Low Voltage Cables & Wires
Low voltage wires consist of fire alarm cable and sound, alarm and security cable and plenum cable. They come in ratings for residential installations and commercial installations as riser rated or plenum rated.
Fire Alarm Cables include the following types: FPL, FPLR, FPLP
FPL is rated for non-riser applications, generally residential
FPLR is riser rated and may be installed in the walls rising multiple floors
FPLP is plenum rated. The plenum is the air return path of a central air handling system, ductwork or open space over a suspended ceiling
Sound, Alarm and Security Cables include the following types: CM, CMR, CL2R, CL3R, CMP, CL2P and CL3P
CM is non-riser rated for residential installations.
CMR, CL2R and CL3R are riser rated and may be installed in the walls rising multiple floors
MP, CL2P and CL3P are plenum rated. The plenum is the air return path of a central air handling system, ductwork or open space over a suspended ceiling.
Other types of cable considered low voltage are speaker wire, data cables and audio/video home theatre cables.
Available types of Low Voltage Cables & Wires include:
- Data
- Cat3
- Cat5e
- Cat6e
- Control
- Riser rated
- Plenum rated
- FPL
- Riser rated
- Plenum rated
- Video
- RG6/U
- RG59/U