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Hitachi Cable Manchester is an OEM Bulk Cable Manufacturer of Fiber Optic Cable, Premise Cable, Electronic Round Cable, Electronic Ribbon Cable and Custom Wire Cable

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UTP Category 3 Cable

Category 3 UTP Cable

RoHS Compliant Cat 3 Wire CablesBulk Plenum and Riser Cat3 Wire Cable

  • Tested from 1 to 16 MHz
  • Component Compliant to TIA Category 3 Power Sum Backbone Cable Requirements
  • Power Sum Compliance Ensures Minimum Signal Corruption Due to Alien Crosstalk

  • Features
  • Description
  • Applications
  • Transmission Specifications
  • Electrical Characteristics

Category 3 Wire Cable Features

  • 1,000 ft (305 meters) Reels
  • 1,000 ft (305 meters) Reelex® (featuring Reverse Sequential Numbering)
  • 1,000 ft (305 meters) Reel-in-a-box
Diagram of Category 3 Wire Cable
Dielectric Materials Riser Plenum
Primary Insulation PVC Low Smoke, Flame-Retardant Thermoplastic
Overall Jacket Flame-Retardant Thermoplastic Low Smoke, Flame-Retardant Thermoplastic

Cat 3 Plenum Wire Cable Description

(c(UL)us Listed Type CMP, CSA Type FT6)
Part No. Pairs Cable OD
in (mm)		 Weight
lbs/1000ft (kg/305m)
38718-4 2 .15 (3.9) 11.0 (5.0)
38718-6 3 .16 (4.1) 13.0 (5.9)
38718-8 4 .20 (5.1) 17.0 (7.7)

Cat 3 Riser Wire Cable Description

(c(UL)us Listed Type CMR, CSA Type FT4)
Part No. Pairs Cable OD
in (mm)		 Weight
lbs/1000ft (kg/305m)
30111-8 4 .18 (4.5) 17.0 (7.7)

Category 3 Wire Cable Applications

  • Voice
  • T1 Fractional
  • IBM Type 3 – 1 Mbps
  • 4/16 Mbps Token Ring
  • 10BASE-T Ethernet
  • 100BASE-T4 Fast Ethernet
  • 25.6 Mbps ATM
  • 100 VG – Any LAN
  • All other applications developed for operation over Category 3 or class C cabling

Category 3 Wire Cable Transmissions Specifications

Download PDF Description of Category 3 Wire Cables

Frequency
(MHz)		 Ins. Loss
(dB/100 m)		 NEXT Loss
(dB)		 ACR
(dB)		 Structural
Return Loss
(dB)
1 2.6 41.3 38.7 12.0
4 5.6 32.3 26.7 12.0
8 8.5 27.8 19.3 12.0
10 9.7 26.3 16.6 12.0
16 13.1 23.2 10.1 10.0

Bulk Category 3 Power Sum Wire Cable Electrical Characteristics

Characteristic Impedance: 100 ± 15Ω (.772 to 16 MHz)
Maximum Resistance Unbalance: 5%
Maximum Capacitance Unbalance: 330 pF/100 meters
Maximum Delay Skew: 45 ns/100 meters

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800.772.0116
Phone:
603.669.4347

Hitachi Cable Manchester, Inc.
900 Holt Avenue, East Industrial Park
Manchester, NH 03109