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15、HER REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM UL CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 Scope .5 2 Units of Measurement .7 3 References .7 CONSTRUCTION 4 Materials .7 5 Center Conductor of Coaxial Members 7 6 Metal Coating of Center Conductor 11 7 Insulation .11 7.1 Material and application 11 7.2 Thick
16、nesses 12 8 Coaxial Members 14 9 Electromagnetic Shields 14 10 Optical-Fiber Members 15 11 Binders 16 12 Communications Conductor 16 13 Core Wrap .16 14 Assembly of a Multiple-Member Cable 16 15 Overall Cable Jacket 17 15.1 General .17 15.2 Flexibility test 17 15.3 Physical properties test .18 15.4
17、Jacket 18 16 Metal Covering (Armor) 20 16.1 General .20 16.2 Smooth metal sheath .21 16.3 Welded and corrugated metal sheath .22 16.4 Extruded and corrugated metal sheath 22 16.5 Interlocked armor .23 17 Jacket over Armor 25 18 Metallic Messenger .25 PERFORMANCE 19 Continuity Test of Center and Oute
18、r Conductors and Shields 25 20 D-C Resistance Test of Center Conductors 26 20.1 Requirements 26 21 Cold Bend Test of the Complete Cable 30 22 Smoke and Flame Testing of Plenum Cables 31 23 Flame Testing of Riser Cables .31 24 VW-1 (Vertical-Specimen) Flame Test of Limited-Use Cables 31 25 Alternativ
19、e Vertical-Tray Flame Tests of General-Purpose Cables 32 25.1 Choice of test by the manufacturer .32 25.2 Changes in construction 32 25.3 UL test 32 25.4 FT4/IEEE 1202 test 33 26 Sunlight-Resistance Test 33 APRIL 21, 2009 COMMUNITY-ANTENNA TELEVISION CABLES - UL 1655 3UL COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL NOT AUT
20、HORIZED FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM UL 27 Alternative Spark and Dielectric Voltage-Withstand Tests of All Coaxial Members 33 27.1 Choice of test by the manufacturer .33 27.2 Spark test of members before cable assembly .34 27.3 Dielectric voltage-withstand test of
21、 members after cable assembly .34 28 Crushing Resistance Test of Center-Conductor Insulation .34 29 Crushing Test of Cable Marked for Direct Burial 35 30 Copper Sulphate Test of Zinc Coating on Steel Strip for and from Interlocked Steel Armor . .36 31 Tension Test of Interlocked Steel or Aluminum Ar
22、mor .38 32 Flexibility Test of Cable Having Interlocked Armor or a Smooth or Corrugated Metal Sheath .41 33 Durability Test of Ink Printing .42 34 Limited Combustible 42 MARKINGS 35 Intervals .42 36 Coding 43 37 Information on or in the Cable 43 38 Information on the Tag, Reel, or Carton .46 39 Mult
23、iple Markings .46 40 Date of Manufacture 47 APRIL 21, 2009 COMMUNITY-ANTENNA TELEVISION CABLES - UL 1655 4UL COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL NOT AUTHORIZED FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM UL INTRODUCTION 1 Scope 1.1 This Standard states the construction, test, and marking requi
24、rements covering the safety of single and multiple coaxial and coaxial/optical-ber cables for the distribution of radio frequency signals such as employed in a community antenna television system, and for supplying low-energy power at a potential not exceeding 60 volts to equipment directly associat
25、ed with the signal distribution. These are power-limited cables and are of the following types for installation and use as the CATV cables specied in Article 820 and other applicable parts of the National Electrical Code (NEC), NFPA 70. Electrically nonconductive material separates each optical-ber
26、member from the rest of the cable. a) PLENUM CABLES Type CATVP (coaxial) and Type CATVP-OF (coaxial/optical-ber). These cables are for installation as specied in Section 820.179(A) of the National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70 in a duct, plenum, or other space used to transport environmental air wit
27、hout the cable being enclosed in raceway in that space. b) RISER CABLES Type CATVR (coaxial) and Type CATVR-OF (coaxial/optical-ber). These cables are for installation as specied in Section 820.179(B) of the National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70 in vertical runs in a shaft or for vertical runs that
28、 penetrate more than one oor. c) GENERAL-PURPOSE CABLES Type CATV (coaxial) and Type CATV-OF (coaxial/optical- ber). These cables are general-applications commercial cables for use as specied in Section 820.179(C) of the National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70. d) LIMITED-USE CABLES Type CATVX (coaxi
29、al) and Type CATVX-OF (coaxial/optical- ber). These are limited use cables as specied in Section 820.179(D) of the National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70. 1.2 This Standard does not specify the impedance or other signal-carrying characteristics of these cables. This Standard does not cover tests for
30、 the signal-carrying performance of these cables. 1.3 Armored cables are covered by interlocked metal strip or a smooth or corrugated metal sheath with or without a jacket over the armor. Cables for encasement in concrete, mortar, other masonry, plaster, or the like have metal armor and a jacket ove
31、r the armor. Cables for direct burial in the earth (see markings in 1.8) are subject to a 1000-pound crushing test. Cables for direct burial are not required to be armored. Cables for direct burial that are armored have a jacket over the armor. All other cables (unarmored, at or round) have an overa
