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CAT5e Low Smoke Zero Halogen Bulk Cable

Our high performance bulk cable,

now with low smoke zero halogen
 FEATURES OVERVIEW TECH SPECS
Our Low Smoke Zero Halogen cable is ideal for public Standards — ISO/IEC 11801, TIA/EIA 568-B.2
• Meets Category 5e standards. Conductor —
areas, transport systems, factories, and any other areas where
• Packaged in 305m pull box for quick Material: Solid Bare Copper
the protection of people and equipment from toxic and Size: 24AWG
dispensing. corrosive gases is essential. The zero halogen jacket has Construction: 1/0.511+0.008mm
• Manufactured in accordance with excellent fire safety characteristics, giving off less smoke and Insulation —
Material: HDPE
ISO/IEC 11801 and ANSI/TIA/EIA 568-B.2. emitting very low gases. This high quality 350MHz solid core
Thickness: AVG. 0.203mm
bulk cable is ideal for Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Diameter: 0.92+0.06mm
Ethernet and other demanding structured cabling Elongation: 300%
applications. Tensile Strength: 1.691Kg/mm2
Colour: White/Blue Stripe & Blue
White/Orange Stripe & Orange
White/Green Stripe & Green
White/Brown Stripe & Brown
Sheath —
Material: LSZH
Thickness: AVG. 0.5mm
Diameter: 5.0mm+0.3mm
Elongation: 100%
Tensile Strength: 1.76 Kg/mm2
Colour: Grey (RAL 7037), assorted upon request
Characteristic Impedence — 100Ω+15Ω, 1 to 350MHz
Input Impedence — 100Ω+15Ω, 1 to100MHz
Conductor D.C. resistance@20 Deg. C — 19.2Ω/100 m Max.
D.C. loop resistance — 150MΩ/Km Min.
DCR Unbalance @ 20 Deg. C — 5% Max.
Mutual Capacitance @ 1KHz —
Mutual Capacitance: 20pF/ft. (66pF/m) NOM.
Mutual Capacitance: 5.6nF/100m Max.
Capacitance Unbalance (pF/100m) — 1000pF/Mft. (330pF/100m) Max.,
Pair/Ground
Nominal Velocity of Propagation — Nominal Velocity Propagation (NVP):
65% at 350MHz
Nominal Delay —
Propagation delay: 536ns/100m Max.
Delta Delay (skew): 2ns/ft,. 40ns/100m Max.
Operating Voltage (Max.) — 75oC, 300Vrms

Black Box Explains

LSZH (Low Smoke Zero Halogen)
The European market is demanding that cables used in Today virtually all medium and large installations in Europe
LANs, WANs, etc. meet this specification. The IEC 60332-1 must meet the IEC specification. Many public authorities are
governs the Flame Retardant Grade specifications in reference already demanding that new installations must meet IEC
to LSZH cables. 60332-3 which is a more demanding flammability specification
Essentially, the compound used in manufacturing cables for LSZH.
meeting the above specification reduces the amount of Physically, PVC and LSZH are very different. PVC patchcords
dangerous/poisonous gases in case of fire. The main difference are very soft; LSZH patchcords are more rigid because they
in specifications between IEC 60332-1 versus UL 1581, UL 1666 contain the flame retardant compound, and they are
and UL 910 is that the cable under the IEC spec can continue to aesthetically more pleasing.
burn while still emitting very low gases. The UL specs demand
that the flame be extinguished, but it can still emit
dangerous/poisonous gases.

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 Attenuation Return
Frequency Impedence NEXT PS. NEXT ACR PS. ACR ELFEXT PS. ELFEXT
(Patch) Loss
MHz) (Ohm) (dB/100m) (dB/100m) (dB/100m) (dB/100m) (dB/100m) (dB/100m)
(Db) (Patch) (Pb)

1 100+15 2.0 20.0 65.3 62.3 63.3 60.3 63.8 60.8

Conductor Insulation
4 100+15 4.1 23.0 56.3 53.3 52.2 53.2 51.7 48.7

8 100+15 5.8 24.5 51.8 48.8 46.0 43.0 45.7 42.7

10 100+15 6.5 25.0 50.3 47.3 43.8 40.8 43.8 40.8

16 100+15 8.2 25.0 47.3 44.3 39.1 36.1 39.7 36.7

20 100+15 9.3 25.0 45.8 42.8 36.5 33.5 37.8 34.8

25 100+15 10.4 24.3 44.3 41.3 33.9 30.9 35.8 32.8

31.5 100+15 11.7 23.6 42.9 39.9 31.2 28.2 33.9 30.9

62.5 100+15 17.0 21.5 38.4 35.4 21.4 18.4 27.8 24.8

100 100+15 22.0 20.1 35.3 32.3 13.3 10.3 23.8 20.8

Jacket 155 100+15 28.1 18.8 32.5 29.5 4.4 1.4 20.0 17.0

200 100+15 32.4 18.0 30.8 27.8 N/A N/A 17.7 14.7

240 100+15 36.0 17.4 29.6 26.6 N/A N/A 16.2 13.2

300 100+15 41.0 16.8 28.2 25.2 N/A N/A 14.2 11.8

350 100+15 44.9 16.3 27.1 24.1 N/A N/A 12.9 9.9

Item Code
CAT5e 350-MHz LSZH Bulk Cables, 1000-ft. (304.8-m)
Purple EYNLS5E48A-PB-1000

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