RE: Re: Cat 5 colour legend

["Hawes,Timothy Edward \(GEG\)" <haweste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ah, sorry. I see what you mean now.

C-Bus is indeed pink, and that's how it comes from Clipsal. The pink
stuff has a sheath rated to 220V (or 240V, whatever) which allows the
cable to co-exist in a consumer unit with mains voltage cables (per the
wiring regs.). Other non-pink Cat5 may also have a suitably rated sheath
but IIRC no one has posted details of those cables.

The in-wall cables are usually various shades of grey, depending on the
individual manufacturer.

Patch leads come in pretty much all the colours of the rainbow, and then
some more too. I don't recall coming across any particular guidelines or
suggestions as to what colours relate to what service, but I know a
number of list members have come up with their own convention.

These guys: http://www.cablenet.org.uk/catalog/cat5eutp.htm
Have a pretty good colour range available (no connection etc. other than
a happy customer)

Maybe ask a Cedia installer what convention they follow?

Cheers,

Tim.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: andyjlloyd36
>
> Thanks Tim, however I dont think I explained myself properly.
> I believe there are outer sheath colour requirements
> dependant on the usage. ie C-Bus for lighting uses pink
> sheath, audio i think is blue etc
>
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Hawes,Timothy Edward \(GEG\)"
> <haweste@a...> wrote:
> > This site has a pretty good guide. There's basically two
different
> > standards. Just pick one of them and use it consistently :-)
> > http://www.rogerssystems.com/store/tech/how-to-cat5.cfm