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Products · October 2026

How to read a WIAN part code: WC-2217G-GOLD-305 explained

Every WIAN part code tells you the category, the conductor, the construction and the jacket colour. Learn it once and you never order the wrong box.

WC-2217G-GOLD-305 looks like a random string. It is not. Each part tells you what is in the box, and once you can read it you can order from the price list without opening the catalogue.

WC

WIAN Cable. Patch cords start WP.

First digit — category

1 is CAT6 (24 AWG). 2 is CAT6A (23 AWG). So every Spark Series cable starts WC-1, and every Neo and Gold cable starts WC-2.

Second digit — conductor

2 is 100 % pure electrolytic copper. 1 is hybrid CCAM (copper-clad aluminium-magnesium). WC-22xx is copper CAT6A; WC-21xx is CCAM CAT6A; WC-12xx is copper CAT6; WC-11xx is CCAM CAT6.

Third and fourth digits — construction

12 is the indoor LSZH cable (Spark WC-1212G, Neo WC-2212G). 13 is outdoor single-LDPE (Spark WC-1213K). 17 is indoor FR-PVC with Wi-Barrier Tape (Gold WC-2217G, WC-2117G). 64 is outdoor double-LDPE with Wi-Barrier Tape (Gold WC-2264K, WC-2164K). 68 is outdoor double-LDPE without tape (Neo WC-2268K, WC-2168K). 74 is aluminium-wire armoured (Gold WC-2274K). 84 is ECCS steel armoured (Gold WC-2284K).

The letter — jacket colour

G is grey, K is black, W is white. Outdoor cables are black (K) because carbon black is what makes LDPE UV-stable. Indoor cables are grey or white.

The suffix

The series name and the length: -SPARK-305, -NEO-305, -GOLD-305. All LAN cables are 305 m. Patch cords carry the length in metres instead.

Try it

WC-2264K-GOLD-305: CAT6A, pure copper, outdoor double-LDPE with Wi-Barrier Tape, black, Gold Series, 305 m box. WC-1112W-SPARK-305: CAT6, CCAM, indoor LSZH, white, Spark Series. Type any part code into the search box at the top of the site and the product page opens with the datasheet.

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