Description
Excel Cat6a Screened F-FTP S-Foil Cable LSOH is a Category 6a four pair screened or shielded F-FTP, solid conductor, copper cable with a low smoke zero halogen sheath. This cable is supplied on 500 metre plywood drums and is designed for applications including 10GBASE‐T and 10 Gigabit Ethernet.
Features:
- Category 6a compliant
- Suitable for 10GBASE‐T, 10 Gigabit Ethernet applications
- CPR Compliant: Class Dca. Declaration Of Performance available on request
- Low Smoke Zero Halogen Outer Sheath
- S-Foil Screen
- Lightweight, Compact Design
- Specified to 500MHz
- Sequential meter mark from 500 metre to 1 metre
- Sheath Colour: Ice Blue
Product Overview:
Excel Category 6a cables are designed to exceed the ISO/IEC, TIA and CENELEC for Category 6a/Augmented Category 6 component requirements. This delivers Class EA/Augmented Category 6 link performance over distances of up 90 metres which supports the applications including 10GBASE-T, 10 Gigabit Ethernet.
Each cable consists of two sets of two pairs are wrapped together in an “S” configuration with high quality, strong, aluminium/polyester foil tape providing screening for each pair. The “S” Foil configuration ensures separation of the pairs that ensures the performance. These are then wrapped in another, overall foil. By using two sets of two pairs has resulted in a reduced diameter and weight cable. The smaller cable diameter has reduced the cable cross-sectional area by 19.7%. This design change has been instigated to benefit the installer and end user in many direct and indirect ways. Reducing the size and weight means the cable occupies less space in the containment which in turn improves airflow in under floor installations. Less weight means that the containment can be of lighter construction. It also means that handling the cable on site is easier. Smaller diameter cable means that there is waste packaging to dispose of. The individual pairs are set to different lay lengths to ensure optimum performance.
Excel Category 6a cables are jacketed in an Ice Blue low smoke zero halogen (LSOH) compound compliant with flame retardant standards as defined in IEC 60332-1, and smoke emission standards IEC61034. Supplied on 500 metre plywood drums, each cable has a print legend identifying the specification, part code and sequential metre marking which counts down from 500 metres to 1 metre, on each drum to reduce waste.
Construction and Specification:
- Conductor Size: 23AWG
- Conductor Type: Solid Plain Copper
- Screen Applied: Aluminium Foil Tape ‐ wrapped in an “S” shape around the 2 pairs
- Overall Screen: Aluminium Foil Tape
- Insulation Type: Foamed Polyethylene
- Insulation Diameter: 1.04 ± 0.05 mm
- Insulation Minimum Thickness: 0.22 mm
- Outer Sheath: Flame resistant, Low Smoke Zero Halogen
- Outer Diameter: 6.9 ± 0.3 mm
- Installation Temperature Range: 0 °C to 60 °C
- Operating Temperature Range: ‐20 °C to 60 °C
- Minimum Bend Radius During Installation: 60 mm
- Minimum Bend Radius During Operation: 31 mm
- Flame Retardance: IEC 60332‐1
- Smoke Emission: IEC 61034
- NVP 76%
- Construction: IEC 61156‐5 ed2.0 Augmented Category 6a
- 500m Drum Weight: 30.88 Kg
- Drum Dimensions: 484mm Width x 380mm Diameter
- Average Weight Per Metre: 0.06 kg/m
Typical Applications:
■ 1000BASE‐T Gigabit Ethernet ■ 10GBASE‐T 10 Gigabit Ethernet ■ 1.2/2.4Gbs ATM ■ Digital and analogue video ■ IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE) ■ IEEE 802.3at Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE )
| Category | 6A (IEC) |
| Overall screening | Foil |
| Conductor screening | Foil |
| Outer sheath colour | Ice Blue |
| Reaction-to-fire class according to en 13501-6 | Dca |
| Smoke development class according to en 13501-6 | s1a |
| Euro class flaming droplets/particles according to en 13501-6 | d1 |
| Euro class acidity according to en 13501-6 | a1 |
| Awg-size | 23 |
| Specification core insulation | PE |
| Core identification | Colour |
| Outer sheath material | Copolymer, thermoplastic (LS0H) |
| Halogen free (acc. en 60754-1/2) | yes |
| Flame retardant | In accordance with EN 60332-1-2 and EN 50399 |
| Low smoke (acc. bs en 61034-2) | yes |
| Outer diameter approx. | 6.9 mm |
| Installation temperature range | 0…60 °C |
| Operating temperature range | -20…60 °C |
| Nvp value | 78.8 % |
| Conductor category | Class 1 = solid |
| Total number of cores | 8 |
| Stranding element | Pairs |
| Conductor surface | Bare |
Key Features
- Category: 6A (IEC)
- Overall screening: Foil
- Conductor screening: Foil
- Outer sheath colour: Ice Blue
- Reaction-to-fire class according to en 13501-6: Dca
- Smoke development class according to en 13501-6: s1a
