On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Gary Thornock said: > > I'm looking to wire up my new house, so I need to buy a large box > > (100M or so) of CAT5 to go with the ends and crimper I already have. > > Does anyone have a good suggestion of where to get some? > > > A couple of prices I just looked up on the web: > > CAT5e 1000 feet | PVC | Plenum > ----------------+---------+--------- > CompUSA | $120.90 | $430.32 > ----------------+---------+--------- > Home Depot | $ 66.00 | $189.00 > > This matches pretty well with what I expected to see (i.e. Home Depot > being a relatively inexpensive source of bulk CAT5 cable). > > I'm not sure whether current building codes require plenum wire for > residential use or not, you'll want to check that out. (I'd suspect > not, but it can't hurt to be sure.)
You might also check into Codale Electric Supply in Orem (codale.com). They've been trying to fill some of the black hole that appeared when Greybar disappeared. Frank --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Sorenson - KD7TZK CSR Computer Science Department Brigham Young University [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
