Orange Circular Building Cable 4 Core and Earth (5G) 6mm

Description

Four 6mm² actives and an earth, sold per metre.

Four 6mm² actives plus an earth is a lot of copper to route as separate conductors. The APEC MVM006E04 combines red, white, blue and black 6mm² cores with a 2.5mm² green/yellow earth in a single 15.9mm orange cable, and you choose how many metres to buy.

Key Features:

• 4C+E construction in a circular profile
• Four 6mm² annealed copper active conductors
• Reduced 2.5mm² annealed copper earth
• 450/750V rated cable manufactured to AS/NZS 5000.2
• Active core insulation: V90 PVC, 0.8mm average
• Earth core insulation: V90 PVC, 0.7mm average
• Sheath: orange 5V90 PVC, 1.4mm average
• 90°C continuous conductor temperature
• Core identification: red, white, blue, black, green/yellow
• About 15.9mm in diameter and 43.6kg per 100m
• Length chosen by you, billed per metre

Buy online — enter your metres and we cut it for dispatch.

Why It Matters

Top Size in the 450/750V Four Core Table

APEC's four core and earth table runs from 1.5mm² to 6mm² at 450/750V, and the MVM006E04 sits at the top. With four 6mm² actives under 0.8mm of V90 insulation and a 1.4mm 5V90 sheath, it comes to about 15.9mm across and around 43.6kg per 100 metres, so plan the pull and support spacing accordingly.

Earth Is Smaller Than the Actives

Alongside the 6mm² actives, APEC uses a 2.5mm² green/yellow earth with 0.7mm insulation. Before choosing this cable, make sure that earth size is adequate for the protective earthing arrangement of the circuit concerned. The size shown is taken from APEC's 4C+E datasheet.

Only the Metres You Use

At this weight, leftover cable is costly to store and move. Ordering per metre — 18 metres, 60 metres or the figure on your drawings — means the cut length arrives and nothing else does. Confirm the 6mm² size for load and run length against AS/NZS 3008.1.1, and leave installation and testing to a licensed electrician working to AS/NZS 3000.

Q: What is the earth size in APEC MVM006E04 cable?
A: The earth is 2.5mm² and coloured green/yellow, while the four actives are 6mm² in red, white, blue and black.

Q: How heavy is APEC MVM006E04 per 100 metres?
A: The approximate mass is 43.6kg per 100 metres, and the approximate overall diameter is 15.9mm.

Q: Do I need to purchase a whole drum of MVM006E04?
A: No. It is priced by the metre, so you order just the length required for the run.