Silicone DMX?

[Biskit]

We've had a few cases recently on a relatively crowded on-stage LX bar with a mix of LED and conventional lanterns, where a DMX lead to an intelligent fixture has ended up accidentally in contact with a hot halogen lamphouse, with the inevitable consequences. We do our best with cable management and keeping these things apart already, but it still happens occasionally. Has anyone found a suitable heat-resistant data cable, perhaps silicone, suitable for DMX?

Many thanks!

[skinda0]

We've had a few cases recently on a relatively crowded on-stage LX bar with a mix of LED and conventional lanterns, where a DMX lead to an intelligent fixture has ended up accidentally in contact with a hot halogen lamphouse, with the inevitable consequences. We do our best with cable management and keeping these things apart already, but it still happens occasionally. Has anyone found a suitable heat-resistant data cable, perhaps silicone, suitable for DMX?

Many thanks!

 

Unless you go for some sort of STP PTFE cable, I don't know of any STP silicone cables. PTFE stuff however is pretty pricey, ££ per meter. Best bet if it is permanent is good old cable ties or if you are looking for a less permanent solution you could use velcro straps. Thomann sell a multitude of different sizes that would easily go round scaffold tube.

[Jivemaster]

Minimising the losses due to melted DMX is one very good reason why people use an active splitter. Given a proper isolated active splitter a failure on one line needn't affect the other splits.

 

I have sometimes seen a RS485 cable for fireworks with a lime green silicone sheath but for the price....

 

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Ring Mat at MLE -see what cable it is, see whether he can sell cable to you or even give you a supplier contact.