Panduit PUR6AV04VL-G Cat6A Violet Riser Cable 1000ft

Panduit PUR6AV04VL-G Pan-Net® Cat6A U/UTP Riser Cable

The Panduit PUR6AV04VL-G delivers 1000 feet of violet Cat6A U/UTP bulk cable engineered for permanent 10GBASE-T Ethernet installations in commercial security, surveillance, and datacenter environments. Built on Panduit's Pan-Net® platform, this 23 AWG solid-conductor cable supports 10 Gigabit Ethernet to 100 meters while maintaining backward compatibility with legacy Cat6/5e infrastructure. The unshielded twisted-pair (U/UTP) construction simplifies termination compared to shielded variants—no drain wires or foil shields to manage—cutting install time on large camera arrays, access control networks, and PoE++ lighting projects where alien crosstalk isn't a concern. Riser-rated CMR jacketing qualifies this cable for vertical runs between floors in plenum-return buildings, and the violet jacket provides instant circuit identification in multi-cable bundles or patch-panel dressing.

Key Features

• Cat6A U/UTP unshielded twisted-pair construction—simpler terminations than shielded F/UTP, no grounding required
• 23 AWG solid bare copper conductors for permanent installation in walls, ceilings, and conduit
• 10GBASE-T performance to 100 meters (500 MHz bandwidth) with backward compatibility to Cat6/5e
• CMR riser flammability rating for vertical shaft installations in non-plenum spaces
• Violet PVC jacket for color-coded circuit identification per TIA-606-B labeling standards
• 1000-foot spool reduces mid-run splices and waste on large deployments
• Pan-Net® verified performance—ETL Listed to TIA-568-C.2 and ISO/IEC 11801

Unshielded Twisted-Pair Design for Speed and Simplicity
The U/UTP construction in the PUR6AV04VL-G omits the foil shields and drain wires found in F/UTP or S/FTP cables, trading maximum alien-crosstalk immunity for faster field terminations. Each of the four pairs uses precision twist rates and pair separation to meet Cat6A performance without relying on metallic shielding. This approach works well in security installations where cable bundles run isolated from high-EMI sources (motors, fluorescent ballasts, VFDs) and where you're prioritizing install speed over the last few dB of headroom. On a 64-camera NVR deployment pulling eight home runs per IDF closet, eliminating shield-continuity checks and drain-wire pigtails at every keystone and patch panel can save 15–20 seconds per termination—hours across the project. The unshielded design also reduces material cost compared to shielded Cat6A, making it the economical choice when TIA-568 horizontal distance rules keep cable bundles under six in a common pathway and alien crosstalk stays below the -60 dB PS-ANEXT limit.

23 AWG Solid Conductors for Permanent Links
Panduit specifies 23 AWG solid bare copper conductors—thicker than the 24 AWG used in some economy Cat6A cables and mandatory for reliable IDC terminations in 110 punch blocks, keystone jacks, and patch panels. Solid conductors maintain consistent DC loop resistance (9.38 Ω per 100 meters) for PoE++ budget calculations and provide better structural memory than stranded wire, so cables hold their dress in vertical J-hooks and don't sag over time. The trade-off: solid cable is not rated for flexure. Use this PUR6AV04VL-G spool for fixed building infrastructure—wall drops, ceiling pulls, conduit fills—and switch to Panduit's stranded patch cords (UTP28 series) for equipment connections and user-side patch cables. Installing solid cable as a patch cord will crack conductors at the plug crimp after a few dozen insertions, causing intermittent link failures that are maddening to troubleshoot.

