CAT5e Direct Burial Cable 1000ft - Shielded Solid Copper, Waterproof UV-Resistant

This is Cat5e for going underground. It's double-jacketed: a UV-resistant low-smoke zero-halogen (LSZH) outer jacket takes the sun, soil, and a -40 °C to 60 °C range, and under it a second, water-blocking PVC jacket keeps moisture off the pairs if the outer jacket is ever nicked. Between the two, an aluminum foil shield with a tinned copper drain wire blocks interference, which matters when the trench shares a route with power. There's no gel inside, so terminating it is as clean as terminating indoor cable. It's rated CMX for outdoor use.

Underneath are 24 AWG solid bare copper conductors with HDPE insulation, rated for Gigabit Ethernet. It comes on a 1000 ft wooden spool with footage markings on the jacket.

Features

• Internal water-blocking jacket. A second PVC jacket inside the outer one keeps groundwater off the pairs. No gel to clean off at termination.
• F/UTP overall foil shield with tinned copper drain wire. It blocks EMI and RFI from buried power lines and nearby equipment, and the tinned drain resists corrosion in damp conditions.
• UV-resistant LSZH outer jacket. Rated CMX for direct burial, conduit, and exposed outdoor runs. It gives off little smoke and no halogen acids if it burns.
• 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.
• -40 °C to 60 °C operating range. It works through frozen ground and summer heat.
• Sequential footage markings. Measure trench runs and track what's left on the spool.
• 1000 ft wooden spool. Standard TIA-568 pair colors inside for easy termination.

Where It Fits

It suits underground runs between buildings on a campus, farm, or industrial site, buried feeds to security cameras and gate controllers, remote access points and wireless bridges, parking lot and perimeter surveillance, and any outdoor run where the cable will be in a trench or a wet conduit.

Good to Know

Outdoor cable brings lightning and surge risk into the building with it. Put a gas-discharge Ethernet surge protector at each entry point, bonded to the building ground, and ground the shield's drain wire at one end. CMX cable is limited to 50 feet inside a building by the NEC, so transition to CM, CMR, or CMP cable at the entry. Bury it at least 18 to 24 inches deep, or per local code, and consider conduit anyway where the ground gets dug up. 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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