KEY FEATURES
- Transmission performance exceeds standard category 5e requirements
- Aluminum foil screen/tinned copper drain wire
- 1,000-foot "tangle-free" cartons
Category 5e Screened Cable
OVERVIEW
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.
SPECIFICATIONS
- 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)
- 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
- APPLICATIONS
X.21, V.11, S0, ISDN, CSMA/CD 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 100BASE-T4, 100BASE-T2, 1000BASE-T, TR 4/16/100, 100BASE-VG, ATM LAN 25/51/155, TP-PMD
- WARRANTY
5-year limited component warranty
10-year Signamax Link/Channel Warranty
15-year Signamax Extended Component Warranty
25-year Signamax Cabling System Warranty
DOWNLOADS
Download DatasheetORDERING INFORMATION
| Part Number | Description | |
| BC5E-4SH | Category 5e, 4-Pair, 24 AWG Solid Screened F/UTP Cable, CMR (PVC), Gray Only, 1000 ft |
Cable is available for customers outside the U.S. only. Minimum quantity may be required.
