Re: CAT5 Cable and OT Drains!

["Alan Cockerton" <alancc@xxxxxxx>]

I had a go at jointing some alarm cable in a punch down connector at the
weekend and was suprised to find it worked perfectly, I had expected to
have
to prestip the wire and solder it.

Alancc
----- Original Message -----
From: Matthew J Robinson <mjrobinson@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 5:45 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] CAT5 Cable and OT Drains!


> Stranded cable is generally more forgiving to bending and moulding
around
> things. Solid tends to let you have one or two goes then it breaks.
>
> The only gotcha will be if you are croning (sp) i.e. using a push tool
onto
> the back of a panel - solid works better. You could tin the wires or
stranded
> with a little solder to overcome this though.
>
> As for a source - Farnell, RS should be able to sell it by the reel.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Matthew
>
>
>
>
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