Superior Essex cable is made of annealed solid copper conductor which is insulated with a thermoplastic and jacketed with a PVC. It is readily available in 2 pair up to 12 pair which are twisted and light weight. They are intended to serve as outdoor cables where CMX extend the run between the point of entry and the network interface unit towards the interior of your premise.

This cable is tested and approved for use as an outdoor cable with ability to withstand 300 hours of direct sunlight radiation. Along with this, the CMR permits the cable to perform in the riser spaces in accordance to UL 1666 thus affirming the need to avoid the use of fire retardant cables.

Standards and Approvals

1.UL 444 and UL 1666
2.CSA C22.2 No. 214-08
3.ICEA -40 degrees Celsius Anveil Test
4.Extreme CMR/CMX outdoor includes
5.ANSI/TIA-568-C.2
6.ANSI/ICEA S-100-685
7.Article 800 of NEC (NFPA 70)
8.RoHS-compliant (RoHS 2-compliant)

Why go for this cable?
This cable is extremely flexible as compared to the others discussed above, since it is made of FR-PVC jacketing. As pointed out earlier, there is nothing that could be tiresome and time wasting during installation like pulling and bending a cable that is not flexible. Rigid electrical cables have the tendency of inhibiting simple deformation such as bending and folding. But as for this type of Superior Essex cable, it comes with extremely flexible compounds of FR-PVC that improves on its flexibility hence reducing time wastage when installing it in your systems.

It is a dual serving cable and can be deployed in either indoor or outdoor installation applications. Thanks to CMR and CMX compound whereby CMR compound improves the adaptive performance in indoor applications whereas CMX compound enhances its performance when used in outdoor applications. This cable has a cold bend of -40 degrees Celsius and can withstand operating in wet areas.

Applications
Category 3 cables are generally a networking cables. This is because they are designed to serve as telecommunication wires installed in token rings and analog voice data transmission.

Category 3 cables are made of copper conductors, which are properly insulated with different materials for protection. It all depends with you’re the cable you choose to use in your electrical wiring system.