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Urgent Re: Crimping cat 8 cable

stevejazzx · 2009-11-27 09:43:18

mods sorry if this wrong forum-please move if necessary. Is crimping a heavily shielded cat 8 cable more or less the same as cat 5/6? The reason I ask is becasue I have a work colleauge in paris at momnet who is telling me the category cable (we think it's cat8! becasue all the pairs are shielded) pairs are too thick to…

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27-11-2009 10:43am

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stevejazzx

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mods sorry if this wrong forum-please move if necessary.

Is crimping a heavily shielded cat 8 cable more or less the same as cat 5/6? The reason I ask is becasue I have a work colleauge in paris at momnet who is telling me the category cable (we think it's cat8! becasue all the pairs are shielded) pairs are too thick to fit inside the rj45 heads? Anyone ever come across anything like this?

thanks

steve

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#2 27-11-2009 11:30am
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The server forum would probably be better for this, all those bearded lads should be able to shed some light on it.

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