Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term
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Many thanks as always and apologies if this is something I should know.
Non-PRO (2): Tony M, GILLES MEUNIER
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Proposed translations
0.8 [mm²]
0.8 mm² is a fairly light-duty conductor, the sort of thing that might be used for signals wiring or very low power applications; for comparison, common sizes for power cables in domestic use might be 1 mm² / 1.5 mm² / 2.5 mm².
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Note added at 1 day 16 hrs (2019-12-22 20:01:22 GMT)
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Note that for sizes over 1 mm², it is normal to write it in the more conventional fashion, e.g. 2.5 mm²
However, for sub-millimetre sizes, this older-fashioned way of expressing it is not that unusual, even today.
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Bashiqa
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Are you suggesting I'm some kind of louse?! Thanks a lot, Chris, and Happy Christmas to you :-)
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chris collister
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Thanks, Chris! Yes, though the smallest cable commonly used is typically 1 mm²; this sounds more like UTP or something, although it seems to be in the LV contract; perhaps Asker's context make it clear what it is being used for?
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Michael Confais (X)
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Merci, Michael !
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Johannes Gleim
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Danke, Johannes! I'd say very certainly!
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Cyril Tollari
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Merci, Cyril !
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Discussion
'courants faibles' very specifically means NON-POWER wiring — in most cases, I translate this as 'signals', since it may include AV, telecoms, and of course now computer networks etc.
Hence why 0.8 mm² makes perfect sense, as I originally suspected, as these sort of sizes are very common for signals wiring, including sometimes the rigid-core cables often used for telecoms / data — e.g. UTP as I mentioned.
These are confusingly always referred to as 'courants faibles', even though as you say, 'voltage' would be more appropriate — and is of course often used when referring to the things that are carried on this wiring. Remember that in FR 'courant' is often used (in a rather colloquial way!) where we would say 'power' — e.g. 'coupure de courant' = 'power cut'; remember too that when they really want to say 'current', they often use 'intensité', little used in EN.
So I'd caution being extemely careful about over-interpreting by assuming that this has anything to do with ELV power uses.
That said, assuming you potentially have 'courants forts' and 'courants faibles' (the usual breakdown), it's true it would be difficult to see quite where else to fit it in...
BTW: 0.8 is not strange for household appliances. Its nominal cross section is 0.75 mm² in most European countries used for ampacities up to 10 A.