Honeywell RMA300-ME User Manual page 28

European Union and Countries That Follow ATEX/IECEx 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 60332-1-1 and EN 60332-1-2.
Cable entry systems (cable glands) shall comply with all of the requirements referred to in the appropriate
apparatus standards (EN 60079-0 and EN 60079-1), 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 specific type of cable in compliance with
EN 60079-1.
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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