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<blockquote data-quote="alphabet" data-source="post: 2573" data-attributes="member: 11"><p>Norval I can't comment on the price of CAT5 cables as I used spares that we had at the office after moving buildings. To make the cables took about 8 hours in total of which the most time was spent on stripping the wires. That is a laborious task, well until I found that I could just burn the plastic away! :banghead: </p><p></p><p>I used 6 lengths of CAT5 per cable, braiding it as 3 pairs as described here:</p><p></p><p>http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/triple_t_e.html</p><p></p><p>The braiding process takes its toll on the muscles in your hands, but does not take too long, probably 15-20 per cable.</p><p></p><p>Just a tip if you attempt this, strip at least 10cm of casing(outer casing of the CAT5) to make it easier to join all the wires together.</p><p></p><p>I was also fortunate to find banana plugs that could take THICK wire(up to 6mm diameter) <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alphabet, post: 2573, member: 11"] Norval I can't comment on the price of CAT5 cables as I used spares that we had at the office after moving buildings. To make the cables took about 8 hours in total of which the most time was spent on stripping the wires. That is a laborious task, well until I found that I could just burn the plastic away! :banghead: I used 6 lengths of CAT5 per cable, braiding it as 3 pairs as described here: http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/triple_t_e.html The braiding process takes its toll on the muscles in your hands, but does not take too long, probably 15-20 per cable. Just a tip if you attempt this, strip at least 10cm of casing(outer casing of the CAT5) to make it easier to join all the wires together. I was also fortunate to find banana plugs that could take THICK wire(up to 6mm diameter) :D [/QUOTE]
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