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Networking Cables
Gigaflex 2400 cable series
CAT 6 U/UTP LSNH
2013-02-07 v2
Applications
• Horizontal and building backbone cable
• Support current and future Category 6 and 5e applications, such as:
  1000Base-T (Gigabit Ethernet), 100 Base-T, 10 Base-T, FDDI, ATM
General standards
• U.S. Standards: ANSI/TIA/EIA 568-B.2.1 (2002)
• International standard: ISO/IEC 11801 edition 2.1 (2008))
Construction & Dimensions
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1. Conductor
   Material                                    Solid bare copper ETP
   Diameter                                    AWG 24
2. Insulation
   Material                                    Polyethylene
   Nominal diameter over insulation            1.0 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                                    LSNH
   Diameter                                    5.5 ± 0.3 mm
   Ripcord                                     Under jacket
Electrical characteristics
Reference standard: ANSI/TIA/EIA-568 B.2.1
 Low frequency and D.C. (at 20°C)                                          Specification              Unit
 D.C. resistance conductor                                                 < 9.38                     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)                    0.70                       C
 Delay skew (differential delay)                                           ≤ 25                       ns/100m
 High frequency (at 20°)
 TYPE         1*      4            10       16       20    31.2   62.5   100    200     250    300      MHz
 Attenuation     2.0      3.7      5.8      7.4      8.3   10.4   15.0   19.3   28.3    32.1   35.6    dB/100m
 NEXT           75.3     66.3     61.8     58.6     57.1   54.0   49.1   45.8   40.9    39.3   38.1    dB/100m
 PS NEXT        73.3     64.3     59.8     56.6     55.1   52.0   47.1   43.8   38.9    37.3   36.1    dB/100m
 ACR            73.3     62.6     56.0     51.2     48.8   43.6   34.1   26.5   12.6    7.2    2.5     dB/100m
 PS ACR         71.3     60.6     54.0     49.2     46.8   41.6   32.1   24.5   10.6    5.2    0.5     dB/100m
 FEXT           70.8     58.8     50.8     46.7     44.8   40.9   34.9   30.8   22.8.   22.8   21.3    dB/100m
 EL FEXT        67.8     55.8     47.8     43.7     41.8   37.9   31.9   27.8   21.8    19.8   18.3    dB/100m
 Return Loss    20.0     23.0     25.0     25.0     25.0   23.6   21.5   20.8   19.5    18.0   17.5    dB/100m
 TCL            40.0     40.0     40.0     38.0     37.0   35.1   32.6   30.0   27.0    26.5           dB/100m
 EL TCTL        35.0     23.0     15.0     10.9      9.0   5.1                                         dB/100m
 Impedance
 upper limit
                115      115      115      115       115   115    115    115    122     132    132       Ω
 Impedance
 lower limit
                 85       85       85        85      85     85     85    85      78     68     68        Ω
 Propagation
 delay
                570      552      545      543       540   539    538    537    537     537    536     dB/100m
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)    300                       V RMS
 Maximum continuous current per conductor (@25°C)                                 1. 5                      A
 Temperature rating installation                                                  0 / 50                    °C
 Temperature rating operation                                                     - 20 / 75                 °C
 Total cable weight                                                               33                        kg/km
 Minimum bending radius (during operation and installation)                       22 / 44                   mm
 Maximum pulling strength                                                         80                        N
 Burning load                                                                     350                       kJ/m
 Smoke density acc. to IEC 61034-1/2 & EN50268-1/2; transmittance                 > 60                      %
 Amount of halogen acid gas acc. to IEC 60754-1/2 & EN50267-1/2; pH               > 4.3
 Amount of halogen acid gas acc. to IEC 60754-1/2 & EN50267-1/2; Conductivity     < 10                      µS/mm
 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.