Thermocouple Extension / Compensating Cable

These cables can also be termed as instrumentation cables, since they are used for process temperature measurement. The construction is similar to paired instrumentation cable but the conductor material is different. Thermocouples are used in processes to sense temperature and is connected to the pyrometers for indication and control.

The thermocouple and pyrometers are electrically conducted by thermocouple extension/compensating cables. The conductors used for these cables are required to have similar thermo-electric (emf) properties as that of the thermocouple used for sensing the temperature. The cables are manu-factured as per IS:8784, ANSI-MC 96. 1, B.S., ENI, DIN and customers specification.

Range of Thermocouple Extension/Compensation Cables

COLOUR CODES as per various standard specifications

STANDARDS REFERRED
ANSI MC-96.1 ENI-163.00				IS : 8784			B.S.
	+ve	-ve	overall	+ve	-ve	overall	+ve	-ve	overall
EXTENSION CABLES
KX	Yellow	Red	Yellow	Red	Green	Green	Brown	Blue	Red
JX	White	Red	Black	Red	Blue	Blue	Yellow	Blue	Black
TX	Blue	Red	Blue	Red	Black	Black	White	Blue	Blue
EX	Purple	Red	Purple	Red	Violet	Violet	Brown	Blue	Brown
COMPESATING CABLES
KX(A)VX	----	----	----	Red	Green	Green	White	Blue	Red
SX/RX		Black	Red	Red	White	White	White	Blue	Green
Green