overkill is good but when I wired my new shop I used cat 3 for the phone. fp
At 06:02 AM 2/11/2010, Rick Glazier Poked the stick with: >For normal in-house wiring to ONLY PHONES Cat-5 or 6 is a little over-kill. ><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_3_cable> >That might be hard to find though and I never priced it. >I'm still using the old ATT 4 wire stuff. I bought a 1000' spool of it. > >My house was "pre-wired" when built with a 6 or 8 wire cable. >The painters for the seller damaged the cable and shoved it in a wall >and buried it by patching over it solid with plaster. >I have the proper tools to find that sort of thing. > >Have you tried splitting your "feeds" (inside the house) and seeing >which section has "trouble"? >It is odd that damage occurred, and it would never<?> involve the entire >system and EVERY run of wire. > >OTOH, it is like formatting a computer. Sometimes a "clean sweep" >is better or easier. My wires are 100% "fished", so I have a very >hybrid system of wiring... > >Rick Glazier > >From: "DSinc" Phone-internal? >>I now appears that my homes internal phone wiring has died. I have to replace >>it. I remain active via a long "phone cord" thru a window to the TSID (NID >>box). >>What I read says I need to request Cat5/Cat6 replacement wiring. OK! >>Understand. >>Believe/think my current wiring is old 4-wire single copper line. I have read >>up about the "cross-talk" issues in 4-wire systems. >>Question: Is current Cat5/Cat6 internal wire single filament or >>multiple-filament type cable? > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature >database 4857 (20100211) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > >http://www.eset.com > > -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Ideas may be whole- left- right- or no-brained.
