www bzfxw com BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 50290 1 1 2001 Communication cables — Part 1 1 General The European Standard EN 50290 1 1 2001 has the status of a British Standard ICS 29 060 20; 33 120 NO COPYIN[.]
BS EN 50290-1-1:2001 w bz fx w co m BRITISH STANDARD Communication cables — Part 1-1: General ww The European Standard EN 50290-1-1:2001 has the status of a British Standard ICS 29.060.20; 33.120 NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW BS EN 50290-1-1:2001 w bz fx w co m National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 50290-1-1:2001 The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee EPL/46, Cables, wire and waveguides, RF connectors, and accessories for communication and signalling, to Subcommittee EPL/46/1, Communication cables, which has the responsibility to: — aid enquirers to understand the text; — present to the responsible European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; — monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Find” facility of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Electrotechnical Sector Policy and Strategy Committee, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 29 November 2001 Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages to 8, an inside back cover and a back cover The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued Amendments issued since publication Amd No ww © BSI 29 November 2001 ISBN 580 38741 Date Comments EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 50290-1-1 w bz fx w co m NORME EUROPÉENNE EUROPÄISCHE NORM September 2001 ICS 33.120.10 English version Communication cables Part 1-1: General Câbles de communication Partie 1-1: Généralités Kommunikationskabel Teil 1-1: Allgemeines This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2001-05-01 CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CENELEC member This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German) A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom ww CENELEC © 2001 CENELEC - European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 35, B - 1050 Brussels All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members Ref No EN 50290-1-1:2001 E EN 50290-1-1:2001 -2- w bz fx w co m Foreword This European Standard Communication cables was prepared by the Technical Committee CENELEC TC 46X, The text of the draft was submitted to the formal vote and was approved by CENELEC as EN 50290-1-1 on 2001-05-01 The following dates were fixed: - - latest date by which the EN has to be implemented at national level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2002-04-01 latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2004-04-01 ww This European Standard has been prepared under the European Mandate M/212 given to CENELEC by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association -3- EN 50290-1-1:2001 w bz fx w co m Table of contents Scope Normative references Definitions Common design rules and construction 5 Quality assessment Environmental conditions, installation and safety aspects Tests General Visual inspection Dimensional inspection Electrical tests (metallic conductors) Transmission and optical tests (optical fibres) Mechanical tests Environmental tests Tests on materials Fire and smoke tests 6 6 6 6 Specifications 8.1 Multi-element metallic cables 8.2 Coaxial cables 8.3 Fibre optic cables 8 ww 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 ｗｗｗ．ｂｚｆｘｗ．ｃｏｍ EN 50290-1-1:2001 -4- w bz fx w co m Scope Part 1-1 and Part 1-2 of EN 50290 give directly or by reference all common requirements for communication cables They are completed by generic, sectional, family and detail specifications, as appropriate, to describe in a detailed manner each type of cables with its specific characteristics EN 50290 consists of the following parts: - Part 1-1 General - Part 1-2 Definitions - Part 2-1 Common design rules and construction - General - Part 2-2X series Common design rules and construction - Materials - Part Quality assessment - Part 4-1 General considerations for the use of cables - Environmental conditions and safety aspects - Part 4-2 General considerations for the use of cables - Guide for use The test methods are described in EN 50289, Communication cables - Specifications for test methods, which consists of the following parts: ｗｗｗ．ｂｚｆｘｗ．ｃｏｍ - Part 1-X series Electrical test methods - Part 2-X series Transmission and optical test methods - Part 3-X series Mechanical test methods - Part 4-X series Environmental test methods This Part 1-1 harmonizes the standardisation of symmetrical, coaxial and optical cables used for the infrastructure of communication, multimedia and control networks Most of the cables covered by this Part 1-1 are primarily intended to be used in IT networks However they can also be used for other applications with the exception of those which presume a direct connection to the mains electricity supply Normative references This European Standard incorporates by dated or undated reference, provisions from other publications These normative references are cited at the appropriate places in the text and the publications are listed hereafter For dated references, subsequent amendments to or revisions of any of these publications apply to this European Standard only when incorporated in it by amendment or revision For undated references the latest edition of the publication referred to applies (including