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Wiring control panel using Cat5 ?
NoOne=NBA=:
All the ones I've stripped/cut so far have been stranded.
I can't say that ALL Cat5 is stranded, but I've never seen solid core.
Sasquatch!:
--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on March 31, 2004, 11:37:01 pm ---All the ones I've stripped/cut so far have been stranded.
I can't say that ALL Cat5 is stranded, but I've never seen solid core.
--- End quote ---
Really? Almost all of the Cat5 I've worked with has been solid...it's a rarity if I see stranded. Huh.
froggerman:
Cat 5 cable for building wiring is always supposed to be solid. Cat 5 cable for patch panels is always supposed to be stranded.
NoOne=NBA=:
That would explain it.
I've always had patch cables laying around, just waiting to be cut up, so I've never had to rip any out of the wall, or buy a roll of it.
If I had bought some, I would have bought the stranded stuff anyway.
I learned that early on buying single wire, and phone cable wire.
As for the quick disconnect thing, I soldered all of mine directly to the switches, so I didn't have to worry about that part.
Sprucemoose:
I used solid core CAT5 because I have access to it at work, but I have had wires break a few times and it is a real pain to have to fix. Not hard, just tedious. Next time I will use stranded and recommend that people stay away from solid core. My $.02
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