ANSI NEMA WC 66-2013 STANDARD FOR CATEGORY 6 AND 6A 100 OHM INDIVIDUALLY UNSHIELDED TWISTED PAIRS INDOOR CABLES (WITH OR WITHOUT AN OVERALL SHIELD) FOR USE IN LAN COMMUNICATION WIR.pdf

1、NEMA Standards PublicationNational Electrical Manufacturers AssociationANSI/NEMA WC 66-2013Standard for Category 6 and 6A, 100 Ohm, Individually Unshielded Twisted Pairs, Indoor Cables (With or Without an Overall Shield) for Use in LAN Communication Wiring SystemsANSI/NEMA WC 66/ICEA S-116-732-2013

2、2014 National Electrical Manufacturers Association i Approved as an American National Standard ANSI Approval Date: August 22, 2013 ICEA Publication No. S-116-732-2013 NEMA Standards Publication No. WC 66-2013 Standard for Category 6 and 6A, 100 Ohm, Individually Unshielded Twisted Pairs, Indoor Cabl

3、es (With or Without an Overall Shield) for Use in LAN Communication Wiring Systems Prepared and Sponsored by: Insulated Cable Engineers Association, Inc. Post Office Box 1568 Carrollton, GA 30112, U.S.A. Approved and Published by: National Electrical Manufacturers Association 1300 North 17th Street,

4、 Suite 900 Rosslyn, VA 22209 Copyright 2014 by the Insulated Cable Engineers Association, Incorporated and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association. All rights including translation into other languages, reserved under the Universal Copyright Convention, the Berne Convention for the Protect

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6、ersons engaged in the development and approval of the document at the time it was developed. Consensus does not necessarily mean that there is unanimous agreement among every person participating in the development of this document. The Insulated Cable Engineers Association (ICEA) and National Elect

7、rical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) standards and guideline publications, of which the document contained herein is one, are developed through a voluntary consensus standards development process. This process brings together persons who have an interest in the topic covered by this publication. W

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15、and NEMA and is solely the responsibility of the certifier or maker of the statement. ANSI/NEMA WC 66/ICEA S-116-732-2013 2014 National Electrical Manufacturers Association iii Foreword This standard publication sponsored and published by ICEA and approved by NEMA on cables to be used for voice, dat

16、a, video, and other high-frequency signal transmission. This standards publication is published in the public interest and is intended to promote product uniformity and quality throughout the industry. Existence of this publication does not in any respect preclude the manufacture or use of products

17、not conforming to the Standard. Compliance with this standard may require use of an invention covered by patent rights. By publication of this document, no position is taken with respect to the validity of this claim or of any patent rights in connection therewith. The patent holder has, however, fi

18、led a statement of willingness to grant a license under these rights on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms and conditions to applicants desiring to obtain such a license. Details may be obtained from the publisher. The user of this standard is cautioned to observe any applicable health or safet

19、y regulations and rules relative to the manufacture and use of cable made in conformity with this standard. This standard hereafter assumes that manufacture, testing, installation, and maintenance of cables defined by this standard will be performed only by properly trained personnel using suitable

20、equipment and employing appropriate safety precautions. This standards publication has been jointly developed by the Communications Division (members as listed below) of the Insulated Cable Engineers Association and the Premise Wiring Subcommittee (members as listed below) of the High Performance Wi

21、re and Cable Section of NEMA in close coordination between manufacturers, users, third party certifying agencies, and others having specialized experience. The Communication Division of the Insulated Cable Engineers Association and the Premise Wiring Subcommittee of the High Performance Wire and Cab

22、le Section of NEMA periodically reviews this standards publication for any revisions necessary to keep it up to date. Proposed revisions or comments should be submitted to either: Secretary Insulated Cable Engineers Association P.O. Box 1568 Carrolton, GA 30112 United States of America - or - Senior

23、 Technical Director, Operations National Electrical Manufacturers Association 1300 North 17th Street, Suite 900 Rosslyn, Virginia 22209 ANSI/NEMA WC 66/ICEA S-116-732-2013 2014 National Electrical Manufacturers Association iv Members of the ICEA Communications Division that participated in the devel

