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Would using cat 5 cable to wire up my CP be a bad idea?

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Locke141:

Cross posted to my build. (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,134515.0.html)

I was thinking about using cat 5 cables to wire up my 4 player pedestal CP. Colors would be matched to the color of each player.
I was thinking it would be a nice and easy way to keep the wires clean.

Is this a bad idea? Has any one tried using cat5 to an i-pac before?

I originally got the idea from (http://www.beersmith.com/mame/panels.htm)

The pic is from the above web site and is not mine. I just included it for some context.



     

yotsuya:

I did that when I was going to build swappable panels. It works.

blashyrk:

I use cat-5 cable for my cp, never had any trouble.


michelevit:

works great.
gets you 8 wires.
ez to connect, low cost. i recommend highly.
if you need more than 8 wires, just add another run and label accordingly. 
cat5 is great for signal but can carry 600mA of current.

WindDrake:

Cat5/6 wire is great for hookups. I end up using various chunks of it and pulling pairs out when building prototypes/etc as it's cheap and easy.

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