Cat 5e CableCat 5e Cable

Category 5e cables are the standard 100MHz, manufactured in accordance with TIA 568-B and IEC 61156-5, they are suitable for basic installations.

The Category 5e cables are compliant with the requirements of ISO11801 EIA / TIA standards for enhanced performance Category 5e cables.

Each cable consists of 8 colour coded 24AWG polyethylene insulated conductors.  These are twisted together to form 4 pairs with varying lay lengths.  These pairs, together with a strong nylon rip cord are jacketed in a heat resistant PVC material.  A choice of jacket colours enables departmental or application identification where necessary.  Typical applications include:

Cat 5e Cable

Frequency (Mhz) Impedance (ohm) SRL (dB) Attenuation (dB / 100m) NEXT Worst Pair (dB) NEXT Power Sum (dB) ELFEXT Worst Pair (dB) ELFEXT Power Sum (dB) Velocity of Propagation
(%)
0.772     1.8 67 64      
1.0   19 2.0 66 62 64 61  
4.0   20.8 4.1 57 53 52 49  
8.0   21.7 5.8 52 48 46 43  
10.0   22 6.5 51 47 44 41  
16.0 100 ± 15 22 8.2 48 44 40 37 68
20.0   22 9.3 46 42 38 35  
25.0   21.3 10.4 45 41 36 33  
31.25   20.6 11.7 43 39 34 31  
62.5   18.5 17.0 39 35 28 25  
100.0   17.1 22.0 36 32 24 21  

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