On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 07:51:35AM -0400, Joseph Mack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greg Brown wrote: > > > > Home Depot now carries plenum rated Cat5 at ~$160.00 per 1000 foot > > spool. > > The default cat 5 cable now seems to be single stranded, but when it > first came out, the default was multistranded. The conventional wisdom > from my electronics days is that the single stranded conductors can't > be flexed a whole lot (eg used for cables that are plugged and unplugged) > as they crack at the flex point giving you an intermittant connection > that will drive you nuts trying to debug. > > I guess single stranded is OK for plenum cable that terminates in panels, > but for cables that are connected to computers that get plugged and unplugged > you should use the multistranded conductor cable.
Odd, I've only seen/felt one or two multistranted cat 5 cables in my life, those that came with my PCMCIA NICs. Learn something new every day. Every other cable I own is single stranded. David
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