NEC cabling installation requirements are straightforward, but markings and new offerings may create confusion. You're not alone if markings and listings are making your plenum cabling selection a ...

National codes and standards. The communications cable most often used in commercial buildings is called “plenum” cabling. The construction of a typical 4-pair UTP (unshielded twisted-pair) plenum ...

Cable that is suitable for running in air ducts and spaces between the floor and ceiling. It uses a fire retardant coating that must comply with local building codes. See plenum. THIS DEFINITION ...

Plenum cable doesn't resist heat more, per se, it just won't create toxic fumes that will kill you before you know there is a fire.

By buying only plenum-grade cable, you'll have one less thing to keep track of—a big help on complex jobs.

The FEP (Fluroinated Ethylene Propylene) material that plenum-rated cable is often coated with has a very high operating temperature limit of 204 degrees Celsius and melting point of 260 degrees ...

By buying only plenum-grade cable, you'll have one less thing to keep track of—a big help on complex jobs.