24、opment of this standards publication were: Jean Baer Superior Essex Gerald Dorna Belden CDT Mark Berry ADC Lewis Hazy ADC John Kincaid Systimax Solutions Mike Laudenslager Berk-Tek Peter Fraley Superior Essex Robert Gould General Cable David Camp General Cable Members of NEMA High Performance Wire a

25、nd Cable Section that participated in the development of this standards publication were: AFC Cable Systems New Bedford, MA 02745-1214 AmerCable El Dorado, AR 71730-6600 Belden Inc. St. Louis, MO 63105 Berk-Tek a Nexans Company Elm City, NC 27822 Cable USA LLC. Naples, FL 34104 Coleman Cable Inc. Wa

26、ukegan, IL 60085 General Cable Highland Heights, KY 41076-9753 Harbour Industries LLC. Shelburne, VT 05482 IWG High Performance Conductors Inman, SC 29349 Kaneka North America Pasadena, TX 77507 Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. Gardena, CA 90247 Quirk Wire Company, Inc. West Brookfield, MA 01585 Radi

27、x Wire Company Euclid, OH 44132 RSCC Aerospace and Defense East Granby, CT 06026 Southwire Company Carrollton, GA 30117 The Monroe Cable Company, Inc. Middletown, NY 10941 The Okonite Company Ramsey, NJ 07446-1157 Tyco Electronics/Raychem Wire Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste; Toxicity

28、Characteristic Revisions Insulated Cable Engineers Association, Inc. Post Office Box 1568 Carrollton, GA 30112, U.S.A. ANSI/ICEA S-90-66 1 Standard for Individually Unshielded Twisted-Pair Indoor Cables for Use in Communication Wiring Systems International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 3 Rue de

29、Varemb Case Postal 131 CH-1211, Geneva 20 Switzerland IEC 60754-2 91 Determination of Degree of Acidity of Gases Evolved During the Combustion of Materials Taken from Electric Cables by Measurement of pH and Conductivity IEC 61156-1 07* Multicore and Symmetrical Pair/Quad Cables for Digital Communic

30、ations - Part 1: Generic Specification IEC 61156-5 07 Multicore and symmetrical pair/quad cables for digital communications - Part 5: Symmetrical pair/quad cables with transmission characteristics up to 600 MHz - Horizontal floor wiring - Sectional specification IEC 61156-6 07 Multicore and Symmetri

31、cal Pair/Quad Cables for Digital Communications Part 6: Symmetrical Pair/Quad Cables with Transmission Characteristics up to 600 MHz Working Area Wiring Sectional Specification ANSI/NEMA WC 66/ICEA S-116-732-2013 2014 National Electrical Manufacturers Association 4 1.3 REFERENCED STANDARDS (Contd):

32、National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) 1300 North 17th Street Rosslyn, Virginia 22209 ANSI/NEMA WC 61-1992 Standard Transfer Impedance Testing NEMA WC 63.1-2000 Performance Standard for Twisted Pair Premise Voice and Data Communications Cables National Fire Protection Association (NFPA

33、) Batterymarch Park Quincy, MA 02269 ANSI/NFPA-70-2008 National Electrical Code (NEC) ANSI/NFPA-262-2002 Standard Method Test for Flame Travel and Smoke of Wires and Cables for use in Air-Handling Spaces National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 1070 Gaithersburg,

34、MD 20899-1070 NIST - SP 811 Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI) National Weights & Measures Laboratory (NWML) Stanton Avenue, Teddington Middlesex TW11 OJZ Directive 2002/95/EC The Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (

35、RoHS) QuEST Forum TL 9000 Quality Management System Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) 2500 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA 22201 ANSI/TIA 568-C.2 Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) 333 Pfingsten Road Northbrook, IL 60062 UL 444-06/ CSA

36、22.2 No. 214-2006 Communications Cables UL 1581-01 Reference Standard for Electrical Wires, Cables, and Flexible Cords UL 1666-00 Tests for Flame Propagation Height of Electrical and Optical Fiber Cables Installed Vertically in Shafts UL 1685-97 Vertical-Tray Fire-Propagation And Smoke-Release Test

