CAT6A Slim Cable 1000ft - 28AWG Stranded UTP, Space-Saving Design

This is the cable your slim Cat6A patch cords are made of, by the box. At 3.9 mm, it's about half the diameter of standard Cat6A cord, so when you're building jumpers for a full 10G patch panel or a top-of-rack switch, the bundles stay small and the air keeps moving. Stranded 28 AWG conductors keep it flexible enough to dress tightly into cable managers, and nine jacket colors let you color-code as you build.

It's Category 6A, rated for 10G Ethernet, with bare copper conductors, HDPE insulation, and a CM-rated PVC jacket that's c(UL)us Listed. It comes in a 1000 ft pull box with footage markings on the jacket.

Features

• Slim 3.9 mm diameter. About half the diameter of 23 AWG Cat6A, so a bundle takes up roughly a quarter of the space.
• 28 AWG stranded bare copper. It contains no copper-clad aluminum, and the fine stranding makes it the most flexible cable in the Cat6A line.
• 10GBase-T rated. It also runs 5G, 2.5G, and 1G links.
• CM-rated PVC jacket, c(UL)us Listed. Approved for general indoor use in the U.S. and Canada, and RoHS compliant.
• Unshielded (UTP). No shield means no grounding to worry about and the easiest cable to terminate.
• HDPE insulation. Tight, consistent pair twists for crosstalk control.
• Sequential footage markings. You can see what's left in the box and cut cords to length without a tape.
• 1000 ft pull box. The cable pays out from the center without twisting or tangling.
• Nine jacket colors. For color-coding the cords you build.

Where It Fits

It suits custom slim patch cords for dense 10G patch panels and top-of-rack switches, jumpers in server cabinets and network closets where airflow matters, portable racks and lab benches, and any short run where standard Cat6A cord is too bulky to dress cleanly.

Good to Know

This is patch cord stock, not cable for permanent runs. TIA specifies solid conductors for horizontal cabling, and punch-down jacks won't hold 28 AWG stranded wire. Terminate it with Cat6A RJ45 plugs made for 28 AWG; standard plugs are sized for 23 and 24 AWG and won't grip the smaller conductor. Because 28 AWG has higher resistance than 23 AWG, TIA reduces the allowed channel length when slim cords are used, and for PoE it limits bundles to 12 cords or fewer; keep slim cords short and inside the rack. For a plenum ceiling or a riser, this CM cable isn't rated. If you'd rather not crimp, the factory slim Cat6A patch cords are the same cable with molded plugs.

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