YES, solid wire for fixed installation a) less signal deterioration
b) safer connection; with female RJ-45 (CAT-5 wall outlet) the little blades that are supposed to cut through the cable's insulation (using that designated press/hammer tool) may not cut completely because the softer stranded cable gets just squeezed in-between the blades w/o cutting the insulation. ((However, with male RJ-45 it can be harder to crimp 8 solid cables, but there are not many cases where that's needed anyhow)) - Horst On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Jim Darrough wrote: > Use PVC and make sure you glue the joints well if you plan to run it > outside. Metal is ok too except it's harder to seal. > > Cat5e boxed cable comes in 1000 foot boxes usually, and it's almost > always solid wire. The only time you are likely to see stranded is for > patch cables (flexing service). > > Sincerely, Jim Darrough > > Beaker wrote: > >>I had assumed you were wiring a building. If you're making cables, be > >>sure you get stranded CAT-5, which is more expensive. The solid wire > >>won't flex many times before it breaks. > > > > > > Yes - its for wiring a building. I had been wondering though about the > > difference between stranded & solid. I'll be mostly running it up to rooms > > from the basement plus about 75' needs to be run outside underground through > > some sort of conduit. I'm planning to use regular exterior electrical > > conduit unless there's some reason not to. > > > > > >>Home Depot is $59 I think. Should be Cat5E. > >> > > > > How many feet for $59? 1000'/$59 would be a good deal indeed. > > > > Beaker > > > > > > > > > > > > >
