2146A

Category 6 Indoor/Outdoor Cable, 4 Pair, U/UTP, CMR/CMX

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Category 6 Premise Horitzontal Cable (350MHz), Indoor/Outdoor, 4 Pair, 23 AWG Solid Bare Copper Conductors, U/UTP, Riser-CMR/CMX Outdoor, UV Resistant PVC Jacket
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Specifications
Product Overview

Suitable Applications

Indoor/Outdoor, Premise Horizontal Cable, Ethernet 1000BASE-T, Ethernet 100BASE-TX, Ethernet 10BASE-T, PoE++, PoE+, PoE

Patent

This product has one or more applicable patents. More information on patents can be found at https://www.belden.com/patents.

Construction Details
Conductor
Size Stranding Material No. of Pairs
23 AWG Solid BC - Bare Copper 4
Insulation
Material Color Code
PO - Polyolefin White/Blue Stripe & Blue, White/Orange Stripe & Orange, White/Green Stripe & Green, White/Brown Stripe & Brown
Outer Jacket
Separator Material Nom. Diameter Ripcord
Dielectric Tape (Patented) PVC - Polyvinyl Chloride 0.255 in (6.48 mm) Yes

Overall Cable Diameter (Nominal)

0.255 in (6.48 mm)

Electrical Characteristics
Electricals
Max. Conductor DCR Max. Capacitance Unbalance
78 Ohm/km (24 Ohm/1000ft) 330 pF/100m
Delay
Frequency Max. Delay Max. Delay Skew Nom. Velocity of Prop.
100 MHz 537.6 ns/100m 35 ns/100m 68%
High Frequency
Frequency [MHz] Max. Insertion Loss (Attenuation) Min. NEXT [dB] Min. PSNEXT [dB] Min. ACR [dB] Min. PSACR [dB] Min. ACRF (ELFEXT) [dB] Min. PSACRF (PSELFEXT) [dB] Min. RL (Return Loss) [dB] Max./Min. Input Impedance (unFitted) [Ohm] Min. TCL [dB] Min. ELTCTL [dB]
1 2.0 dB/100m 75.3 75.3 73.3 73.3 70.8 67.8 20.0 100 +/- 15 40.0 35.0
4 3.7 dB/100m 66.3 66.3 62.5 62.5 58.8 55.8 23.0 100 +/- 15 40.0 23.0
8 5.3 dB/100m 61.8 61.8 56.5 56.5 52.7 49.7 24.5 100 +/- 15 40.0 16.9
10 5.9 dB/100m 60.3 60.3 54.4 54.4 50.8 47.8 25.0 100 +/- 15 40.0 15.0
16 7.4 dB/100m 57.2 57.2 49.8 49.8 46.7 43.7 25.0 100 +/- 15 38.0 10.9
20 8.3 dB/100m 55.8 55.8 47.4 47.4 44.8 41.8 25.0 100 +/- 15 37.0 9.0
25 9.4 dB/100m 54.3 54.3 45.0 45.0 42.8 39.8 24.3 100 +/- 15 36.0 7.0
31.25 10.5 dB/100m 52.9 52.9 42.4 42.4 40.9 37.9 23.6 100 +/- 15 35.1 5.1
62.5 15.1 dB/100m 48.4 48.4 33.3 33.3 34.9 31.9 21.5 100 +/- 15 32.0
100 19.3 dB/100m 45.3 45.3 26.0 26.0 30.8 27.8 20.8 100 +/- 15 30.0
155 24.5 dB/100m 42.4 42.4 17.9 17.9 27.0 24.0 19.5 100 +/- 22 28.1
200 28.2 dB/100m 40.8 40.8 12.6 12.6 24.8 21.8 18.7 100 +/- 22 27.0
250 31.8 dB/100m 39.3 39.3 7.5 7.5 22.8 19.8 18.0 100 +/- 32 26.0
300 35.2 dB/100m 38.1 36.1 2.9 0.9 21.3 18.3 17.5 100 +/- 32 25.2
350 38.4 dB/100m 37.1 35.1 19.9 16.9 17.0 100 +/- 32 24.6
400 41.5 dB/100m 36.3 34.3 18.8 15.8 16.6 100 +/- 32 24.0
450 44.3 dB/100m 35.5 33.5 17.7 14.7 16.2 100 +/- 32 23.5
500 47.1 dB/100m 34.8 32.8 16.8 13.8 15.9 100 +/- 32 23.0
550 49.7 dB/100m 34.2 32.2 16.0 13.0 15.6 100 +/- 32
Voltage
UL Voltage Rating
300 V (CMR), 300 V (CMX-Outdoor)
Mechanical Characteristics
Temperature
UL Temperature Operating Installation Storage
90°C -40°C To +75°C -20°C To +75°C -40°C To +75°C
Bend Radius
Stationary Min. Installation Min.
1.0 in (25 mm) 2.75 in (69.9 mm)

Max. Pull Tension

25 lbs (11 kg)

Bulk Cable Weight

29 lbs/1000ft

Standards and Compliance

Environmental Suitability

Indoor/Outdoor, Indoor, Outdoor, Sunlight Resistance, Aerial - When supported by messenger wire

Sustainability

Product Lens™, Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) Available

Flammability / Reaction to Fire

UL 1666 Riser, FT4, IEEE 1202 Vertical Tray Flame Test

CPR Compliance

CPR Euroclass: Fca; CPR UKCA Class: Fca

NEC / UL Compliance

Article 800, CMR, CMX-Outdoor, CMG

CEC / C(UL) Compliance

CMX-Outdoor;CMG

ICEA Compliance

S-116-732, S-56-434, S-99-689, S-100-685

IEEE Compliance

IEEE 802.3bt Type 1, Type 2, Type 3, Type 4

NEMA Compliance

ANSI/NEMA WC-66

Data Category

Category 6

TIA/EIA Compliance

ANSI/TIA-568.2-D Category 6

Third Party Performance Verification

Category 6

ISO/IEC Compliance

ISO/IEC 11801-1, IEC 61156-5

CENELEC Compliance

Segregation class according EN50174-2 = a

European Directive Compliance

EU CE Mark, EU Directive 2015/863/EU (RoHS 2 amendment), REACH, EU Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2), EU Directive 2012/19/EU (WEEE), REACH: 2020-01-16

UK Regulation Compliance

UKCA Mark

APAC Compliance

China RoHS II (GB/T 26572-2011)

Plenum Number

2413

Non-Plenum Number

2412

Product Notes

Notes

Electrical values are expected performance based on cable testing and representative performance within a typical Belden system. Values above 350 MHz are for Engineering Information Only. Print Includes Descending Footage/Meter Markings from Max. Put-Up Length to 0.

History

Update and Revision

Revision Number: 0.421 Revision Date: 04-29-2024

Part Numbers
Item # Color UPC
2146A 0101000 Black 612825062264