Violet Jacket for Circuit Identification and TIA-606-B Compliance
The violet PVC jacket serves a critical operations function: instant visual identification of circuit purpose or security level per TIA-606-B color-coding standards. Many integrators assign violet to surveillance networks, purple to guest Wi-Fi backhaul, or specific floors in multi-tenant buildings. On retrofit jobs where existing blue Cat5e and yellow Cat6 already populate cable trays, adding violet Cat6A for new 4K camera runs prevents accidental cross-patching and makes it trivial for future techs to trace circuits back to the correct switch. The jacket is 0.265 inches nominal OD—slightly larger than Cat5e but still compatible with standard low-voltage mud rings and single-gang back boxes when pulling two cables per box. The PVC compound is riser-rated (CMR) but not plenum; if your jurisdiction requires CMP jacketing for above-ceiling runs in HVAC-return spaces, use Panduit's PUC6AV04 plenum variant instead. The CMR rating here qualifies vertical shaft pulls between floors, equipment-room risers, and any non-plenum horizontal pathways.

1000-Foot Spool Economics and Pull Planning
The 1000-foot put-up reduces the number of mid-run splices and junction boxes compared to 500-foot spools, cutting material cost and labor on medium-to-large projects. A typical 10-camera cluster pulling eight 200-foot runs from an IDF closet will consume 1600 feet—exactly two spools with 400 feet left over for shorter patch-through runs or future adds. When ordering, factor the 24,000-foot carton quantity (24 spools) if you're quoting a multi-building campus or 100+ camera installation; case pricing usually yields 8–12% savings over individual spools. Before pulling, check your local fire code's stance on CMR in ceiling-return plenums. The 2023 NEC allows CMR in non-plenum spaces and some AHJs permit it in plenum ceilings if the cable is run in metallic conduit or if the building's HVAC design isolates ceiling cavities from return air paths. When in doubt, request an AHJ pre-inspection or switch to plenum-rated cable to avoid a fail and re-pull.

10GBASE-T Performance and PoE++ Power Budget
This Cat6A cable is third-party verified to TIA-568-C.2 Category 6A transmission requirements: 500 MHz bandwidth, ≤35 dB insertion loss at 500 MHz, ≤44 dB NEXT, and ≤60 dB PS-ANEXT (alien crosstalk) when installed per TIA guidelines. That spec supports 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBASE-T) to the full 100-meter horizontal distance, giving you headroom for high-resolution NVR backhaul, workstation uplinks, and future multi-gig PoE devices. On PoE++ (IEEE 802.3bt Type 4) installations delivering up to 90W at the PSE, the 23 AWG conductor gauge limits DC loop resistance to 9.38 Ω per 100 meters (both conductors), translating to approximately 5.8V drop on a 100-meter run at 0.6A per pair. For 60W+ PTZ cameras or access points, keep cable runs under 80 meters or upsize to 22 AWG for longer pulls. The U/UTP design means all four pairs are available for power—there's no shield or drain wire consuming current—so you get the full Type 4 power budget as long as your switch and device both support 4-pair PoE.

Pan-Net® Quality Assurance and Compliance
Panduit's Pan-Net® designation indicates this cable has passed ETL third-party verification to TIA-568-C.2, ISO/IEC 11801 Class EA, and CENELEC EN 50173-1 standards. Each production lot is 100% sweep-tested for structural return loss and pair-to-pair NEXT to ensure no manufacturing defects ship. The cable is RoHS compliant (lead-free PVC) and UL Listed under file E123262 for CMR flammability. Panduit publishes insertion-loss and crosstalk data in their Pan-Net Performance Verification Program, allowing you to model worst-case channel performance before you pull the first cable. For warranty purposes, using Pan-Net cable with Panduit Mini-Com or TG-Style keystone jacks and patch panels qualifies you for Panduit's 25-year application assurance when the installation is certified by a Panduit-trained installer. That assurance covers both the cable and connectivity hardware, shifting performance risk from the integrator to the manufacturer—a valuable hedge on mission-critical datacenter or hospital projects where downtime costs are measured in thousands per hour.

The Panduit PUR6AV04VL-G 1000-foot spool addresses the practical realities of commercial low-voltage installations: fast terminations without shield continuity checks, solid-conductor reliability for permanent links, color-coded jacket for operational clarity, and third-party verification so your channel certifier doesn't throw alien-crosstalk failures at final inspection. It's the cable you specify when 10GBASE-T performance, CMR code compliance, and install-speed economics all sit on the same line of the bid.