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Bare copper wire insulated with polyethylene and cellular polyethylene. Two insulated conductors twisted together to form a pair and four such pairs cabled to form the basic unit around a central, splined filler.The pairs,filler and ripcord are then jacketed with a polymer alloy.
Standards
Flame Rating
Applications
Berk-Tek's 10G LD UTP cable is specifically designed to support 10 Gigabit channels at distances up to 60 meters. Additionally, Berk-Tek 10G LD supports the following high-speed data applications:
Features
Benefits
Physical
Color Code
Conductor
23 AWG bare copper
Pair-1
White/Blue
Blue
Conductor diameter–in. (mm)
0.022
(0.558)
Pair-2
White/Orange
Orange
Insulated conductor diameter–in. (mm)
0.039
(0.990)
Pair-3
White/Green
Green
Cable diameter nom.–in. (mm)
0.265
(6.7)
Pair-4
White/Brown
Brown
Nominal cable weight–lb./kft. (kg/km)
33.5
(50)
Temperature Rating
Max. installation tension–lb. (N)
25
(110)
Installation
0°C to +50°C
Min. bend radius–in. (mm)
1.06
(26.9)
Operation
-20°C to +75°C
Mutual capacitance
2.2 nF/60 m nom.
Capacitance unbalance
330 pF/60 m
DC resistance max.
5.63 Ohms/60 m max.
DCR unbalance max.
4% (60 m.)
Skew
45 ns/60 m max.
Velocity of Propagation
69.20%
FREQ
RL
IL
NEXT
PSNEXT
LCL/TCL
MHz
dB min.@ 60 m.
average
dB max.@ 60 m.
4
23.0
38.7
2.3
3.5
67.3
91.6
65.3
82.3
44.0
10
25.0
40.7
3.6
5.6
61.3
80.4
59.3
74.7
40.0
16
41.7
4.5
7.2
58.3
82.7
56.3
75.8
38.0
31.25
23.6
43.6
6.4
10.1
53.9
75.7
51.9
67.7
35.1
62.5
21.5
37.2
9.2
14.6
49.4
74.2
47.4
32.0
100
20.1
35.3
11.9
18.7
46.3
71.4
44.3
63.8
30.0
250
17.3
32.5
19.7
30.7
40.3
62.4
38.3
56.0
26.0
500
15.2
31.2
29.3
45.1
35.8
57.7
33.8
51.6
ACR
PSACR
ACRF
PSACRF
EL TCTL
dB min. @ 60 m.
65.0
80.1
63.0
78.8
55.7
83.7
52.7
77.1
71.3
69.1
47.8
74.8
44.8
68.1
15.0
53.8
70.3
51.7
68.7
43.7
70.0
63.3
10.9
47.5
59.1
45.5
37.9
62.3
34.9
5.1
40.2
54.3
38.1
31.8
55.0
28.8
49.5
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34.4
47.0
32.4
45.0
27.8
55.1
24.8
45.8
20.6
26.6
22.4
24.7
19.8
40.6
16.8
6.5
7.0
13.8
36.0
10.8
27.4
The small OD of both the plenum and riser Berk-Tek 10G LD means that can get more guaranteed short distance 10G channels in less space. The table below shows the number of cables that can be safely installed in various sizes of conduit.
CONDUIT FILL TABLE (40% Fill Ratio)
