CAT5e Outdoor Shielded Cable 1000ft - CMR/CMX Rated, 24AWG Solid Copper

This is the shielded Cat5e that runs from the outdoor camera all the way to the patch panel in one piece. Most outdoor cable is CMX rated, which the NEC limits to 50 feet inside a building, so a normal outdoor run has to stop at the wall and splice to indoor cable. This one carries both a CMX outdoor rating and a CMR riser rating, so it can come in through the wall, up a riser, and across a ceiling to the closet without a splice or a transition box. The jacket is UV-stabilized PVC, the material that earns the riser rating, formulated to hold up to sun and weather. Inside, an aluminum foil shield with a tinned copper drain wire blocks interference from power sharing the route.

Underneath are 24 AWG solid bare copper conductors with HDPE insulation, rated for Gigabit Ethernet, across a -40 °C to 60 °C range. It comes in 1000 ft lengths, in a pull box or on a wooden reel, with a rip cord and footage markings on the jacket.

Features

• CMR/CMX dual rating. Rated for riser and general indoor use and for outdoor exposure, so one cable covers the whole run from the device to the closet.
• F/UTP overall foil shield with tinned copper drain wire. It blocks EMI and RFI from power lines, lighting, and equipment, and the tinned drain resists corrosion outdoors.
• UV-stabilized PVC jacket. It resists sun, rain, and freeze-thaw across a -40 °C to 60 °C operating range.
• 24 AWG solid bare copper. Full-gauge solid conductors for the lowest loss over a full 100 m channel, and no copper-clad aluminum.
• Gigabit rated. It runs 10/100/1000 Mbps links, and 2.5GBase-T on equipment that supports it.
• HDPE insulation. Moisture-resistant, with tight pair twists for crosstalk control.
• Rip cord. Strip the jacket without nicking the foil or the conductors.
• Sequential footage markings. Measure runs and track what's left.
• Pull box or wooden reel. Standard TIA-568 pair colors inside for easy termination.

Where It Fits

It suits security cameras and access points mounted on the outside of a building and cabled straight back to the closet, runs that go outdoors for a stretch between two parts of the same building, covered walkways, loading docks, and parking structures, and any install where a separate outdoor-to-indoor transition would add a splice point and a junction box.

Good to Know

Outdoor cable brings lightning and surge risk into the building with it, and a cable that runs straight to the patch panel needs a surge protector even more than one that stops at the wall. Put a gas-discharge Ethernet surge protector at the entry point, bonded to the building ground, and ground the shield's drain wire at one end. CMR covers risers and general indoor spaces but not plenum air-handling ceilings; if the indoor portion crosses a plenum, transition to CMP there. For runs that stay underground, the polyethylene-jacketed burial cables are the better fit, since PVC isn't as happy in wet soil as PE. A shield only works when it's grounded, so terminate on shielded jacks. Solid conductors are for permanent runs; terminate on jacks and patch panels, not crimped plugs.

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