DIGITUS CAT6A U/FTP Twisted Pair Installation Cable Installation Guide
- August 27, 2024
- DIGITUS
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Twisted Pair Installation Cable
Category 6A Class E – U/FTP
CAT6A U/FTP Twisted Pair Installation Cable
Abstract
CAT 6A Class EA, U/FTP, Twisted Pair Installation Cable, 500 MHz
Application areas
Primary (Campus), Secondary (Riser), Tertiary (Horizontally)
IEEE 802.3an: 10Base-T; 100Base-T; 1000Base-T; 2.5GBase-T;
5GBase-T; 10GBase-T
IEEE 802.5: 16 MB; ISDN; FDDI; ATM; PoE/PoE+
Standards
ANSI/TIA-568-C; ISO/IEC 11801 3rd Ed.; EN 50173-1;EN 50288-10-1
IEC 61156-5
Physical Properties
| Conductor | Bare annealed copper, solid AWG 23/1 |
|---|---|
| Insulation | HD-PE (High Density Polyethylene) |
| Total number of insulated conductors | 8, twisted in 4 pairs |
| Color code | Blue-white, orange-white, green-white, brown-white |
| Individual pair shielding | Aluminum foil, providing 100% coverage |
| Overall shielding | None, with drain wire |
| Outer sheath | ECA to B2CA acc. to EN 50575; LSZH |
| Outer sheath diameter (nominal) | 0.5 mm (ECA); 0.6 mm (DCA); 0.8 mm (CCA); 0.8 |
mm (B2CA)
Outer sheath color| Light blue (RAL 5012)
Mechanical Properties
| Tensile loading | 150 N max. |
|---|---|
| Dynamic bending radius | 8x AD mm min. |
| Static bending radius | 4x AD mm min. |
| Shipping- and storage temperature range | -20 °C up to +60 °C |
| Operating temperature range | -20 °C up to +75 °C |
| Installations temperature range | 0 °C up to +50 °C |
| Outer diameter (nominal) | 7.0 mm (ECA); 7.2 mm (DCA); 7.6 mm (CCA); 7.6 mm |
(B2CA)
Weight (kg/km)| 56 kg (ECA); 57 kg (DCA); 58 kg (CCA); 58 kg (B2CA)
Electrical Properties
| Impedance | 100 ± 15 Ohm @ 4-100 MHz; 100 ± 25 Ohm @ 100-600 MHz |
|---|---|
| Capacitance | 45 pF/m nominal @ 1 KHz |
| Capacitance unbalance (pair-ground) | 1.6 pF/m max. @ 1 KHz |
| Insulation resistance | 5 GOhm x km min. |
| DC resistance | 95 Ohm/km max. (2% max. resistance unbalance) |
| DC loop resistance | 190 Ohm/km max. (2% max. resistance unbalance) |
| Voltage resistance | 72 Vdc max. |
| Coupling attenuation | CA-Type 2 |
| Signal propagation delay | 450 nS/100 m max. |
| Propagation delay | 25 nS/100 m max. |
| Separating class | „c“ acc. to EN 50174-2 |
| NVP | 79% |
Transmission Properties
FREQ.| ATT| NEXT| PS-NEXT| ACR| PS-ACR| EL-
FEXT| PS-ELFEXT| RL
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---
MHz| dB| dB| dB| dB| dB| dB| dB| dB
1| 2,1| 95| 92| 92,9| 89,9| 68| 65| 25
10| 5,9| 90| 87| 84,1| 81,1| 48| 45| 25
100| 19,1| 75| 72| 55,9| 52,9| 28| 25| 20,1
250| 31,1| 66| 63| 34,9| 31,9| 20| 17| 17,3
500| 45,3| 57| 54| 11,7| 8,7| 14| 11| 15,2
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