Simplysimon Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 hi all, was in maplin for a connector and saw cat 5 cable for sale. there were different ones, does it matter which one i buy and are they interconnectable? 100m for £30 a good buy? cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 2 minutes ago, Simplysimon said: hi all, was in maplin for a connector and saw cat 5 cable for sale. there were different ones, does it matter which one i buy and are they interconnectable? 100m for £30 a good buy? cheers As usual with Maplin....hideously expensive. https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/CAT5E-OR-CAT6-305M-INDOOR-OUTDOOR-Gigabit-Networking-Ethernet-Cable-EXTRA-THICK/263417886388?hash=item3d54edf6b4:m:me9LaNBPxDwkq4X86e886gQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simplysimon Posted May 5, 2018 Author Share Posted May 5, 2018 aaahhh yes, thanks nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 That's cheap CCA - copper clad aluminium. I'd go for pure copper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpmiller Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Yup. Nowt wrong with the cheapest solid copper you can find. CPC tend to be cheaper than my local wholesalers, delivered to the door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 5 hours ago, Onoff said: That's cheap CCA - copper clad aluminium. I'd go for pure copper. Damnit. Sherlock spotted that and I didn't. Bugger. He's right of course. Still available at the same price though even at solid. Get you some of that ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpmiller Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 CCA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Yep if you want solid copper then this is what you want Cat5E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alphonsox Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 For an extra £30 I'd be fitting this... Cat6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 11 hours ago, dpmiller said: CCA DAMMMMNNNNIIIIITTTTT Solid in the title....then goes on to say solid CCA. Why can't these assholes just say what it is? Type in haste, repent etc etc. 9 hours ago, PeterW said: Yep if you want solid copper then this is what you want Cat5E 305m Box Reel MATRIX Cat5e 4 Pair UTP PVC Purple LSZH 24awg PURE SOLID COPPER.. Thats more like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 4 hours ago, Alphonsox said: For an extra £30 I'd be fitting this... Cat6 And +1. Ready for PoE then too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 1 minute ago, Nickfromwales said: And +1. Ready for PoE then too. You can do proper ie 48v PoE over standard Cat5 to about 100m if it’s Copper not CCA. Doesn’t need to be Cat6 for that. And if you’ve got 100m PoE links running, you can probably afford Cat6 anyway as it’s a big pad..!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Some sellers seem a bit crafty saying solid copper "over spline" for strength. The spline being plastic I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 1 minute ago, Onoff said: Some sellers seem a bit crafty saying solid copper "over spline" for strength. The spline being plastic I think. Thats the new Cat6 spec - it’s a cross shaped nylon spine that separates the 4 pairs of cores. Makes it more rigid too but needs more time to terminate it as you have the spine to cut out carefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpmiller Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 and solid means "not stranded" eg installation cable rather than flexible for patchleads. I can't see me going for anything other than cat5e personally. If it happily carries 100Mb over 100m+ around garages with welders and grinders etc going (that's our normal installs...) it'll be good enough for my domestic use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Just now, dpmiller said: and solid means "not stranded" eg installation cable rather than flexible for patchleads. I can't see me going for anything other than cat5e personally. If it happily carries 100Mb over 100m+ around garages with welders and grinders etc going (that's our normal installs...) it'll be good enough for my domestic use. You'd never say im ex comms would you Surprising how quickly you forget the terminology. TBH back then 15+ years ago it was cat 5e or nowt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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