PowerCat 6 Enhanced Cable

Commercial Standards
North American: TIA-568-C.2 Category 6
International: ISO/IEC 11801 Ed.2:2002
European: EN 50173-1:2011

Fire Propagation Tests
Non-plenum: UL 1666, CMR, CMG, IEC 332-1, C(UL)
Plenum: NFPA 262, CMP

Applications
PowerCat 6 Enhanced Cable is intended for high speed data applications including:
IEEE 802.3 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 10BASE-T, 155 Mb/s ATM, ANSI X3.263 100 Mb/s, 4/16 Mb/s Token Ring

Technical Information
Mechanical Characteristics:
Materials:
(23 AWG), bare copper wire insulated with polyethylene (non-plenum) or insulated with FEP (plenum). Two insulated conductors twisted together to form a pair and four such pairs laid up to form the basic unit jacketed with flame-retardant PVC.

Non Plenum:
Conductor Size in.(mm): .023 (0.58)
Cable Diameter in. (mm) .231 (5.87)
Nominal Cable Weight: lb./kft. (kg/km): 27 (12.2)
Max Installation Tension: lb. (N): 25 (110)
Min. bend radius in. (mm): 1.0 (25.4)

Plenum
Conductor Size in.(mm): .023 (0.58)
Cable Diameter in. (mm): .220 (5.59)
Nominal Cable Weight : lb./kft. (kg/km): 30 (13.6)
Max Installation Tension: lb. (N): 25 (110)
Min. bend radius in. (mm): 1.0 (25.4)
Pulling tension: 110 N (25 lbf)

Color Code:
Pair 1: White/Blue Blue
Pair 2: White/Orange Orange
Pair 3: White/Green Green
Pair 4: White/Brown Brown

Electrical Characteristics
Mutual Capacitance: 5.6 nF/100 m maximum
DC resistance maximum: 9.37 Ohms/100m maximum
Skew: 45 ns/100 m maximum
Pair to ground Unbalance: 330 pF/100m max
Nominal Velocity of Propagation (NVP): 72%
Input Impedance (Ohms):
100Ω± 13% 0.772-100 MHz
100Ω± [13+15log (F/100)] 100-500 MHz
Temperature Rating:
  Installation: 0°C to + 50°C
  Operation: -10°C to + 60°C