Category 5e Screened Cable

 

BC5E-4

 

 

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

  • 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

 

 

Download Specifications (PDF 143Kb) Revised 08.01.2009

 

 

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BC5E-4SHCategory 5e, 4-Pair, 24 AWG Solid Screened F/UTP Cable, CMR (PVC), Gray Only, 1000 ft

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Cable is available for customers outside the U.S. only. Minimum quantity may be required.