GenSPEED® 6500 Premium Category 6 Cable

Part Numbers

Resources

• GenSPEED® 6 Quick Reference Guide
• GenAssurance Product Warranty
• Datacom Cable Quick Reference Guide

Construction

Conductors: 23 AWG solid bare annealed copper 

Insulation

• Non-Plenum: Polyolefin
• Plenum: Fluoropolymer 

Color Code

• Pair 1: Blue-White/Blue
• Pair 2: Orange-White/Orange
• Pair 3: Green-White/Green
• Pair 4: Brown-White/Brown 

Separator: Cross-Web 

Rip Cord: Applied longitudinally under the jacket 

Jacket

• Non-Plenum: Flame-Retardant PVC
• Plenum: Low-Smoke, Flame-Retardant PVC 

Features and Benefits 

• Designed and engineered with precision balance to offer ultimate headroom
• High-end optimized performance to support the most bandwidth-intensive applications
• New and improved separator construction allowing for more pair separation
• Performance guaranteed to 350 MHz
• Improved cable temperature rating (75°C Riser, 105°C Plenum) for greater protection against increased operating temperatures and for high-wattage applications
• TRU-Mark® print legend contains footage markings from 1000' to 0'
• Third-party verified for guaranteed performance
• Made in U.S.A.

Applications 

• IEEE 802.3: 1000 BASE-T, 100 BASE-TX, 10 BASE-T, PoE, PoE+, PoE++ A
• NSI/TIA 854: 1000 BASE-TX
• CDDI, Token Ring, ATM
• Digital Video Broadband and Baseband Analog Video 

Standard Compliances 

• ANSI/TIA 568.2-E NEC/CEC Type CMR (UL 1666) for Non-Plenum
• NEC/CEC Type CMP (NFPA 262) for Plenum
• UL Listed CMR-LP (0.5A) for Non-Plenum*
• UL Listed CMP-LP (0.7A) for Plenum**
• UL 444
• RoHS Compliant Directive 2011/65/EU
• ANSI/TIA 862 (Building Automation)
• ICEA S-116-732 ICEA S-102-700
• ISO/IEC 11801 Ed. 2.0 (Class E)

*0.7A is the ampacity rating of the cable, which equates to 100 watts using 50 volts over four pairs. 

**0.5A is the ampacity rating of the cable, which equates to 140 watts using 50 volts over four pairs.