I am sure everyone knows this, but there is a big difference in the RJ45 crimp
on plugs between stranded and solid.
Stranded has some straight little poky pins that pierce the insulation and bury
their nose in amongst the strands.
Solid has multiple offset poky pins that pierce the insulation and straddle and
dig into the solid conductor.
Stranded connectors will work on solid for a few minutes until the stress of
the metal are a bit relieved and the cable gets moved a bit, they you get
intermittent connections. Just wiggle the cable or tug on it a bit and they
will fail.
Solid connectors will work on stranded for a few minutes too maybe. If they
actually touch some conductors they can work for quote some time but they are
luck to touch the edge of a strand or two. They are more likely to work than
Stranded connectors on Solid wire.
From: Jeremy
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2015 7:30 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Ultra flexible CAT5 patch cable source?
Stranded, not solid. Right?
On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 2:11 AM, Carl Peterson <cpeter...@portnetworks.com>
wrote:
What you want is pur jacket cat5 or cat6. You can buy spools of it as well
for ~$4 per ft
On Nov 16, 2015, at 3:40 AM, TJ Trout <t...@voltbb.com> wrote:
how about the flat ones? they pretty much fit what your asking for, but
they only flex in 2 directions, no side to side flex?
http://www.monoprice.com/product?c_id=102&cp_id=10208&cs_id=1020810&p_id=9553&seq=1&format=2
On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 9:59 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account)
<li...@packetflux.com> wrote:
I've slowly come to the conclusion that the most useful cables for my
test bench are the ultra flexible type with very little if any memory. They
don't get kinked, they stay put, and they don't get tangled as easily. When
you hang them on a cable holder, they even hang nice and straight.
I've slowly been replacing all of my test cables with this type of cable.
I'm still looking for a cat5 patch cable which is of this type. Any ideas
where I might find such a beast?
Oh, and yes, I've looked at those little roll up toys they sell for
travel use. Not really what I'm looking for, just because of the fragility of
the cable and questionable cat5 compliance.
