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Ethernet cat 5 cable questions.
IreM72:
Eventually when I come to wire up my cp I'll probably use cat 5 ethernet wire. Which are the best disconnects to use, the 187 disconnects or the .25?
also is it correct that "one" coloured wire of the group of wires in an ethernet cable is used to for one connection from the encoder to button/joystick?
Thanks
BobA:
the best disconnects are the ones that fit your switches. .187 being the most common. Only a single wire is needed for each connection either a single color or a colored stripe.
Benevolance:
I used Cat 5 to wire my cabinet. The most difficult part I found was that the internal ethernet strands are...what, 24 gauge? 26 gauge? Whatever the size, my wire strippers did not not do that small. When you open up the Cat5 cable, you'll notice that the wires are twisted together into 4 pairs. I found that if I left the strands twisted together and stripped both at once, it worked better. It still wasn't very elegant, but it worked alright four times out of five.
ghettodish:
I wired my first cab with Cat5. I used a lighter to "strip" the ends of the wire. The casing burned away clean from the bulk wire I was using.
I tried the same technique later on a pre-made cable but the casing turned to goo. A razor did the trick.
ViciousXUSMC:
Having a real wire striper is nice but for thin wire like that you can strip it easy with cutters, just apply a gentle pressure on the wire case enough to pinch it some and pull, the case will rip off leaving you with the wire.
I just built my most recent adapter box and moved form 24ga to 26ga rainbow wire and it was ok to strip but when I hacked my gamecube cables those must be around 30ga and even my smallest setting on my wire stripper did not touch them, I had to use that cutter method.
I never owned one of those auto wire strippers but a few guys in the field when I did electrical worked used them and liked them.
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