Is it solid or stranded cable? Makes a big difference if you want to do it right. Usually, solid cable goes to the back of patch panels, and stranded can have an 8P8C plug crimped on. I have a die and some plugs for my crimping tool which will accept solid cable, also some patch panel terminals can take stranded cable but it's important to know the difference.
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I’m not sure if it is solid & stranded. How can I tell?
If you look at Review 6 (6 Jan 2018) in the reference you supplied, it states
" This cable quickly shows itself as well constructed. The 8 individual solid copper cores are surrounded by outer thick foil shielding. The individual strands seem pretty durable (unlike many cheap cables available elsewhere).
In (quick, totally unscientific) speed tests, over the full 100m I was seeing speeds in excess of 400MBit, so this should be more than sufficient for many small hard-wiring applications where a bit more than 100MBit may be required. "
https://www.nexans.co.uk/eservice/U...ential_F_UTP_Cat5e_0_5mm_LSZH_1000m_reel.html
states
"DESIGN
The Essential-5 cables have AWG 24 solid copper wires and comply with IEC 60228."
You know this is a forum, right? And how they work?
A place for discussion, comments, offering a bit of advice. Exactly what BAS did.
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My comment was about him dissecting another member's, factually accurate, professional contribution.
BAS's opinion may have been that the information was above the level necessary for a basic domestic installation, and he is entirely entitled to that opinion and probably correct.
But wanting to learn and experience more than is required to just do the basic job is what makes great engineers, details of why and what not just how separate engineers from those who only install. Forums like these are about the open sharing of knowledge, something I'm sure BAS is as happy to do as I am.
Contributions however can be made without being dismissive, particularly ad hominem of another member's contribution.
Engineers are those who meet the requirements of the Engineering Council, as incorporated or chartered Engineers.
Oh if only it were so, alas that isn't even the case in the UK which is the only place the EC holds any official sway. I say alas because like many professional engineers I would love it to be a protected professional designation, unfortunately this has yet to occur in the UK unlike some other parts of the world.
Whilst I am supportive of the EC, having received professional registrations through the IET where I remain an active volunteer, the EC's role in holding court over what does and does not constitute an engineer, and in the UK alone, is relatively neoteric. Engineers of course existed for some time prior to the 1981 creation of the EC, and should it one day cease to be, they shall of course continue to exist.
The 1982 Oxford Senior Dictionary I have just retrieved from above my desk defines:
An engineer as "a person who is skilled in a branch of engineering, one who is in charge of machines and engines, to construct or control as an engineer, to contrive or bring about.
Engineering is defined as: the application of scientific knowledge for the control and use of power.
More recent definitions decide an engineer to be someone who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or structures or is a skilful contriver or originator of something.
The general summary I take from this however is original creation, perhaps original thought, using skill and a knowledge of scientific principles.
That is what I would personally consider to be an engineer, I know many engineers for whom I hold a great respect, but have never chosen to be professionally registered.
Any road up, although I do enjoy a healthy discourse and genuinely value this conversation (thank you), I fear we are rather spamming this thread about the chap's network cable with our exchange.
but if the OP is running cable to faceplates they are useless
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Note that if you are running Cat6, using Cat6 connectors and faceplates, and want to get the full Cat6 performance, the correct amount of untwisting and dressing of the conductors is critical as they go into the plug or punchdown block, much more so than for GigE and Cat5E
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