Due to the ever-increasing requirements for multimedia applications, the increasing work in the home office and the increased installation of smart home systems, the demands on home cabling are rising. Users will find a future-proof and investment-proof solution with the highest cable standard in the network cable Draka UCHOME Cat.7A SS22 S/FTP LSHF-FR Dca s1 d1 a1.
With the new Draka UCHome Cat.7A, the Multimedia Solutions (MMS) BU of the Prysmian Group is expanding its UCHOME product family with an extremely fire-safe copper cable for indoor use. The copper cable is packaged in an environmentally friendly Reelex box with 200 metres of cable length. This benefits installers as well as customers and wholesalers, as the cable is easier and faster to install than a cable rolled on a cable drum. The compact packaging is advantageous for storage, installation and disposal. Due to the reduced cable length and cardboard packaging, the weight is lower, the box easier to handle and environmentally friendly to dispose of. Over 95 percent of installations in private homes require a maximum of 200 metres of cable. This means that the MMS BU has matched the size of the box to the demand and dimensioned it just right.
Fireproof and optimally shielded
The UCHOME Cat.7A SS22 cable with an outer diameter of 7.6 millimetres achieves "best-in-class" performance in Power over Ethernet (IEEE 802.3bt with 90 W) due to its AWG value 22. Compared to AWG23, the copper cable has 58 percent less power dissipation and 50 percent less cable heating. It also enables 25 GBase-T applications with a maximum bridgeable transmission length of 30 metres. The electrical properties of category 7A comply with EN 50173 and 50288.
Like all highly shielded Draka S/FTP installation and connection cables of categories 7, 7A and 8.2, the UCHOME Cat.7A SS22 guarantees triple-1 performance in terms of fire safety: in addition to the high fire protection of CPR class Dca, it offers lowest smoke (s1) and acid development (a1) and minimised dripping behaviour (d1). With optimum shielding in separation class "d", the copper cable fulfils the criteria required in EN50174-2 with regard to distances or the use of separators in cable routes and achieves the highest shielding class for coupling attenuation Type I and coupling resistance Grade 1. These properties ensure compliance with the statutory EMC regulations (EMC = electromagnetic compatibility) and guarantee consistent protection of the Draka cable and the installed system.