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IEC 61196-5 Edition 3.0 2018-01 INTERNATIONAL STANDARD Coaxial communication cables Part 5:Sectional specification for CATV trunk and distribution cables IEC 61196-5:2018-01(en)THIS PUBLICATION IS COPYRIGHT PROTECTED Copyright 2018 IEC,Geneva,Switzerland All rights reserved.Unless otherwise specified,no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopying and microfilm,without permission in writing from either IEC or IECs member National Committee in the country of the requester.If you have any questions about IEC copyright or have an enquiry about obtaining additional rights to this publication,please contact the address below or your local IEC member National Committee for further information.IEC Central Office Tel.:+41 22 919 02 11 3,rue de Varemb infoiec.ch CH-1211 Geneva 20 www.iec.ch Switzerland About the IEC The International Electrotechnical Commission(IEC)is the leading global organization that prepares and publishes International Standards for all electrical,electronic and related technologies.About IEC publications The technical content of IEC publications is kept under constant review by the IEC.Please make sure that you have the latest edition,a corrigenda or an amendment might have been published.IEC Catalogue-webstore.iec.ch/catalogue The stand-alone application for consulting the entire bibliographical information on IEC International Standards,Technical Specifications,Technical Reports and other documents.Available for PC,Mac OS,Android Tablets and iPad.IEC publications search-webstore.iec.ch/advsearchform The advanced search enables to find IEC publications by a variety of criteria(reference number,text,technical committee,).It also gives information on projects,replaced and withdrawn publications.IEC Just Published-webstore.iec.ch/justpublished Stay up to date on all new IEC publications.Just Published details all new publications released.Available online and also once a month by email.Electropedia-www.electropedia.org The worlds leading online dictionary of electronic and electrical terms containing 21 000 terms and definitions in English and French,with equivalent terms in 16 additional languages.Also known as the International Electrotechnical Vocabulary(IEV)online.IEC Glossary-std.iec.ch/glossary 67 000 electrotechnical terminology entries in English and French extracted from the Terms and Definitions clause of IEC publications issued since 2002.Some entries have been collected from earlier publications of IEC TC 37,77,86 and CISPR.IEC Customer Service Centre-webstore.iec.ch/csc If you wish to give us your feedback on this publication or need further assistance,please contact the Customer Service Centre:salesiec.ch.IEC 61196-5 Edition 3.0 2018-01 INTERNATIONAL STANDARD Coaxial communication cables Part 5:Sectional specification for CATV trunk and distribution cables INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION ICS 33.120.10 ISBN 978-2-8322-5258-1 Registered trademark of the International Electrotechnical Commission Warning!Make sure that you obtained this publication from an authorized distributor.2 IEC 61196-5:2018 IEC 2018 CONTENTS FOREWORD.3 1 Scope.5 2 Normative references.5 3 Terms and definitions.7 4 Materials and cable construction.7 4.1 Cable construction.7 4.2 Inner conductor.7 4.2.1 Conductor material.7 4.2.2 Conductor construction.7 4.3 Dielectric.8 4.4 Outer conductor or screen.8 4.5 Sheath.8 4.6 Completed cable.9 5 Standard ratings and characteristics.9 6 Identification and marking.9 6.1 Cable identification.9 6.2 Cable marking.9 6.3 Labelling.9 7 Tests for completed cables.9 7.1 General.9 7.2 Electrical testing of the finished cable.9 7.3 High-frequency electrical and transmission test procedures and requirements.10 7.4 Environmental test procedures and requirements of the finished cable.11 7.5 Test procedures and requirements of mechanical characteristics of the finished cable.12 7.6 Fire performance.13 8 Quality assessment.13 9 Delivery and storage.13 Annex A(informative)Cable types.14 Table 1 Low-frequency and DC test procedures and requirements.10 Table 2 High-frequency electrical and transmission test procedures and requirements.10 Table 3 Environmental test procedures and requirements of the finished cable.11 Table 4 Test procedures and requirements of mechanical characteristics of the finished cable.12 Table 5 Fire performance requirements.13 Table A.1 Distribution and trunk cables Preferred nominal dimensions and ratings.14 IEC 61196-5:2018 IEC 2018 3 INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION _ COAXIAL COMMUNICATION CABLES Part 5:Sectional specification for CATV trunk and distribution cables FOREWORD 1)The International Electrotechnical Commission(IEC)is a worldwide organization for standardization comprising all national electrotechnical committees(IEC National Committees).The object of IEC is to promote international co-operation on all questions concerning standardization in the elect