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Introduction to Wiring Standards
This section of the training course will now look at the International Standards used in the world for design, installation and testing of Category 5, 5e, 6 or higher level structured cabling installations. All standards in Australia, Great Britain or other counties are base on the USA standards called EIA/TIA 568 and 569. Variations to these standards in other countries like Australia are due to local conditions and local government regulations. For instance in Australia, no person is allowed to install any telecommunications cabling unless they hold a licence to cable with the Government Department called the Australian Communications Authority. To gain this licence cablers must undertake training in basic cabling installation and maintenance and training in the local safety wiring rules and subjects dealing with telephones and telephone systems and earthing practices etc.
Here is a brief list of the most dominant standards that have been converted to local country standards.
- ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.1 Commercial Building Telecommunications Part 1: General Requirements
- ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.1-1 Commercial Building Telecommunications Part 1: General Requirements - Addendum 1 minimum 4 pair UTP and 4 pair ScTP patch cable bend radius
- ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.2 Commercial Building Telecommunications Part 2: Balanced Twisted Pair Cabling Components
- ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.3 Optical Fiber Cabling Components Standard
- ANSI/TIA/EIA-569-A Commercial Building Standard for Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces
- ANSI/TIA/EIA-569-A Commercial Building Standard for Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces, Addendum 1 Surface Raceways
- ANSI/TIA/EIA-569-A Commercial Building Standard for Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces, Addendum 2 Furniture Pathways and Spaces
- ANSI/TIA/EIA-569-A Commercial Building Standard for Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces, Addendum 3 Access Floors
- ANSI/TIA/EIA-569-A Commercial Building Standard for Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces, Addendum 4 Poke -Thru Fittings
- ANSI/TIA/EIA-569-A Commercial Building Standard for Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces, Addendum 5 In Floor Systems
- ANSI/TIA/EIA-569-A Commercial Building Standard for Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces, Addendum 6 Multi-tenant Pathways and Spaces
- ANSI/TIA/EIA-570-A Residential Telecommunications Cabling Standard
- ANSI/TIA/EIA-571-A Telecommunications User Premises Equipment Environmental Considerations
Many other standards are also used in part to build up a complete reference to installing cabling in commercial or residential buildings. The fundamental information in these standards has not changed when the Australian Standards were written. The Australian Standards are as Follows.
- AS/NZS 3080-2000 Telecommunications Installations - Integrated Telecommunications Cabling Systems for Commercial Premises (also new Draft in operation)
- AS 3084 - Telecommunications Installations - Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces for Commercial Buildings (also new Draft in operation)
- AS 3085.1 - Telecommunications Installations - Administration of Communications Cabling Systems Part 1: Basic Requirements
- AS/NZS 3086 - Telecommunications Installations - Integrated Telecommunications Cabling Systems for Small Office/Home Office Premises (SOHO)
- AS/ACIF S009 Installation Requirements for Customer Cabling (Wiring Rules)
Students must procure a copy of the relevant standards in their country. The student is required to read these standards to see and understand the legal requirements of these standards if they are specified in a contract. It must be noted that these standards (except AS/ACIF S009 in Australia) are voluntary standards that are not a legal requirement unless you sign a contract to install cabling to meet the requirements of these standards. In explaining these standard I will use the Broad headings as described in these standards and explain the key elements of each section.
- ANSI - American National Standards Institute
- EIA - Electronics Industry Association
- TIA - Telecommunications Industry Association
- AS - Australian Standards
- ACIF - Australian Communications Industry Forum
- NZS - New Zealand Standards
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