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Cat 5 cable

bassey · 2011-06-13 18:43:01

Anyone able to tell me difference between the American way and European way of wiring Cat 5 cable?

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13-06-2011 7:43pm

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bassey

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Anyone able to tell me difference between the American way and European way of wiring Cat 5 cable?

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#2 13-06-2011 9:01pm
Marcus_Crassus

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The only difference is that the Americans have a different colour code.. if I remember correctly.

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#3 16-06-2011 7:38pm
Dardania

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have a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIA/EIA-568

B is generally used (and I insist on it for my projects)

Also, cat5 is not used - cat5e is the correct reference now or cat6 or cat6a

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