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Sizing of Cable containment, Power separation, Optical Fibre etc.. Services

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Sizing of cable containment
To aid the cable containment design within an installation, we have provided estimated cable fill ratios for Office Locations
standard UTP cabling, if FTP, STP or SFTP cabling is to be used, this will further reduce the amount of cabling
that can be installed within each containment system. Contact Details

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Cat 5e Cat 6 Cat 6a
20mm conduit 4 2 1
25mm conduit 6 4 2
32mm conduit 8 6 4
50mm conduit 10 8 6

50mm cable tray 48 24 24

100mm cable tray 96 48 48
150mm cable tray 144 72 72
250mm cable tray 240 120 120
300mm cable tray 288 144 144
450mm cable tray 432 216 216
600mm cable tray 600 288 288

50mm cable basket 60 40 30

100mm cable basket 120 80 60
150mm cable basket 180 120 90
250mm cable basket 300 200 150
300mm cable basket 360 240 180
450mm cable basket 540 360 270
600mm cable basket 720 480 360

16mm x 25mm trunking 3 2 1

38mm x 25mm trunking 8 4 2
50mm x 50mm trunking 22 12 6
75mm x 75mm trunking 50 28 14
100mm x 100mm trunking 90 50 25
150mm x 150mm trunking 200 112 56
With each of the fill ratios above we have allowed for a 30% future expansion capability, also all fill ratios
include fill capacity for 90 degree bends and UTP bend radius requirements

Where possible we recommend the use of cable basket as this system provides the most flexible and cost
effective solution, and enhances cable performance due to the non restricted air flow, around and within the
cable basket, this is a necessary requirement when IP technology and Power over Ethernet (PoE) solutions
are being considered.

Power separation
Table below details the power separation from data and voice carrying cables in reference with ISO 11801 &
EN 50174

Type of Without a With a non-metallic Aluminium Steel

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Unscreened 200mm 200mm 100mm 50mm
power cable
and
unscreened IT
cable

Unscreened 50mm 50mm 50mm 50mm

power cable
screened IT

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cable

Screened 50mm 30mm 50mm 50mm

power cable
and
unscreened IT
cable

Screened 50mm 0mm 50mm 50mm

power cable
and screened
IT cable
For Horizontal cabling of more than 35mt then no separation is required for the final 15mt

Optical fibre link loss by application chart

This chart identifies the maximum link loss to run the required optical fibre application

Maximum loss OM1 &

Application Wavelength
OM2 fibre

10BaseFL 850nm 10 dB
100BaseF 1300nm 11 dB
1000BaseSX 850nm 2.38 dB
1000BaseLX 1300nm 2.35 dB
ATM 155 1300nm 7 dB
ATM 622 1300nm 6 dB
ATM 155 swl 850nm 7.2 dB
FDDI 1300nm 11 dB
Token Ring 850nm 13 dB
Fiber Channel SX 850nm 6 dB
Fiber Channel LX 1300nm 9.5 dB

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