amendments) ww EN 50289-1-X series Communication cables - Specifications for test methods Part 1-X: Electrical test methods -5- EN 50289-2-X1) EN 50290-1-1:2001 w bz fx w co m Communication cables - Specifications for test methods Part 2-X: Transmission and optical test methods EN 50289-3-X series Communication cables - Specifications for test methods Part 3-X: Mechanical test methods EN 50289-4-X series Communication cables - Specifications for test methods Part 4-X: Environmental test methods EN 50290-1-2 1) EN 50290-2-X EN 50290-3 Communication cables - Part 1-2: Definitions series 1) Communication cables - Specifications for test method Part 2-X : Common design rules and construction Communication cables - Part 3: Quality assessment EN 50290-4-1 2001 Communication cables - Part 4-1: General considerations for the use of cables - Environmental conditions and safety aspects EN 60811 series Insulating and sheathing materials of electric and optical fibre cables – Common test methods Definitions ｗｗｗ．ｂｚｆｘｗ．ｃｏｍ For the purposes of this European Standard, the definitions of EN 50290-1-2 apply Common design rules and construction Unless otherwise specified in the detail specification, design rules and construction shall be according to EN 50290-2 as requested in the sectional specification Quality assessment EN 50290-3 details quality systems to be used to assess the quality of communication cables Environmental conditions, installation and safety aspects EN 50290-4 details environmental conditions and installation and safety aspects for communication cables This part addresses the relationship with the applicable EC directives concerning the environmental and safety aspect Tests ww 7.1 General Conditions for testing are given in the relevant part of EN 50289 1) At draft stage EN 50290-1-1:2001 -6- w bz fx w co m 7.2 Visual inspection Visual inspection shall be detailed in the relevant generic or sectional specification 7.3 Dimensional inspection Dimensional inspection shall be detailed in the relevant generic or sectional specification 7.4 Electrical tests (metallic conductors) Unless otherwise specified in the detail specification, electrical tests shall be conducted according to EN 50289-1 as indicated in the sectional specification 7.5 Transmission and optical tests (optical fibres) Unless otherwise specified in the detail specification, transmission and optical tests shall be conducted according to EN 50289-2 as indicated in the sectional specification 7.6 Mechanical tests Unless otherwise specified in the detail specification, mechanical tests shall be conducted according to EN 50289-3 as indicated in the sectional specification 7.7 Environmental tests Environmental conditions and safety aspects are addressed in EN 50290-4-1 ｗｗｗ．ｂｚｆｘｗ．ｃｏｍ Unless otherwise specified in the detail specification, environmental tests shall be conducted according to EN 50289-4 as indicated in the sectional specification 7.8 Tests on materials Materials are specified in EN 50290-2-2X series Unless otherwise specified in the detail specification, tests on materials shall be conducted according to EN 60811 as indicated in the sectional specification 7.9 Fire and smoke tests Fire safety aspects are addressed in EN 50290-4-1 which includes requirements for cables subject to the CPD EC directives Unless otherwise specified in the detail specification, fire and smoke tests shall be conducted according to those given in 3.2.3 of EN 50290-4-1 as indicated in the sectional specification Specifications 8.1 Multi-element metallic cables ww W hen this standard was published the specifications for multi-element metallic cables used in analogue and digital communication and control were as given in Table -7- EN 50290-1-1:2001 w bz fx w co m Table - Specifications for multi-element metallic cables Multi-element metallic cables used in analogue band digital communication and control Part 1: Generic specification EN 50288-2-1 Part 2-1: Sectional specification for screened cables characterized up to 100 MHz - Horizontal and building backbone cables EN 50288-2-2 Part 2-2: Sectional specification for screened cables characterized up to 100 MHz - Work area and patch cord cables EN 50288-2-3 Part 2-3: Sectional specification for screened cables characterized up to 100 MHz - Campus backbone cables EN 50288-3-1 Part 3-1: Sectional specification for unscreened cables characterized up to 100 MHz - Horizontal and building backbone cables EN 50288-3-2 Part 3-2: Sectional specification for unscreened cables characterized up to 100 MHz - Work area and patch cord cables EN 50288-3-3 Part 3-3: Sectional specification for unscreened cables characterized up to 100 MHz - Campus backbone cables EN 50288-4-1 Part 4-1: Sectional specification for screened cables characterized up to 600 MHz - Horizontal and building backbone cables EN 50288-4-2 Part 4-2: Sectional specification for screened cables characterized up to 600 MHz - Work area and patch cord cables EN 50288-4-3 Part 4-3: Sectional specification for screened cables characterized up to 600 MHz - Campus backbone cables EN 50288-5-1 Part 5-1: Sectional specification for screened cables characterized up to 250 MHz - Horizontal and building backbone cables EN 50288-5-2 Part 5-2: Sectional specification for screened cables characterized up to 250 MHz - Work area and patch cord cables EN 50288-5-3 Part 5-3: Sectional specification for screened cables characterized up to 250 MHz - Campus backbone cables EN 50288-6-1 Part 6-1: Sectional specification for unscreened cables characterized up to 250 MHz - Horizontal and building backbone cables EN 50288-6-2 Part 6-2: Sectional specification for unscreened cables characterized up to 250 MHz - Work area and patch cord cables EN 50288-6-3 Part 6-3: Sectional specification for unscreened cables characterized up to 250 MHz - Campus backbone cables EN 50288-7 Part 7: Sectional specification for instrumentation and control cables EN 50288-8 Part 8: Under consideration EN 50288-9 Part 9: Under consideration ww EN 50288-1 ｗｗｗ．