On 18 October 2012 15:29, Eloy Paris <pe...@chapus.net> wrote: > On 10/18/2012 10:23 AM, Colin Law wrote: > >> I saw that Cat5e ethernet cable is good for 1-wire so I bought 50m of >> cable from an amazon shop [1]. When the cable arrived the cable outer >> has printed on it PLUSCOM Cat5e UTP 4Pairs 24AWG Patch Cable. It does >> not contain 4 twisted pairs, which I believe it should, but 8 separate >> wires. Am I correct in thinking that it is therefore not Cat5e? >> >> Colin >> >> [1] http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008EELSPK/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00 > > Interesting. The picture does show four twisted pairs. As I understand > it, it is very important that the pairs are twisted. Otherwise there > will be EMI issues. > > Perhaps what you have is the product of a manufacturing problem? I would > contact the manufacturer and ask why the pairs are not twisted, when > they should be.
I tried to contact the manufacturer (Pluscom) to ask them whether it could be such a problem, but could not find a useful site for Pluscom, which is odd in itself as their products are very common, at least in the uk, Google finds lots of their stuff. It makes me suspicious. Colin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct _______________________________________________ Owfs-developers mailing list Owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/owfs-developers
