Monkeys-Heed Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Recently bought (as recommended on here) a NJD Logic 800s controller, and wanting to provide for future expansion have just bought a pair of NJD DP1000 dimmer packs. I'm about to start building them into a rack / doing all the wiring for it etc etc, and was wondering if I can use cat5e cable to act as the 10V controller cable as I've got laods of it lying round, and was wanting to be cheap and save a few quid. I'm not actually sure what cat5 is rated to but will it do the job or should I stop being a cheapskate, go down to maplin and shoplift a few meters of other cable ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimWebber Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 I cannot see a problem with Cat5 cable for analogue control, however, solid core cable may be a bit fragile, and prone to breakages and damage. Although if this is purely in a rack, you may get away with it... HTH Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys-Heed Posted September 20, 2007 Author Share Posted September 20, 2007 solid core cable may be a bit fragile, and prone to breakages and damage. Just snipped open a potential donor cable and the cores are multiple strands - about 7/8 per core so should be ok... Plus it'll be in a rack anyway.. Cool though - as long as they can handle the job then the cheapp route is ideal for me ;) Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musht Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Cat 5 is actually rated to about an amp, the stranded flavour is patch cable, ideal for LV control signals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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