What is BASEC? It is the abbreviation of British Approvals Service for Cables, a non-profit technical organisation. BASEC approves the following cable types.

Building wires and cables
Industrial flexible cables
Domestic flexible cables
Industrial armoured cables
Auxiliary cables
Fire performance cables
Data cables
Control cables
Telecommunication cables
Medium voltage cables
High voltage cables
Marine cables
Railway cables
Defence cables
Coaxial cable
Communication cable
Direct burial cable
Flexible cables
Heliax cable
Non-metallic sheathed cable
Metallic sheathed cable
Multi-core cable
Paired cable
Ribbon cable
Shielded cable
Single cable (the term 'wire' is sometimes used)
Submersible cable
Twinax cable
Twin-lead

BASEC certification process: Before product certification begins, cable samples of the products seeking BASEC approval are tested. Test requirement details for each cable type are set out in the BASEC requirements. You can put any questions about BASEC certification to Eurocert's specialists.

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