Test Method | Sections |
Electrical Tests of Insulation—In-process | 5 – 9 |
DC proof test | 9 |
Insulation Defect or Fault Rate | 8 |
Spark Test | 7 |
Electrical Tests of Completed Wire and Cable | 10 – 52 |
Attenuation | 25 |
Attenuation, Effects Due to Aging | 32 |
Attenuation, Effects Due to Elevated Temperature | 30 |
Attenuation, Effects Due to Humidity | 31 |
Attenuation to Crosstalk Ratio—Far End (ACR-F) | 29 |
Attenuation to Crosstalk Ratio—Near End (ACR-N) | 27 |
Capacitance Deviation | 20 |
Capacitance Difference | 21 |
Capacitance Unbalance, Pair-to-ground (CUPG) | 23 |
Capacitance Unbalance, Pair-to-pair (CUPP) | 22 |
Capacitance Unbalance, Pair-to-support Wire | 24 |
Characteristic Impedance—Test Method 1: Propagation Constant and Capacitance | 48 |
Characteristic Impedance—Test Method 2: Single-ended Measurements | 49 |
Characteristic Impedance—Test Method 3: Least Squares Function Fit | 50 |
Coaxial Capacitance (Capacitance to Water) | 18 |
Conductor Continuity | 12 |
Conductor Resistance (CR) | 14 |
Conductor Resistance Unbalance (CRU of Pairs) | 16 |
Continuity of Other Metallic Elements | 13 |
Crosses Test (Continuity Between Wires of Different Pairs) | 36 |
Crosstalk Loss, Far-end | 28 |
Crosstalk Loss, Near-end | 26 |
DC Proof Test, Core-to-internal Shield (Screen) | 41 |
DC Proof Test, Core-to-shield | 39 |
DC Proof Test, Core-to-support Wire | 40 |
DC Proof Test, Internal Shield (Screen)-to-shield | 42 |
DC Proof Test, Other Required Isolations | 43 |
DC Proof Test, Wire-to-wire | 38 |
Fault Rate Test (Air Core Only) | 34 |
Insulation Resistance (IR) | 33 |
Jacket Voltage Breakdown Rating Test | 37 |
Mutual Capacitance (CM) | 19 |
Mutual Conductance | 17 |
Phase Constant | 45 |
Phase Delay | 46 |
Phase Velocity | 47 |
Resistance of Other Metallic Cable Elements | 15 |
Shorts Test (Continuity Between Wires of a Pair) | 35 |
Structural Return Loss and Return Loss | 51 |
Unbalance Attenuation (Conversion Losses) | 52 |
Voltage Surge Test | 44 |