It is so confusing in europe having a Cca required rating vs CCA cable makeup.
It is so confusing in europe having a Cca required rating vs CCA cable makeup.
In Belgium, we are forced by law to use Cca data cables because of "lower fire risk" while I hear literally everywhere that CCA data cables have a much higher fire risk.
Everything here has to comply with the euroclass chart level cca or higher which is confusing because they seem to be combustibility(ca) ABCDEF rating. Making the minimum required in Belgium (and the most prevalent) Cca.
I think for example that getting this for PoE (sorry, in Dutch) would be fine because it does say that it is pure copper, but it also says that it is CCA which is confusing.
Not really a question or anything, just very confusing considering Cca and Eca are the 2 cable types used for residential homes which happen to correspond also to Copper clad aluminum and Enhanced Circuit Integrity. Adds extra probably completely unnecessary stress.
Cca != CCA
The Cca standard relates to the flammability and toxicity of the materials used to jacket the cable. You can read about it here: https://cabling.crxconec.com/en/crx-blog/CRX-Blog-02.html
CCA stands for Copper Clad Aluminum. The actual conductors (each wire) is made from aluminum that has been given a thin coating of copper. This is what you want to avoid since it can be less durable and likely to have more voltage drop for PoE. It's unrelated to the Cca standard.
So assuming you are running this wire for a fixed installation, you should be looking for Cca + solid copper (not stranded). The one you linked to looks good.
Get shielding if it will be run near strong interference sources, and only if the shielding will be grounded.