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Conductor Resistance at 20 °C |
Maximum average : 92 ohms/Km
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Maximum individual : 96 ohms/Km
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| 1.1 |
Resistance Unbalance (%) |
Maximum average : 0.75
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Maximum individual : 2.5
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Resistance Unbalance shall be calculated with the following formula

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| 2. |
Insulation Resistance |
The Insulation resistance shall not be less than 10,000 mega ohms.km at 20 °C
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| 2.1 |
Dielectric Withstand Voltage |
DC voltage shall be applied for minimum 3 seconds.
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Conductor to Conductor : 2000 volts
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Conductor to Screen : 5000 volts
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| 3. |
Mutual Capacitance (at 1000 ± 200 Hz) |
Maximum average : 44 ± 2 n F/Km
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Maximum Individual : 50 n F/Km
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| 4. |
Capacitance Unbalance (at 1000 ± 200 Hz) |
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| 4. a |
Pair to Pair within sub-unit |
Maximum average : 22 pF/500 m.
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Maximum individual : 150 pF/500 m.
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| 4. b |
Pair to Pair between adjacent sub-units or units. |
Maximum average : 20 pF/500 m.
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Maximum individual : 50 pF/500 m.
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| 4. c |
Pair to Earth |
Maximum average : 500 pF/500 m.
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Maximum individual : 2500 pF/500 m.
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| 5. |
Attenuation |
The attenuation of cables at 1 KHz and 1 MHZ shall not exceed the following values when corrected to 45 °C.
| At 1 KHz |
At 1 MHz |
| 1.45 |
22.6 |
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| 6. |
Cross Talk |
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| 6. a |
Pair to Pair Near-End (NEXT) coupling loss |
The measurement shall be performed on one randomly selected outer unit and 99% of pair combinations shall exceed the following values at the specified frequencies.
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| 6. b |
NEXT and ELFEXT Individual Power Sums |
The near-end (NEXT) and equal level far-end (ELFEXT) individual power sums shall exceed the following values at the specified frequencies.
| 1 |
70 |
74 |
| 12 |
67 |
71 |
| 80 |
55 |
58 |
| 1000 |
37 |
36 |
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