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shmokes:
Well, Cat 6 is considerably more expensive than Cat 5, so I hope there's a physical difference in the cable. 

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: shmokes on September 09, 2008, 08:21:09 am ---Well, Cat 6 is considerably more expensive than Cat 5, so I hope there's a physical difference in the cable. 

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There is, I've ripped open quite a few of both.  Cat6 has a lot more copper.

Passing DC it may be just skinny wire but when you're passing power level current right next to data level current and doing it with the pairs untwisted there is probably going to be interference.  It's not designed to shield inside the sheath beyond the isolation of the twisted pairs.

patrickl:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on September 09, 2008, 10:01:32 am ---There is, I've ripped open quite a few of both.  Cat6 has a lot more copper.

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Always? I have cat 5e and cat6 patch cables and they are both 24 AWG. I'd assume they contain the same amount of copper.

I have solid cat6 and that's 23 AWG, so that sounds like more copper than the 24 AWG cables, but I've seen solid being sold in 24 AWG too.

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: patrickl on September 09, 2008, 12:28:12 pm ---Always? I have cat 5e and cat6 patch cables and they are both 24 AWG. I'd assume they contain the same amount of copper.

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How could I verify all of it?  Of the ones I've seen it has been pretty consistent.  Most of it has been 22awg or 23awg and I've never seen cat5/5e with more than 24awg.

patrickl:
Well when you claim that "Cat6 has a lot more copper" then that implies this is always the case. It's the difference between saying "there is" and "there might be".

Personally I've never never seen stranded Cat 6 cables with more than 24 AWG. Of course it might exist, but it's far less common than with solid core installation wire.

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