Short-circuit-proof cable, short-circuit-resistant cable, earth-fault-proof, earth-fault-resistant

The terms 'short-circuit-proof and earth-fault-proof' and 'short-circuit-resistant and earth-fault-resistant' always relate to the type of installation.
In the direct sense, there are no cables & lines with these features, but the design (e. g. NYM, NYY, ...) and the type of installation of the cables & lines are important.

The following extracts from standards give you an overview of the state-of-the-art definition of 'Short-circuit-proof and earth-fault-proof installation of cables and lines':

DIN VDE 0100-520 article 521.13 German version of the Harmonisation Document HD 384.5.52 S1 +A1:

The following types of installation are considered as short-circuit-proof and earth-fault-proof:
a) Strand arrangements (bare or insulated) in which the strands do not touch each other and have no contact to earthed components and for which no short-circuit is to be expected through external influences, e. g.:

• by appropriate spacings using spacers or
• through installation in separate electrical installation channels or their separated ducts or in separated electrical installation conduits.

b) Arrangements of:

• cables, e. g. according to DIN VDE 0276-603 (NYY… )
• single-core light plastic-sheathed cables NYM according to DIN VDE 0250-204
• single-core rubber-insulated flexible cables according to DIN VDE 0282-4 (H07RN-F… )

c) Accessible cables or light plastic-sheathed cables which are not installed close to combustible material without risk of mechanical damage;

d) Arrangements of single-core non-sheathed cables

• NSGAFöu according to DIN VDE 0250-602, NSHXAö according to E DIN VDE 0250-606, NSHXASö according to E DIN VDE 0250-606, NSHXSCMö according to E DIN VDE 0250--606 with rated voltage U0/U of at least 1.8/3 kV
• Arrangements of cables and lines which may burn out without danger for their environment, e.g. cables inside earth are considered to be equivalent with regard to safety to short-circuit-proof and earth-fault-proof installation.

DIN EN 60204-1 / VDE 0113-1 Electrical equipment of machines, article 7.2.8 Arrangement of overcurrent protective devices:
Overcurrent protective devices need to be installed where the conductor to be protected is connected to its supply system. Where this is not possible there is no overcurrent protection required for conductors with a lower current-carrying capacity than the supply conductor if the risk of short-circuit is reduced by all of the following measures:

• the current-carrying capacity of the conductor is at least the same as that resulting from the load  AND
• each cable to the overcurrent protective device is not longer than 3 m  AND
• the conductor is protected by a housing or a cable channel.

Note:
No responsibility is accepted for the correctness of this information.
In case of doubt, the original texts of the corresponding standards shall apply.