1583E
Networking Cables
Datatwist® cable
CAT 5E U/UTP PVC
2013-04-04 v3
Applications
• Horizontal and building backbone cable
• Support current and future Category 5e applications, such as:
1000Base-T (Gigabit Ethernet), 100 Base-T, 10 Base-T, FDDI, ATM
General standards
• International standard: ISO/IEC 11801 2nd edition (2002) and ISO/IEC 11801 Amendment 2 (2010)
• European standard: EN 50173-1 (2002) and EN 50173-1 Amendment 1 (2009)
• U.S. Standards: ANSI/TIA/EIA 568-B.2-1 (2002)
Construction & Dimensions
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2
3
4
1. Conductor
Material Solid bare copper ETP
Diameter AWG 24
2. Insulation
Material Polyethylene
Nominal diameter over insulation 0.90 mm
3. Cable core
Pair 2 twisted insulated conductors
Number of pairs 4, all twisted together
Colour code pair 1 White / Blue & Blue
Colour code pair 2 White / Orange & Orange
Colour code pair 3 White / Green & Green
Colour code pair 4 White / Brown & Brown
4. Jacket
Material PVC
Diameter 4.8 ± 0.3 mm
Electrical characteristics
Reference standard : ISO/IEC 61156-5 edition 2.0 (2009)
Low frequency and D.C. (at 20°C) Specification Unit
D.C. resistance conductor < 9,5 Ω/100m
Resistance unbalance: within a pair / between pairs <2/<4 %
Insulation resistance ≥ 5000 MΩ.km
Dielectric strength conductor-conductor (2 sec.) 2.5 kV DC
Mutual capacitance < 56 nF/km
Capacitance unbalance pair to ground < 1600 pF/km
Nominal velocity of propagation (for information only) > 0.6 c
Delay skew (differential delay) ≤ 40 ns/100m
High frequency (at 20°), reference standard: ISO/IEC61156-5
TYPE 1* 4 10 16 20 31.25 62.5 100 MHz
Attenuation 2.1 4.0 6.3 8.0 9.0 11.4 16.5 21.3 dB/100m
NEXT 65.3 56.3 50.3 47.2 45.8 42.9 38.4 35.3 dB/100m
PS NEXT 62.3 53.3 47.3 44.2 42.8 39.9 35.4 32.3 dB/100m
ACR 63.2 52.32 44.0 39.2 36.8 31.5 21.9 14.0 dB/100m
PS ACR 60.2 49.3 41.0 36.2 33.8 28.5 18.9 11.0 dB/100m
ACR-F 64.0 52.0 44.0 39.9 38.0 34.1 28.1 24.0 dB/100m
PS ACR-F 61.0 49.0 41.0 36.9 35.0 31.5 25.1 21.0 dB/100m
Return Loss 20.0 23.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 23.6 21.5 20.1 dB/100m
TCL level 1 40.0 34.0 30.0 28.0 27.0 25.1 22.0 20.0 dB/100m
EL TCTL 35.0 23.0 15.0 10.9 9.0 5.5 dB/100m
Impedance
122.2 115.2 111.9 111.9 111.9 114.1 118.3 121.9 Ω
upper limit
Impedance
81.8 86.8 89.4 89.4 89.4 87.7 84.5 82.0 Ω
lower limit
Propagation
570 552 545 543 540 539 538 537 ns/100m
delay
NOTE: Limits below 4MHz are for information only
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Mechanical characteristics
Specification Unit
Elongation at break of the conductors 8 %
Minimum elongation at break of the insulation ≥ 100 %
Minimum elongation at break of the sheath ≥ 100 %
Tensile strength of sheath >9 MPa
Environmental and overall characteristics
Specification Unit
Maximum operating voltage (for all temperatures cable is intended to be used) 72 V D.C.
Maximum continuous current per conductor (@25°C) 1.5 A
Temperature rating installation 0 / 50 °C
Temperature rating operation - 30 / 60 °C
Total cable weight 28 kg/km
Minimum bending radius (during operation and installation) 20 / 40 mm
Maximum pulling strength 65 N
Burning load 290 kJ/m
Fire performance according IEC 60332-1 Pass
Belden declares this product to be in compliance with the environmental regulations EU RoHS (Directive 2002/95/EC, 27
January 2003); this is valid for all material produced after the RoHS compliant date for this product.
