Anonuser
join:2003-01-03
Milwaukee, WI
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Re: Home Depot CAT5
I've used literally thousands of feet of Home Depot riser cable, both outdoors on a arial run, and on a 600 foot run through a parking garage. Both runs have been up for 2 years, the outdoor one is going strong, no issues, i checked the cable a month ago, and it's holding up good (Customer needed it done CHEAP, so cheap I had to do it).
The parking garage run, 600 ft, 200 ft of that runs parallell with 1,600 amp 3 phase power lines. Transfer speed end to end was 87mbit last week. HD has good, cheap cable.
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Keithb
join:2003-09-16
US
| We used to purchase all cable from Defacto as mentioned above, and have purchased 2 1000' rolls from »www.shireeninc.com/osc/product_i···ts_id=29
It has a dual jacket which I like for outdoor use. One thing was the spool was cardboard, got broke in shipping, and pulling 1000' off a broken roll is a bitch. Defacto had nice wood spools. |
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whoever
join:2006-03-13
Avon, CO
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We use cable for both commercial and residential indoor and outdoor. Some of the runs across roofs and outdoors will be exposed to temps that range from -20F to over 130F in the summer with lots of UV since some of these sites are at 7500ft ASL or more. We'll get spools of the good stuff to stock, but there is a HD in town that we can use if we run short. I just want to make sure that if we do have to use the HD cable, it will not cause grief down several months down the line, especially with UV and high temp exposure and then -20F temps in the same year. Some of the cable specs for even the good stuff only goes to 140F, which can easily be exceeded on a hot roof when the air temp gets to 115F and the sun is beating down all day. |
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Tigerpaw509
Premium
join:2006-07-15
Huntley, IL
 ·AT&T Midwest
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Plenum cable is indoor use only,it fire retardent so not to give off smoke for our fire fighter friends doing their job(its very expensive).If using cat5 outside be sure its rated for outdoor use or in a few years the jackets will crack and fall off.A box should cost under $100.If this is indoor use only for phone service use regular twisted pair.Good luck |
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jdubber
join:2006-10-03
Napa, CA
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I prefer using flooded cable when I am doing a cable run under a house mainly because rats seem to stay away from it. More than once I have had to replace non flooded cable under a house because rats have chewed through it. The less I am aroung rat feces, the better. |
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