37、of Electrical and Optical-Fiber Cable ANSI/NEMA WC 66/ICEA S-116-732-2013 2014 National Electrical Manufacturers Association 5 1.4 ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS: ACR Attenuation-to-Crosstalk Ratio ACRF Attenuation-to-Crosstalk Ratio, Far-End (formerly ELFEXT) ANSI American National Standards I

38、nstitute ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials ASQC American Society for Quality Control AWG American Wire Gauge Centigrade Degrees of Temperature, Celsius scale CM UL Listing designation for General Purpose Communication Cable CMG UL Listing designation for General Purpose Communication C

39、able CMR UL Listing designation for Riser Communication Cable CMP Listing designation for Plenum Communication Cable CMX Listing designation for Limited Use Communication Cable dc Direct Current ELFEXT Equal Level Far End Crosstalk ELTCTL Equal Level Transverse Conversion Transfer Loss FEXT Far End

40、Crosstalk f Frequency in Megahertz Fahrenheit Degrees of Temperature, Fahrenheit scale ft foot FTP Overall shielded Twisted Pair Cable in inch IO FEXT Input/Output Far End Crosstalk lbf pound of force LS limited smoke NEC National Electrical Code NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association NE

41、XT Near End Crosstalk oz ounce pH pH Scale (concentration of hydrogen ions) POE Power over Ethernet PSACR Power Sum Attenuation-to-Crosstalk Ratio PSACRF Power Sum Attenuation-to-Crosstalk Ratio, Far-End (formerly PSELFEXT) PSANEXT Power Sum Alien Near End Crosstalk PSAACRF Power Sum Alien Attenuati

42、on Crosstalk Ratio Far-End PSELFEXT Power Sum Equal Level Far End Crosstalk PSNEXT Power Sum Near End Crosstalk psi pounds per square inch RL Return Loss SI International System of Units T Temperature TCL Transverse Conversion Loss UL Underwriters Laboratories UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair Cable o deg

43、rees symbol, temperature or angle Attenuation ANSI/NEMA WC 66/ICEA S-116-732-2013 2014 National Electrical Manufacturers Association 6 1.5 DEFINITION OF CABLE TYPES: Horizontal cables are normally used in that portion of the telecommunications cabling system between the telecommunications closet and

44、 the work area telecommunications outlet. The conductors are solid. Backbone cables are normally used in that portion of the telecommunications cabling system between telecommunications closets, equipment rooms, and entrance facilities within a building. The conductors are solid. Patch cordage is a

45、length of cable used in the manufacture of patch cords where it is combined with connectors on one or both ends to join telecommunication circuits/links at the cross-connect and to connect workstations to the wall outlet. The conductors may be solid or stranded. 1.6 OPTIONS AND INFORMATION: This sta

46、ndard is arranged in sections covering specific areas of cable requirements and may be referenced as complete Sections or as individual paragraphs. Paragraphs of this Standard where the user may specify a particular option are listed below: 2.1 Solid Conductors for Horizontal and Backbone Cables, an

47、d Patch Cordage 2.2 Stranded Conductors for Patch Cordage 3.1.1 Heavy Metal Free Insulation 3.1.2 Low Halogen Insulation Material 3.4.3 Color Code for Patch Cordage 4.3 Ripcord 5.1 Shielding System 6.1.1 Heavy Metal Free Jacket 6.1.2 Low Halogen Jacket Material 6.4 Jacket Color 8.5 Flammability 8.6

48、Limited Smoke 8.7 Halogen Content 9.3 Length Marking 9.5 Packaging To assist the user in selection of options and to avoid possible misunderstandings between the manufacturer and user, it is suggested that a check-off sheet similar to that shown in Informative Annex A be utilized. 1.7 UNITS AND TOLE

49、RANCES: SI units (see NIST-SP 811) are specified throughout this Standard except for conductor size. Approximate US equivalents and Fahrenheit temperatures are provided for information only. The rounding-off method of ASTM E 29 shall be used for determining conformance with requirements. ANSI/NEMA WC 66/ICEA S-116-732-2013 2014 National Electrical Manufacturers Association 7 1.8 QUALITY ASSURANCE: It is the responsibility of the manufacturer to establish a quality assurance system consistent with ANSI/ASQC Q9000-1, Q9004-1, TL-9