core standard cable is quoted at the day's copper rate, per metre — copper moves, so the rupee figure is fixed on the day you order; send the length in metres and your city on WhatsApp for today's number. What the rate buys does not move: three loaded conductors carrying 76 A on BS 7671 reference method C at 30°C, which is about 53 kVA on a 400 V three-phase supply.
The Pakistani market quotes this cable per metre, per foot and per coil, and a fair number of listings give a bare figure with no unit at all.
The second thing to fix is the coil. A coil is a container, not a quantity: 90 m, 45 m and 30 m coils are all sold, and some shops still sell by the yard. Ask for the metre count in writing. The copper column below tells you what should be inside each length, which is the one number a short coil cannot fake.
| Quantity | Length | Copper inside it | To get the per-metre rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 metre | 1 m | 0.57 kg | Nothing to do |
| 1 foot | 0.305 m | 0.17 kg | Multiply the per-foot rate by 3.281 |
| 45 m half coil | 45 m (148 ft) | 25.6 kg | Divide the coil price by 45 |
| 90 m coil | 90 m (295 ft) | 51.2 kg | Divide the coil price by 90 |
| 100 m drum | 100 m (328 ft) | 56.9 kg | Divide the drum price by 100 |
We quote per metre against the length you send us. Search pakistan cable 25mm 4 core price, or 25mm cable, or any size you like, and the results come back in three different units on one page of listings — that is the whole problem. The cable price per meter page works through every conversion, and the cable price list puts the sizes side by side.
76 A with three loaded conductors, clipped direct at 30°C. On a 400 V three-phase supply that is about 53 kVA (1.732 × 400 × 76 ÷ 1000). It is the standard submain for a house or a small commercial unit taking a three-phase connection, and the right feeder for a motor drawing between 57 A and 76 A — below that band 10 mm² will do, above it the feeder wants 25 mm².
| Size | Strands (class 2) | Current capacity | Voltage drop | 5% limit at full load |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 mm² | 7/1.04 | 41 A | 7.3 mV/A/m | 67 m |
| 10 mm² | 7/1.35 | 57 A | 4.4 mV/A/m | 80 m |
| 16 mm² | 7/1.70 | 76 A | 2.8 mV/A/m | 94 m |
| 25 mm² | 7/2.14 | 96 A | 1.75 mV/A/m | 119 m |
The last column is the run length at which a cable loaded to its full capacity uses up the 5% of 400 V that BS 7671 allows a power circuit — 20 V. For 16 mm² that is 20,000 ÷ (76 × 2.8) = 94 m. Most real jobs sit well inside it: a 60 A load over a 40 m run drops 60 × 40 × 2.8 ÷ 1000 = 6.7 V, which is 1.7% of 400 V. Past that distance the length picks the size, not the load.
The 76 A is for a cable clipped direct in open air at 30°C. In conduit, bundled with other circuits, or in a Lahore roof space in June it carries less. BS 7671 deals with that by multiplying the tabulated figure by correction factors for ambient temperature and grouping, and the factor depends on your installation, so we publish the tabulated number and the method rather than one invented figure. Work yours with the cable size calculator and the voltage drop calculator, then have a licensed electrician confirm it.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Conductor | Plain annealed copper, class 2 stranded |
| Nominal area | 16 mm² × 4 cores |
| Strand construction | 7 / 1.70 mm per core (class 2, computes to 15.9 mm²) |
| Trade strand code | 7/.064 in — 14.5 mm² computed, sold as 16 mm² |
| Max conductor resistance at 20°C | 1.15 Ω/km |
| Current capacity (method C, 3 loaded) | 76 A |
| Three-phase capacity at 400 V | ≈ 53 kVA |
| Voltage drop | 2.8 mV/A/m |
| Voltage rating | 450/750 V |
| Insulation / sheath | PVC / PVC, 70°C conductor rating |
| Conductor copper weight | ≈ 568.8 kg/km (4 × 142.2 kg/km) |
| Copper in a 90 m coil | ≈ 51 kg (conductor only) |
| Reference standards | IEC 60228 (conductors), IEC 60227 (PVC cables) |
Main panel to distribution boards in houses, shops and small commercial units on a three-phase connection.
Fixed supply runs for motors drawing up to the 76 A this cable carries, about 53 kVA at 400 V.
Floor-to-floor distribution on trays and in trunking, where the run is protected from impact.
Standard cable is fixed wiring: tray, trunking, conduit, or clipped to a wall, indoors. If the run goes underground or crosses open ground, armoured cable is the correct family — the steel wire armour does the protecting, not the PVC sheath. If the run has to flex or be dragged, use the class 5 build, 16mm 4 core flexible cable. For sizing a whole three-phase installation rather than one run, start at three-phase cable size.
Core count follows the circuit, not the load. The market writes it loosely — four core, 4-core, 4core cable — but all it ever means is how many conductors sit inside the sheath. Four core carries three phases plus a neutral. Three core carries a single-phase circuit with its earth, or three phases with no neutral. Two core carries line and neutral with the earth run separately. The conductor is the same 16 mm² copper in all three — what changes is how many conductors are loaded, and that changes the current capacity.
| Cores | What runs in it | Loaded | Current capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 core | Line and neutral, earth run separately | 2 | 85 A |
| 3 core | Line, neutral and earth — or three phases with no neutral | 2 or 3 | 85 A / 76 A |
| 4 core | Three phases plus neutral | 3 | 76 A |
The same size in the other two builds: 16mm 3 core cable and 16mm 2 core cable. One step up in the same four-core build is 25mm 4 core cable at 96 A; one step down is 10mm 4 core cable at 57 A, and below that 6mm 4 core cable at 41 A. On a three-phase circuit with no neutral the same 41 A comes from 6mm 3 core cable. In aluminium the same size is 7/.064 16mm 4 core aluminium cable — lighter and cheaper per metre, but it carries less current than copper for the same section, so it is usually a size up.
“Full gauge” is a claim on a lot of listings and it almost never comes with a test the buyer can run. Here are three you can run yourself, on any seller's cable including ours. You need a weighing scale, a tape and a vernier.
Conductor mass = area × cores × 8.89 kg/km per mm². For 16 mm² 4 core that is 16 × 4 × 8.89 = 569 kg/km, so a 90 m coil holds about 51 kg of copper before insulation and sheath.
Cut the end square. A 16 mm² class 2 core is 7 strands of about 1.70 mm. Fewer strands, or a thinner strand, means a smaller conductor whatever the sheath is printed with.
Get the metre count in writing before you pay, then check it with a measuring wheel. A short coil is the quietest way a per-coil price stops being the price you calculated.
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