Panduit PFR6C04IG-UG Category 6 F/UTP Riser Cable

The Panduit PFR6C04IG-UG delivers 1,000 feet of ETL-verified Category 6 F/UTP cable engineered for vertical riser runs where you need shielded performance without the grounding complexity of full S/FTP systems. The foil shield provides baseline protection against EMI and crosstalk in elevator shafts, IDF-to-MDF verticals, and multi-story surveillance backbone runs, while the CMR jacket meets NEC Article 800 requirements for installation between floors in non-plenum spaces. This is the cable you spec when running IP cameras, access control panels, or intercom endpoints up building risers where electrical conduit, fluorescent ballasts, or motor controllers create interference that unshielded UTP can't ignore.

Key Features

• ETL Verified to ANSI/TIA-568.2-D Category 6 — tested performance to 250 MHz for 1000BASE-T and PoE++ applications
• F/UTP construction — overall foil shield bonded to drain wire, no per-pair shields to terminate
• 23 AWG solid bare copper conductors — full 100-meter channel support with lower DC resistance than CCA or stranded alternatives
• CMR riser-rated jacket — NEC compliant for vertical runs between floors in non-plenum building spaces
• RJ-45 compatible termination — works with standard 8P8C plugs and jacks, no specialized shielded connectors required for F/UTP
• RoHS compliant construction — meets EU hazardous-substance restrictions for international project specifications
• International Gray PVC jacket — neutral color for telecom rooms and vertical pathways
• 1,000-foot pull box — reduces mid-run splices on typical floor-to-floor and IDF backbone installations

The F/UTP architecture gives you the interference rejection you need in electrically noisy verticals without the installation burden of fully shielded S/FTP or S/STP cable. The overall foil shield—bonded to a single drain wire—provides a continuous ground plane around all four pairs, rejecting external EMI from adjacent power cables, elevator motor feeds, and lighting circuits that share the same riser conduit or cable tray. Unlike S/FTP systems where each pair's individual shield must be properly landed, F/UTP termination is straightforward: connect the drain wire to the shielded RJ-45 jack's ground tab or leave it unterminated if your endpoint devices and patch panels are unshielded. This makes F/UTP the practical middle ground for integrators who need better-than-UTP performance in mixed-infrastructure buildings where full end-to-end shielded systems aren't budgeted or required by spec.

The 23 AWG solid bare copper conductors are optimized for permanent-link installations where the cable will be punched down to 110 blocks, keystone jacks, or patch-panel terminations. Solid conductors provide lower DC loop resistance than stranded equivalents—critical when you're pushing 60W PoE++ to PTZ cameras or door controllers at the far end of a 90-meter horizontal run or 100-meter backbone. The cable is rated for the full ANSI/TIA-568.2-D Category 6 channel specification: 250 MHz bandwidth, 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet, and support for IEEE 802.3bt Type 3 and Type 4 PoE (up to 90W delivered). For security integrators running 4K or multi-sensor IP cameras that pull 25–30W each, or access control panels supplying lock power over the data pair, this means you can confidently specify this cable knowing it will handle both the data rate and the power load without voltage drop failures or data errors from conductor heating.

Riser-rated CMR jacket construction meets NEC Article 800.154(C) requirements for cables installed vertically between floors in shafts or from floor to floor without penetrating more than one floor. This is the correct cable type for the vertical portion of surveillance camera backbone runs in office buildings, hotels, hospitals, and retail spaces where you're pulling from a ground-floor headend or basement MDF up to intermediate IDF closets or directly to camera locations on upper floors. The CMR jacket formulation is tested to UL 1666 riser flame-test standards—it will self-extinguish and prevent fire from propagating floor-to-floor through cable pathways, but it does not meet the stricter UL 910 plenum test required for air-handling spaces above drop ceilings or under raised floors. If your riser penetrates a plenum return, transition to plenum-rated CMP cable at the plenum boundary or install the riser cable inside approved metallic conduit or listed riser-rated raceway.

The 1,000-foot box length is sized for single-pull floor-to-floor runs in typical commercial buildings with 12- to 15-foot slab-to-slab heights. For a four-story building with an MDF in the basement and IDFs on floors 2 and 4, you can pull a single length from basement to floor 4 (roughly 60 feet of vertical rise plus horizontal offset and service loop) without mid-run splices that introduce insertion loss and potential failure points. The box is a standard pull-box format with internal payout—pull from the center to avoid kinking and maintain the cable's pair geometry and twist rate, which directly affects crosstalk performance and your installed channel's ability to pass TIA-568.2-D field test limits for NEXT, PSANEXT, and return loss.

Installation best practices: use proper cable management and support per TIA-569 (secure every 4–5 feet in vertical runs, avoid kinking or exceeding the 25-pound maximum pull tension, maintain minimum bend radius of 4× cable OD). Terminate drain wire to ground at one end only—typically at the patch panel or telecom room end—to avoid ground loops if building steel or equipment grounds differ in potential. Verify installed performance with a Category 6–capable field tester (Fluke DSX-5000, Ideal LanTek III, or equivalent) to confirm your terminated channel meets TIA-568.2-D permanent link or channel limits. For PoE deployments above 30W, measure DC loop resistance to ensure you're within the 12.5-ohm maximum per TIA-568.2-D Table 4-5, especially on longer runs or where multiple cameras share a single home-run.