Product Number: 7988P

Low Skew, Category 5e, 4-24 AWG pairs, CMP

Category 5e, 24 AWG bonded pairs solid bare copper conductors, plenum, FEP Teflon® insulation, skew 9.0ns/100m nominal, rip cord, Flamarrest® jacket.

  • Availability:
    Global
  • Status:
    Active

Specifications

Suitable Applications

Category 5e, UTP Based Video Applications, and KVM

Conductor

AWG Stranding Material No. of Pairs
24 Solid BC - Bare Copper 4

Conductor Count

8

Total Number of Pairs

4

Insulation

Material
FEP - Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene

Bonded-Pair

N/A

Color Chart

Number Color
1 White/Blue Stripe & Blue
2 White/Orange Stripe & Orange
3 White/Green Stripe & Green
4 White/Brown Stripe & Brown

Outer Shield

Material
No Shield

Outer Jacket

Material Material Trade Name Nominal Diameter Ripcord
PVC - Polyvinyl Chloride Flamarrest® 0.193 in Yes

Conductor DCR

Max. Conductor DCR Max. DCR Unbalance
90 Ohm/km 3 %

Capacitance

Max. Capacitance Unbalance
66

Delay

Nominal Velocity of Propagation (VP) [%] Typical Delay Skew
72% 0.027 ns/100m

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) Max./Min. Fitted Impedance
1 MHz 2 dB/100m 65.3 dB 65.3 dB 60.3 dB 60.3 dB 63.8 dB 60.8 dB 20 dB 100 ± 15 100 ± 15
4 MHz 4.1 dB/100m 56.3 dB 53.3 dB 49.2 dB 49.2 dB 51.7 dB 48.7 dB 23 dB 100 ± 15 100 ± 15
8 MHz 5.8 dB/100m 51.8 dB 48.8 dB 43 dB 43 dB 45.7 dB 42.7 dB 24.5 dB 100 ± 15 100 ± 15
10 MHz 6.5 dB/100m 50.3 dB 47.3 dB 40.8 dB 40.8 dB 43.8 dB 40.8 dB 25 dB 100 ± 15 100 ± 15
16 MHz 8.2 dB/100m 47.3 dB 44.3 dB 36 dB 36 dB 39.7 dB 36.7 dB 25 dB 100 ± 15 100 ± 15
20 MHz 9.3 dB/100m 45.8 dB 42.8 dB 33.5 dB 33.5 dB 37.7 dB 34.7 dB 25 dB 100 ± 15 100 ± 15
25 MHz 10.4 dB/100m 44.3 dB 41.3 dB 30.9 dB 30.9 dB 35.8 dB 32.8 dB 24.3 dB 100 ± 15 100 ± 15
31.25 MHz 11.7 dB/100m 42.9 dB 39.9 dB 28.2 dB 28.2 dB 33.9 dB 30.9 dB 23.6 dB 100 ± 15 100 ± 15
62.5 MHz 17 dB/100m 38.4 dB 35.4 dB 18.4 dB 18.4 dB 27.8 dB 24.8 dB 21.5 dB 100 ± 15 100 ± 15
100 MHz 22 dB/100m 35.3 dB 32.3 dB 10.3 dB 10.3 dB 23.8 dB 20.8 dB 20.1 dB 100 ± 15 100 ± 15
155 MHz 28.1 dB/100m 32.5 dB 29.54 dB 2 dB 2 dB 19.9 dB 16.9 dB 15.8 dB 100 ± 25 100 ± 15
200 MHz 32.4 dB/100m 30.8 dB 27.8 dB 1 dB 1 dB 17.7 dB 14.7 dB 15 dB 100 ± 25 100 ± 15

Voltage

UL Voltage Rating
300 V RMS

Operating Temperature Range

-20°C To +75°C

Bulk Cable Weight

21 lbs/1000ft

Max. Pull Tension

40 lbs

Min. Bend Radius/Minor Axis

2 in

NEC/(UL) Compliance

CMP

CEC/C(UL) Compliance

CMP

ISO/IEC Compliance

ISO 11801 Category 5

TIA/EIA Compliance

ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.2 Category 5e

Environmental Space

Indoor - Plenum

EU Directive 2000/53/EC (ELV)

Yes

EU Directive 2003/11/EC (BFR)

Yes

EU Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2)

Yes

EU Directive 2012/19/EU (WEEE)

Yes

EU Directive 2015/863/EU (RoHS 2 amendment)

Yes

EU Directive Compliance

EU Directive 2003/11/EC (BFR)

EU CE Mark

Yes

MII Order #39 (China RoHS)

Yes

Suitability - Indoor

Yes

UL Flammability

NFPA 262

UL voltage rating

300 V RMS

Plenum (Y/N)

Yes

Non-Plenum Number

7988R

Notes

Jacket sequentially marked at 2 ft. intervals. Electricals are preliminary, final data is pending.

Update and Revision

Revision Number: 0.371 Revision Date: 02-03-2025

Update and Revision

Revision Number: 0.371 Revision Date: 02-03-2025

Part Numbers

Item # Color Put-Up Type Length UPC
7988P N3UU1000 Green, Mil UnReel 1,000 ft 612825192541