[ale] Local electric/datacom supply retail stores?

[James P. Kinney III]

Home Depot & MicroCenter. Lowes has stuff as well but they carry
non-standard plugs and sockets. 

Cat6 cable can be found at MicroCenter often, Home Depot never, and
Greybar always. Greybar is a large commercial electrical supply house.
They will not be the least expensive but thy will have it in stock.

Price on cable varies depending on application. Cat5e riser is $45/1k'.
Cat5e plenum is $120/1k'. Cat6 riser is around $80/1k' and $225/1k'
plenum. The cost of the plugs and sockets is about double that of cat5e.

The wiring scheme is the same for cat6 and cat5 but the tolerances are a
lot tighter on untwisted end lengths. When cat6 says 3/8" untwisted,
THEY MEAN IT! So 3/8" from the last end of the last full twist to the
punch down connector.

Cat5e will handle gigabit ethernet. Cat6 will do 10 gigabit. As the
cards that can do 10Gb are still in the $1k+ range, cat5e will do just
fine!


On Sat, 2004-08-14 at 15:20, Chris Woodfield wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Are there any local electric/datacom supply retail establishments that 
> one would recommend (other than Radio Shack)? I'm looking for a place 
> that sells things like cable, tools, jacks and punchdown blocks, cable 
> testers, etc.
> 
> I'm asking because I'm about to do a Cat5e cable pull in my house, and 

> I'd like to be able to do it as professionally as possible.
> 
> Also, how much would one expect to pay for a 500 foot reel of Cat6? 
> Home Depot has a Cat5e reel for $40, I'm wondering if it's worth the 
> extra cost to go with Cat6, whatever that extra cost may be...
> 
> No mail-order please...I need this stuff by Monday at the latest, as 
> I'm coordinating the cable pull alongside an unexpected plumbing job. 
> Better make the most of having holes in the drywall...
> 
> TIA,
> 
> -Chris
> 
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