1000 ft of CAT5 cable for $30 at Frys

[Beeeph]

Frys is selling 1000ft spindles of CAT5 four twisted pair 26 awg for $29.99 right now.  That equates to 8000 ft of electrical wire.  You'll never have to buy electrical wire to wire your controls for the rest of your life.

[Hoagie_one]

SIGH

no fry's near me

[Kremmit]

Is it the stranded patch cable stock, or the solid-core stuff?  It's a great price either way, but the stranded stuff is easier to work with.

[zvar]

Is there even such a thing as stranded wire in CAT5?  I can't see how it would work, taking into account how RJ45 ends are crimped on.

So, yea, it has to be solid core wire if it's CAT5.
Steven

[Kremmit]

Is there even such a thing as stranded wire in CAT5?  I can't see how it would work, taking into account how RJ45 ends are crimped on.

So, yea, it has to be solid core wire if it's CAT5.
Steven

Nope, they make both.  The stranded stock is made specifically for making patch cords, as it can handle the flexing patch cables will have to take.  The stranded stock is preferred for MAME applications.  A quick search turned up:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,17994.0.html
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,13664.0.html
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,17736.0.html
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,26650.0.html
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,19459.0.html

and the list goes on..

[Sephroth57]

wish i had a frys around here, i love wire =)

if thats stranded it might be worth ordering online

[Hoagie_one]

wish i had a frys around here, i love wire =)

if thats stranded it might be worth ordering online

fry doesnt offer the same deals on their web site.

outpost.com

[rdagger]

Is there even such a thing as stranded wire in CAT5?

[Beeeph]

Either way, it's alotta bang for yer buck!

I wired my whole 4player CP with CAT5 cable (solid core) and it works great!

[Felix T Cat]

For whatever it's worth.  www.compgeeks.com always has 1k ft of Cat5 with a tester for $39
http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=CT-CAT5E-1000-30U&cat=CBL
or just the cable and crimper for $18
http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=CAT5E-300-30U&cat=CBL

Both solid cable and I don't know what shipping would be to you but as I said, always that price.

[Samstag]

or just the cable and crimper for $18
http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=CAT5E-300-30U&cat=CBL

I just got this kit and I'm pretty impressed with it (for the price).  The cable is decent solid-core wire and the crimper works pretty well considering how cheap it is.  For those of you building modular controls, they've got a 24-port cat5 jack panel (19" rackmount).  Or at least they did recently.  I can't seem to find it on their site now, but it was in the $16-18 range also.