As it's been said, solid over stranded, definitely. And I didn't even know you had a choice over the translucent insulation. Man, that stuff sucks. It's hard enough to see in broad daylight!
I'd say run an extra cable or two at every drop. Yeah, it'll be a little more expensive, but if you can get a 1k' box for $65, that's a measley 6.5? a foot. An extra 50' run costs you $3.25 now, and quite possibly a lot of time later. We used to buy cable from this place in Mandeville for $50/1k'. Granted, we were buying 50 boxes at a time, so that was probably a contributing factor. I'll check at work tomorrow. Joe On 4/25/07, Terry Stockdale <linux at dadstoy.net> wrote: > At 04:35 PM 4/25/2007, Michael Dolan wrote: > >I'd like to wire my house with cat-5. Can anyone recommend a good > >(cheap) place locally to buy a few hundred feet of cat-5? Should I > >just order it? > >I also have no experience running cable, but seems like it should be > >fairly easy. Anyone have any good tips? > > Thinking of tools: > 1) get a 2-piece cable tester set. CompUSA has/had one that I > bought for about $30 -- made life a lot easier to know which wires were > crossed > http://tinyurl.com/yp6zo2 > > 2) borrow a "fish tape" for running down through walls > > 3) get or borrow a long 1" or 1.25" flat drill bit to bore holes > down through the 2'sx4's in the top of the walls. By the way, you'll > probably be boring through 2 of them. Not sure why, but there always > seems to be a second one in the attic above the one at the top of the > room's wall. > > 4) Run the cables through the attic in the morning before it gets > hot in the attic. > > 5) Run -- and tie off -- an extra piece of nylon twine or two down > the walls. That way, if you decide to pull another cable later, > you've got an easy way to do it > > and, finally, > 6) cut and nail down some plywood to work on. Don't step off the > rafters . Sheet rock doesn't support weight very well. <grin> > > -- > Terry Stockdale -- Baton Rouge, LA > My computer tips site and newsletter: http://www.TerrysComputerTips.com > My general topics and photo blog: http://www.TheNextWindow.com > My web design blog: http://www.DrawingOnTheWeb.com > My computer blogs: http://www.PCRepairSite.Info , > http://blog.TerrysComputerTips.com , > http://www.XPRepairSite.com and http://www.VistaRepairSite.com > My personal site: http://www.TerryStockdale.com > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
