RE: Where do you folks get your cat5 cables from, and which ones work for you?

[Paul Gale]

I spent a long time looking for decent looking (non-industrial) faceplates.
Trouble is as Keith mentions, the really nice ones (chrome etc) are
horrendously
expensive and I ended up going for plain white square type (MK brand) which
were
OK but still set me back about £500 for the whole house (around 120 outlets
or
so)

Paul.



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Subject: RE: [KAT5] Where do you folks get your cat5 cables from, and which
ones
work for you?



Hi Gyre,

People tend to get them from all manner of places.

All electical wholesalers now stock CAT5 as do some of the large DIY
"sheds"
like B&amp;Q

Cable is normally between £25-£35 per box of 305m (1000ft)

Sockets depend on what you already have in your house. I have normanl white
faceplates for all electrical accessoriers so have a wide choice of what
CAT5 outlets I choose. People with Stainless Steel or Georgian Brass style
faceplates are severly restricted in what they can choose and have to pay a
premium to get matching CAT5 faceplates.

For White faceplates I tend to use the "Mini 5" range from Rapid
Electronics
www.rapidelectronics.co.uk (you can download the catalogue as a large PDF
file). These coms as a faceplate with 4 shutters and you then buy the
modules to fit behind them. Prices come down with quantity but one off is
about £2 for the faceplate and £1-49 for the modules meaning a fully
populated 4 port faceplate is around £8 +vat all in the space of a single
gang faceplate. You do need a deep box though. They also do patch pannels
and patch cords at good prices and the service is excellent. Order today by
7pm and you will normally have it by tomorrow.

Keith

www.diyha.co.uk
www.kat5.tv


> -----Original Message-----
> From: gyre [mailto:<a
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> Sent: 19 August 2003 23:26
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> Subject: [KAT5] Where do you folks get your cat5 cables from,
> and which
> ones work for you?
>
>
> Hi folks. Me again :)
>
> Can you give me a few pointers on where you like to get your cat5 (e?)
> cables from, which types work best with KAT5, and perhaps
> sockets/faceplates
> etc.
>
> Thx! :)
>
> -- gyre (soon to be a kat5 lover) --
>
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