1500A Paired - Enhanced Category 5e Unbonded-Pair Cable

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Description:

24 AWG solid bare copper conductors, non-plenum, Polyolefin insulation, twisted pairs, rip cord, see color code chart (below), PVC jacket
(red, orange, yellow, green, white, blue or gray).

SUITABLE APPLICATIONS:

Suitable Applications Premise Horizontal Cable, Gigabit Ethernet, 100BaseTX, 100BaseVG ANYLAN,
155ATM, 622ATM, NTSC/PAL Component or Composite Video, AES/EBU,
Digital Video, RS-422

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:

CONDUCTOR:

Number of Pairs 4
Total Number of Conductors 8
AWG 24
Stranding Solid
Conductor Material BC - Bare Copper

INSULATION:

Insulation Material PO - Polyolefin

Pair Color Code Chart :

Number Color Number Color
1 White/Blue Stripe & Blue 3 White/Green Stripe & Green
2 White/Orange Stripe & Orange 4 White/Brown Stripe & Brown

OUTER SHIELD:

Outer Shield Material Unshielded

OUTER JACKET:

Outer Jacket Material PVC - Polyvinyl Chloride

Outer Jacket Ripcord Yes

OVERALL NOMINAL DIAMETER:

Overall Nominal Diameter 0.200 in.

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MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS:

Operating Temperature Range -20°C To +75°C

Bulk Cable Weight 21 lbs/1000 ft.
Max. Recommended Pulling Tension 35 lbs.
Min. Bend Radius (Install) 0.5 in.

APPLICABLE SPECIFICATIONS AND AGENCY COMPLIANCE:

APPLICABLE STANDARDS:

NEC/(UL) Specification CMR

NEC Articles 800
CEC/C(UL) Specification CMR
IEC Specification 11801 Category 5
EU CE Mark (Y/N) Yes
EU RoHS Compliant (Y/N) Yes
EU RoHS Compliance Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 01/01/2004
TIA/EIA Specification ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.2 Category 5e
Other Specification NEMA WC-63.1 Category 5e, Third party verified to Category 5e

FLAME TEST:

UL Flame Test UL1666 Riser, UL1685 FT4/IEEE 1202 Vertical Tray Flame Test
CSA Flame Test FT4

SUITABILITY:

Suitability - Indoor Yes

Suitability - Outdoor No
Suitability - Burial No
Sunlight Resistance No
Oil Resistance No
Non-halogenated No

PLENUM/NON-PLENUM:

Plenum (Y/N) N
Plenum Number 1501A

ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS:

Nom. Mutual Capacitance @ 1 KHz 15 pF/ft

Maximum Capacitance Unbalance (pF/100 m) 200 pF/100 m
Nominal Velocity of Propagation 70 %
Maximum Delay (ns/100 m) 542 ns/100 m
Maximum Delay Skew (ns/100m) 25 ns/100 m
Maximum Conductor DC Resistance @ 20 Deg. C 8.9 Ohms/100 m
Maximum DCR Unbalance @ 20 Deg. C 3%

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Max. Operating Voltage - UL 300 V RMS

ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS - PREMISE:

Premise Cable Electricals Table 1 :

Frequency Max. Min. NEXT Min. PSNEXT Min. ACR (dB) Min. PSACR Min. Return Min.
(MHz) Attenuation (dB) (dB) (dB) Loss (dB) Structural
(dB/100 m) Return Loss
(dB)
1 2.0 70.3 68.3 68.3 66.3 20.0
4 4.0 61.3 59.3 57.3 55.3 23.0
8 5.7 56.8 54.8 51.1 49.1 24.5
10 6.4 55.3 53.3 48.9 46.9 25.0
16 8.1 52.2 50.2 44.1 42.1 25.0
20 9.1 50.8 48.8 41.7 39.7 25.0
25 10.2 49.3 47.3 39.1 37.1 24.3
31.25 11.4 47.9 45.9 36.5 34.5 23.6
62.5 16.4 43.4 41.4 27.0 25.0 21.5
100 21.0 40.3 38.3 19.3 17.3 20.1
155 26.6 37.4 35.4 10.9 8.9 18.8
200 30.5 35.8 33.8 5.3 3.3 18.0
250 34.4 34.3 32.3 0 - 17.3
300 38.0 33.1 31.1 - - 16.8
350 41.4 32.1 30.1 - - 16.3
400 44.6 31.3 29.3 - - 15.9
Premise Cable Electricals Table 2 :
Frequency (MHz) Input (Unfitted) Fitted Impedance Min. ELFEXT (dB) Min. PSELFEXT (dB)
Impedance (Ohms) (Ohms)
1 100 ± 15 100 ± 10 67.8 64.8
4 100 ± 15 100 ± 10 55.7 52.7
8 100 ± 15 100 ± 10 49.7 46.7
10 100 ± 15 100 ± 10 47.8 44.8
16 100 ± 15 100 ± 10 43.7 40.7
20 100 ± 15 100 ± 10 41.7 38.7
25 100 ± 15 100 ± 10 39.8 36.8
31.25 100 ± 15 100 ± 10 37.9 34.9
62.5 100 ± 15 100 ± 10 31.9 28.9
100 100 ± 15 100 ± 10 27.8 24.8
155 100 ± 22 100 ± 10 24.0 21.0
200 100 ± 22 100 ± 10 21.8 18.8
250 100 ± 22 100 ± 10 19.8 16.8
300 - - - -
350 - - - -
400 - - - -

NOTES:

Notes Jacket sequentially marked at 2 ft. intervals. Third party verified to TIA/EIA-568-
B.2, Category 5e. Values above 250 MHz are for Engineering Information Only
Notes (Cont'd.) US Patent 5424491
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PUT-UPS AND COLORS:

Item Description Put-Up (ft.) Ship Weight (lbs.) Jacket Color Notes
1500A 0021000 4 PR #24 PO PVC 1000 22 RED C

1500A 002A1000 4 PR #24 PO PVC A1000 24 RED

1500A 0031000 4 PR #24 PO PVC 1000 22 ORANGE C

1500A 003A1000 4 PR #24 PO PVC A1000 24 ORANGE

1500A 0041000 4 PR #24 PO PVC 1000 22 YELLOW

1500A 004A1000 4 PR #24 PO PVC A1000 24 YELLOW

1500A 0051000 4 PR #24 PO PVC 1000 22 GREEN, DARK

1500A 005A1000 4 PR #24 PO PVC A1000 24 GREEN, DARK

1500A 0061000 4 PR #24 PO PVC 1000 22 BLUE, LIGHT C

1500A 006A1000 4 PR #24 PO PVC A1000 24 BLUE, LIGHT

1500A 0081000 4 PR #24 PO PVC 1000 22 GRAY C

1500A 008A1000 4 PR #24 PO PVC A1000 24 GRAY

1500A 0091000 4 PR #24 PO PVC 1000 22 WHITE C

1500A 009A1000 4 PR #24 PO PVC A1000 24 WHITE

C = CRATE REEL PUT-UP.

Revision Number: 1 Revision Date: 11-08-2007

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