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1. Type of cable used for distributed backbone network code#
2. Type of cable used for distributed backbone network tv#

Listing requirements for other than plenum, riser, general-purpose and limited-use cables, such as undercarpet cables, communications wires and drop wire were not moved.

Type of cable used for distributed backbone network tv#

Listing requirements for plenum, riser, general-purpose and limited-use, communications, cable TV and network-powered broadband communications cables have been removed from Article 805 (formerly Article 800), Article 820, and Article 830 and placed in the new Article 800 in order to reduce the redundancy in cable listing requirements in Chapter 8.The following are examples of interest to manufacturers, installers, distributors and users of data/comm cables. The primary purpose of the new article is to consolidate redundant requirements by placing them into one general article. Just like Chapter 3, Wiring Methods and Materials, has a general article, Article 300, General Requirements for Wiring Methods and Materials, Chapter 8, Communications Systems, now has a general article, Article 800, General Requirements for Communications Systems. The most important and most obvious change is that Chapter 8 has a new general article. The applications of data/comm cables and their associated equipment are in 13 articles that are the responsibility of three code-making panels. Power-limited fire alarm cables, Types FPLP, FPLR and FPL.Class 2 cables, Types CL2P, CL2R and CL2.Coaxial cable TV cables, Types CATVP, CATVR and CATV.Communications cables, Types CMP, CMR, CMG and CM.Optical fiber cables, Type OFNP, OFCP, OFNR, OFCR, OFNG, OFCG, OFN and OFC.The term data/comm cable, as used in this article, encompasses six families of cable types in the NEC. Data/Comm cablesĪlthough widely used in the industry, the term data/comm cables does not appear in the NEC.

Type of cable used for distributed backbone network code#

This article, contributed on behalf of the Communications Cable and Connectivity Association (CCCA), is intended to provide the reader with a guide to the key changes in the 2020 National Electrical Code that are of interest to manufacturers, installers, distributors and users of data/comm cables. The 2020 NEC, which replaces the 2017 NEC, was issued by the NFPA in August, 2019. The National Electrical Code® (NEC®) is published by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) with the revisions on a three-year schedule. By Stanley Kaufman, PhD CableSafe Inc., Communications Cable and Connectivity Association