32、ll jacket. Some overall jackets incorporate a nonmetallic messenger. A metallic messenger may be joined to the cable jacket by an interconnecting web. 1.4 Cables of a CATV type do not have a voltage rating. 1.5 Cables of materials that qualify for temperatures above 60C (140F) are marked with a temp
33、erature rating of 75, 90, 105, 125, 150, 200C or 250C (167, 194, 221, 257, 302, 392F or 482F). Temperature marking is not required for cables that qualify for a temperature rating of 60C (140F). APRIL 21, 2009 COMMUNITY-ANTENNA TELEVISION CABLES - UL 1655 5UL COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL NOT AUTHORIZED FOR
34、FURTHER REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM UL 1.6 Cables that contain one or more electromagnetic shields in addition to the outer conductors of the coaxial members (these shields are identied as additional in 9.1) are not required to be marked to indicate the presence of the addit
35、ional shielding. A shielded cable that is marked has shielded on the tag and either on the overall cable jacket or legible through the jacket. 1.7 Cables that qualify for exposure to sunlight (720-hour sunlight-resistance test see 26.1) have the designation sun res or sunlight resistant on the tag a
36、nd either on the overall cable jacket or legible through the jacket. 1.8 Cables that qualify for burial directly in the earth (1000-pound crushing test see 29.1) have the designation dir bur , direct burial ,o rfor direct burial on the tag and either on the overall cable jacket or legible through th
37、e jacket. 1.9 Optical performance is not evaluated. Cables with optical bers are to have a tag marking in accordance with 10.3 and 38.1(d). Where there are conductive parts in an optical-ber member or in a group of such members, a tag marking 36.1(e) indicates the presence of these parts. 1.10 These
38、 requirements do not cover antenna-rotator or other coaxial/electrical cables - that is, coaxial cables with additional conductors for electric-light, power, control, non-power-limited re-alarm, Class 1, Class 2, or Class 3 circuits. 1.11 Smoke and ame tests are as follows for the cables covered in
39、these requirements: a) PLENUM CABLES All Type CATVP and Type CATVP-OF cables are tested for smoke and ame characteristics as specied in Smoke and Flame Testing of Plenum Cables, Section 22, which references the National Fire Protection Association Standard Method of Test for Flame Travel and Smoke o
40、f Wires and Cables for Use in Air-Handling Spaces, ANSI/NFPA 262. A cable that complies exhibits a maximum ame-propagation distance that is not greater than 5 ft, 0 in or 152 cm, a peak optical density of smoke produced of 0.50 or less (32 percent light transmission), and an average optical density
41、of smoke produced of 0.15 or less. b) RISER CABLES Jacketed Type CATVR and Type CATVR-OF cables are tested for ame- propagation characteristics as specied in Flame Testing of Riser Cables, Section 23, which references the Standard for Test for Flame-Propagation Height of Electrical and Optical-Fiber
42、 Cables Installed Vertically in Shafts, UL 1666. A cable that complies exhibits a ame- propagation height under 12 ft, 0 in or 366 cm and attains a temperature no higher than 850.0F (454.4C) at a height of 12 ft, 0 in or 366 cm. c) GENERAL-PURPOSE CABLES Jacketed Type CATV and Type CATV-OF cables ar
43、e to comply with one of the two 70,000 Btu/h (20.5 kW) vertical-tray ame tests specied in Alternative Vertical-Tray Flame Tests of General-Purpose Cables, Section 25. The cable manufacturer is to choose one of the following tests: 1) The UL test referenced in 25.1.1 25.3.2. These paragraphs apply th
44、e test method described as the UL Flame Exposure (smoke measurements are not applicable) in the Standard for Vertical-Tray Fire-Propagation and Smoke-Release Test for Electrical and Optical-Fiber Cables, UL 1685. 2) The FT4/IEEE 1202 test referenced in 25.1.1 and 25.4.1. These paragraphs apply the t
45、est method described as the FT4/IEEE 1202 Type of Flame Exposure (smoke measurements are not applicable) in the Standard for Vertical-Tray Fire-Propagation APRIL 21, 2009 COMMUNITY-ANTENNA TELEVISION CABLES - UL 1655 6UL COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL NOT AUTHORIZED FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION WI
46、THOUT PERMISSION FROM UL and Smoke-Release Test for Electrical and Optical-Fiber Cables, UL 1685. A cable that complies is eligible to be marked FT4/IEEE 1202 or FT4 on the surface or on a marker tape as indicated in 37.1(h). d) LIMITED-USE CABLES All Type CATVX and Type CATVX-OF cables are subjecte
47、d to the VW-1 ame test specied in VW-1 (Vertical-Specimen) Flame Test of Limited-Use Cables, Section 24, which references the test method described as the VW-1 (Vertical-Specimen) Flame Test in Section 1080 of UL 1581. These cables are not marked VW-1 . 1.12 These requirements do not specify or test
48、 for the electrostatic/electromagnetic performance of a shield. 2 Units of Measurement 2.1 In addition to being stated in the inch/pound units that are customary in the USA, each of the requirements is also stated in units that make the requirement conveniently usable in countries employing the vari
49、ous metric systems (practical SI and customary). Equivalent - although not exactly identical - results are to be expected from applying a requirement in USA or metric terms. Equipment calibrated in metric units is to be used when a requirement is applied in metric terms. 3 References 3.1 Wherever the designation UL 1581 is used in this wire standard, reference is to be made to the designated part(s) of the Reference Standard for Electrical Wire