ｂｚｆｘｗ．ｃｏｍ EN 50290-1-1:2001 -8- w bz fx w co m 8.2 Coaxial cables W hen this standard was published the specifications for coaxial cables used in analogue and digital communication and control were as given in Table Table EN 50117-1 Coaxial cables used in cabled distribution networks - Part 1: Generic specification for coaxial cables EN 50117-2 Coaxial cables used in cabled distribution networks - Part 2: Sectional specification for indoor drop cables EN 50117-3 Coaxial cables used in cabled distribution networks - Part 3: Sectional specification for outdoor drop cables EN 50117-4 Coaxial cables used in cabled distribution networks - Part 4: Sectional specification for distribution and trunk cables EN 50117-5 Coaxial cables used in cabled distribution networks - Part 5: Sectional specification for indoor drop cables for use in networks operating at frequencies between MHz and 150 MHz EN 50117-6 Coaxial cables used in cabled distribution networks - Part 6: Sectional specification for outdoor drop cables for use in networks operating at frequencies between MHz and 150 MHz 8.3 Fibre optic cables ｗｗｗ．ｂｚｆｘｗ．ｃｏｍ W hen this standard was published the specifications for fibre optic cables used in communication were as given in Table Table Generic specification: Optical fibre cables EN 187101 Family specification: Optical telecommunication cables to be used in ducts or direct buried application EN 187102 Family specification - Optical aerial telecommunication cables EN 187103 Family specification - Optical fibre cables for indoor applications EN 187104 Family specification - Single-mode optical fibre cables to be used as underwater cables for lakes and river crossings etc EN 187200 Sectional specification - Optical cables to be used along electrical power lines (OCEPL) EN 60794-3 Optical fibre cables - Part 3: Duct, buried and aerial cables - Sectional specification ww EN 187000 w bz fx w co m ww ｗｗｗ．ｂｚｆｘｗ．ｃｏｍ blank BS EN 50290-1-1:2001 BSI — British Standards Institution w bz fx w co m BSI is the independent national body responsible for preparing British Standards It presents the UK view on standards in Europe and at the international level It is incorporated by Royal Charter Revisions British Standards are updated by amendment or revision Users of British Standards should make sure that they possess the latest amendments or editions It is the constant aim of BSI to improve the quality of our products and services We would be grateful if anyone finding an inaccuracy or ambiguity while using this British Standard would inform the Secretary of the technical committee responsible, the identity of which can be found on the inside front cover Tel: 020 8996 9000 Fax: 020 8996 7400 BSI offers members an individual updating service called PLUS which ensures that subscribers automatically receive the latest editions of standards Buying standards Orders for all BSI, international and foreign standards publications should be addressed to Customer Services Tel: 020 8996 9001 Fax: 020 8996 7001 Standards are also available from the BSI website at http://www.bsi-global.com In response to orders for international standards, it is BSI policy to supply the BSI implementation of those that have been published as British Standards, unless otherwise requested Information on standards ｗｗｗ．ｂｚｆｘｗ．ｃｏｍ BSI provides a wide range of information on national, European and international standards through its Library and its Technical Help to Exporters Service Various BSI electronic information services are also available which give details on all its products and services Contact the Information Centre Tel: 020 8996 7111 Fax: 020 8996 7048 Subscribing members of BSI are kept up to date with standards developments and receive substantial discounts on the purchase price of standards For details of these and other benefits contact Membership Administration Tel: 020 8996 7002 Fax: 020 8996 7001 Further information about BSI is available on the BSI website at http://www.bsi-global.com Copyright Copyright subsists in all BSI publications BSI also holds the copyright, in the UK, of the publications of the international standardization bodies Except as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 no extract may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means – electronic, photocopying, recording or otherwise – without prior written permission from BSI ww This does not preclude the free use, in the course of implementing the standard, of necessary details such as symbols, and size, type or grade designations If these details are to be used for any other purpose than implementation then the prior written permission of BSI must be obtained BSI 389 Chiswick High Road London W4 4AL If permission is granted, the terms may include royalty payments or a licensing agreement Details and advice can be obtained from the Copyright Manager Tel: 020 8996 7070