Superior Essex Cable 23 AWG Category 6A U/FTP STP CMR CMP Cable

Superior Essex Cable 23 AWG Category 6A U/FTP STP CMR CMP Cable

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Superior Essex offers Shielded Twisted Pair Category 6A cables in both plenum and riser versions. The cable has guaranteed performance to 600 MHz and meets or exceeds ANSI/TIA-568-C.2 for CAT 6A cables required for 10GBASE-T applications. The cable consists of four (4) balanced 23 AWG copper pairs. Each pair is wrapped with a Mylar® backed aluminum foil with the drain wire in the center of all 4 copper pairs. The wrapped pairs are then jacketed with an appropriate flexible PVC jacket for either plenum or riser applications.

Features
• UL Certified Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)
• Health Product Declaration™ (HPD™)
• Multi-Attribute Certification by GreenCircle Certified, LLC
• Individually foil shielded pairs
• Exceeds specification ANSI/TIA-568-C.2 for CAT 6A cable performance
• Riser and plenum rated designs
• QuickCount® marking system in feet and meters
• ColorTip® circuit identification system

Benefits
• Contributes toward 1 LEED credit under the Material and Resources credit (MRc)
• Contributes toward 1 LEED credit under the MRc
• Offers an overview of the sustainability of a product, its packaging and manufacturing
• Protects against EMI/RFI and provides exceptional NEXT, PSNEXT, ELFEXT, and electrical performance
• Meets 10GBASE-T application requirements for both Insertion Loss and Return Loss and exceeds requirements for alien and internal crosstalk performance
• UL 1666 and NFPA 262 fire rating options help to reduce additional expensive materials required to meet building safety codes
• Provides remaining length of cable on reel
• Easily identify conductor mates even in low-light environments

Specifications
Configuration - Copper pairs each surrounded by aluminum/Mylar foil with center drain wire and jacket

Pair Count  - 4

Conductor - Solid annealed copper

AWG (mm) - 23 (0.57)

Insulation
• CMR: Thermoplastic
• CMP: FEP

Insulation Colors
• Pair 1: ColorTip Light Blue, Blue
• Pair 2: ColorTip Light Orange, Orange
• Pair 3: ColorTip Light Green, Green
• Pair 4: ColorTip Light Brown, Brown

Drain Wire - Tinned copper

Jacket
• CMR: Flame retardant (FR) PVC
• CMP: FR, low smoke PVC

Characteristic Impedance Ohms - 100 ± 15

Velocity of Propagation %
• CMR: 73
• CMP: 77

Performance Compliance
• UL 444
• CSA C22.2 No. 214-08
• UL 1666
• NFPA 262
• ANSI/TIA-568-C.2
• Article 800, NEC (NFPA 70)

NRTL Programs
• UL Verified CAT 6A
• UL listed CMR-LP (0.5)
• c(UL) listed CMR
• UL Listed CMP-LP (0.6)
• c(UL) Listed CMP
• HDBaseT Certified

Sustainability
• UL Certified EPD
• HPD
• Multi-Attribute Certification
• USGBC® Member
• RoHS-compliant/RoHS 2-compliant
• REACH-compliant

Applications
• 10BASE-T through 10GBASE-T Ethernet
• Power over Ethernet (PoE & PoE+) - IEEE 802.3at and 3af Type 1 and 2
• PoE+ - IEEE 802.3bt Type 1 and 2 
• ATM and token ring
• Backward compatible to legacy protocols and applications

AWG (mm) Listing Nominal Diameter
in (mm)
Approx. Weight
lbs/kft (kg/km)
Package Packages per Pallet Superior
Essex Cable
Part
Number
23 (0.57) CMR 0.32 (8.1) 44 (66) 1,000' Plywood Reel 12 6S-220-XA
23 (0.57) CMP 0.32 (8.1) 51 (76) 1,000' Plywood Reel 12 6S-220-XB

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