RE: Supplier of CAT5 cable

[Stuart Grimshaw <stuart@xxxxxxx>]

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Also, stranded cable can make a better contact with the blades of the rj45 contacts, I've had a few solid code cables with dodgy connections because the blade had simply bent round the solid core.

> At 11:12 07/09/00 +0100, you wrote:
> >Sorry to butt in, but I'm thinking of installing a 100MB switch and
> running
> >CAT 5 to various points around the house. There seems to be a big
> difference
> >in the price between stranded and solid. Is solid OK to use for this
> type of
> >application. I thought stranded was used primarily for fly leads
> ?
>
> I understand stranded is slightly more expensive to manufacture, and a
> lot 
> more solid is made, so it gets cheaper still.
>
> IIRC (though I don't have figures to hand), stranded has slightly poorer
> performance (capacitance and NEXT?), so ideally should only be used where
> flexibility is important.  Don't quote me on that last bit
> though...
>
> But because solid is usually hidden in wall spaces, there isn't really
> demand for different colours.  Each box I buy usually is a slightly
> different shade of grey, which is sometimes useful for
> identification...
>
> Nigel


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