Cabling Colour Codes

TELECOM CABLE

(CW1308)

PHYSICAL PARAMETERS
Cable Range	Cable Diameter (nominal)	Cable Weight (nominal)
10Pr + Earth	8.40mm	95 kg/km
20Pr + Earth	10.30mm	155 kg/km
40Pr + Earth	13.20mm	270 kg/km
50Pr + Earth	14.70mm	335 kg/km
80Pr + Earth	18.20mm	510 kg/km
100Pr + Earth	20.50mm	645 kg/km
160Pr + Earth	25.40mm	975 kg/km
320Pr + Earth	35.00mm	1905kg/km

UNIT IDENTIFICATION CONSTRUCTION
Pair Count	40Pr	50Pr	60Pr	80Pr	100Pr	160Pr	320Pr
NUMBER OF UNITS
Centre 1^st Layer 2^nd Layer	4 x 10Pr	5 x 10Pr	1 x10Pr 5 x 10Pr	1 x 20Pr 6 x 10Pr	5 x 20Pr	4 x 10Pr 6 x 20Pr	1 x 20Pr 5 x 20Pr 10 x 20Pr
COLOURS OF UNIT LAPPINGS Unit No.
1	Orange (1)	Orange (1)	Orange (1)	Orange	Orange	Orange (1)	Orange
2	Orange (2)	Orange (2)	Orange (2)	Orange (1)	Natural	Orange (2)	Orange
3	Green (1)	Natural (1)	Natural (1)	Orange (2)	Natural	Green (1)	Natural
4	Green (2)	Natural (2)	Natural (2)	Natural (1)	Natural	Green (2)	Natural
5		Green (1)	Green (1)	Natural (2)	Green	Orange	Natural
6			Green (2)	Green (1)		Natural	Green
7				Green (2)		Natural	Orange
8						Natural	Natural
9						Natural	Natural
10						Green	Natural
11 to 15							Natural
16							Green

COLOUR CODES

PAIR NUMBER INSULATION COLOUR

A-Wire

B-Wire

1

WHITE/ Blue

BLUE/ White

2

WHITE/ Orange

ORANGE/ White

3

WHITE/ Green

GREEN/ White

4

WHITE/ Brown

BROWN/ White

5

WHITE/ Grey

GREY/ White

6

RED/ Blue

BLUE/ Red

7

RED/ Orange

ORANGE/ Red

8

RED/ Green

GREEN/ Red

9

RED/ Brown

BROWN/ Red

10

RED/ Grey

GREY/ Red

11

BLACK/ Blue

BLUE/ Black

12

BLACK/ Orange

ORANGE/ Black

13

BLACK/ Green

GREEN/ Black

14

BLACK/ Brown

BROWN/ Black

15

BLACK/ Grey

GREY/ Black

16

YELLOW/ Blue

BLUE/ Yellow

17

YELLOW/ Orange

ORANGE/ Yellow

18

YELLOW/ Green

GREEN/ Yellow

19

YELLOW/ Brown

BROWN/ Yellow

20

YELLOW/ Grey

GREY/ Yellow