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Fire Safety & Standards

What does HR-FR-LSH mean on a wire or cable?

Quick answer

HR-FR-LSH is a grade marking you will see on premium Indian house wiring. It is a stack of three safety properties: HR = Heat Resistant, FR = Flame Retardant, and LSH = Low Smoke & Halogen. Together they describe a wire engineered to behave as safely as possible when things go wrong.

Heat Resistant (HR) means the insulation tolerates higher operating temperatures without degrading — useful for the heavier loads of modern homes (air-conditioners, geysers, kitchens). Flame Retardant (FR) means the wire resists the spread of flame and tends to self-extinguish rather than feed a fire — see flame-retardant vs fire-resistant. Low Smoke & Halogen (LSH) means that, if it does burn, it gives off far less smoke and little or no toxic, corrosive halogen gas — the property explained under LSZH cable.

HR-FR-LSH therefore sits at the top of the common house-wire ladder, above plain FR-PVC. If you want to understand how the grades step up, see the difference between FR, FR-LS and HR-FR-LSH, and why low-smoke, low-halogen matters for fire safety.

APAR's HR-FR-LSH house wires include Anushakti HR-FR-LSH, Shakti FR-LSH and the Green Wire HR-FR-LSH range, with the e-beam Fire Protekt (HFFR) wire going a step further. Browse the full house wires and cables range to compare grades.

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