Category 5e 4-pair screened solid conductor cable is ETL verified, manufactured to the highest quality standards, and exceeds all per-formance specifications for category 5e as defined in ANSI/TIA-568-C.2, ISO/IEC 11801 2nd Edition, CENELEC EN 50173-1, and CENELEC EN 50288. Cable is available in riser (UL CMR) version and is supplied in "tangle-free" cartons of 305 m (1,000 ft). Cable is RoHS compliant per European Union Directive 2002/95/EC.
Transmission performance exceeds standard category 5e requirements
Aluminum foil screen/tinned copper drain wire
1,000-foot "tangle-free" cartons
TRANSMISSION PERFORMANCE
ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-C.2: exceeds category 5e (1-100 MHz) component specifications ISO/IEC 11801, CENELEC EN 50173: exceeds category 5 (1-100 MHz) component specifications TYPICAL PERFORMANCE: Impedance: 100 Ohm ± 15 % @ 1-100 MHz Mutual capacitance: max 5.6 nf/100 m (328 ft) Capacitance unbalance: max 330 pF Nominal velocity of propagation: 64 % Propagation delay skew: 45 ns/100 m (328 ft)
Frequency, MHz
Insertion Loss, dB/100 m (20 °C) max
NEXT, dB min
PSNEXT, dB min
RL, dB min
ELFEXT, dB min
PS-ELFEXT, dB min
ACR, dB/100 m (20 °C) min
PS-ACR, dB/100 m (20 °C) min
1
-
65.3
62.3
20.0
63.8
60.7
63.3
60.3
4
4.1
56.3
53.3
23.0
51.7
48.7
52.2
49.2
10
6.5
50.3
47.3
25.0
43.8
40.7
43.8
40.8
16
8.2
47.3
44.2
25.0
39.7
36.7
39.1
36.0
20
9.3
45.8
42.8
25.0
37.7
34.7
36.5
33.5
25
10.4
44.3
41.3
24.3
35.8
32.8
33.9
30.9
31.25
11.7
42.9
39.9
23.6
33.9
30.8
31.2
28.2
62.5
17.0
38.4
35.4
21.5
27.8
24.8
21.4
18.4
100
22.0
35.3
32.3
20.1
23.8
20.7
13.3
10.3
CONSTRUCTION
CONDUCTOR: Material bare copper Size 24 AWG Construction 1/0.515 ± 0.02 mm (0.0203 ± 0.001 in) INSULATION: Material PE Diameter 1.03 ± 0.02 mm (0.041 ± 0.001 in) Color coding blue/white-blue orange/white-orange green/white-green brown/white-brown SHEATH: Material PVC Thickness min 0.47 mm (0.019 in) Diameter 6.3 ± 0.3 mm (0.25 ± 0.01 in) Color Gray RAL 7035 SCREEN: PET tape 0.025 mm (0.0010 in) thickness Aluminum/PET tape 0.050 mm (0.0020 in) thickness Tinned copper drain wire 0.46 mm (0.018 in) diameter
MECHANICAL
Tensile strength > 400 N (90 lbf) Minimum bend radius 25 mm (1 in)
ELECTRICAL
Spark test 2,000 ± 250 Vac Dielectric strength 2,500 Vdc/3 seconds Insulation resistance min 150 MOhm/km (46 MOhm/kft) Conductor resistance max 9.38 Ohm/100 m (328 ft) @ 20 °C Resistance unbalance max 5 % Capacitance unbalance max 330 pF/100 m (328 ft) Mutual capacitance max 5,600 pF/100 m (328 ft)
COMPLIANCE
ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-C.2, ISO/IEC 11801, CENELEC EN 50173-1, CENELEC EN 50288-3-1, IEC 61156-5, IEC 60332-1-2, UL 444, UL 1666