Re: C-Bus / Cat5e

[Mal Lansell <mal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you're spending a couple of grand on dimmer packs, switches and
interfaces, £40 extra for the correct cable hardly seems worth
worrying
about - especially if the alternative is to buy and install twice as
much conduit.

Mal



Chris Hunter wrote:

>but three-times the price for that seems a bit OTT ... ?
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>Chris
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>Jim Noble wrote:
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>>Chris Hunter wrote:
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>>>'looking to buy plenty of cable ... C-Bus shop sells C-Bus
cable at
>>>about 70GBP per 305m ... but I had in my mind that Cat-5e would
come at
>>>a little over 20GBP per 305m ... so, just wondered what people
have
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>>>paying ... and where they go for it !
>>>haven't worked-out yet how many runs to make, per postion ...
some seem
>>>to go as high as six !
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>>CBUS cable has mains rated insulation. Normal cat5 does not, and is
not
>>supposed to be put in the same space (eg conduit; channel; back
box) as
>>mains cable.
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>>Jim
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