How To Procure CAT6 Bulk Cable And Connectors For Your Office LANWhen you are embarking on a new enterprise-level 1000BaseT gigabit Ethernet installation it is always better to procure spools and spools of 1000 feet long bundles of CAT6 Bulk Cable. This is because your project is of gigantic proportions so buying in bulk makes sense as you will find it is cheaper in the long run to do so. Further, it is important that you buy CAT6 bulk cable of the plenum variety. This is because not only can you then use longer runs of the cable, but you will find that you can easily utilize the air conditioning ducts in your office building to route the plenum cable. One more advantage of the plenum cable is that it has the highest flame protection as designated by the NEC (National Electrical Code). Of course you must first have the layout of all the computers and hubs/routers/switches and the air conditioning ducts forming the LAN (Local Area Networking) in your office building all ready. This will help you in measuring the total length of the CAT6 bulk cable that you will be required to procure for your future-ready multimedia-transmission-capable gigabit Ethernet installation. Do take care to keep a reasonable extra margin for the low-bend-radius plenum cable at turns in the route. After you measure the routing length of the cable through the duct and keep an extra margin for exigencies, you can easily estimate the budgeted cost of the cable. Currently, the cable costs approximately $350 per 1000 feet spool so you can easily find out the total cost of the cable. The calculation is quite easy as you will multiply the total routing length of the cable with margin in feet by $0.35 to arrive at the approximate budgeted cost for the procurement of the cable. CAT6 bulk cable of the plenum variety that you will then procure is composed of 8 insulated wires made of solid copper conductor. This is in contrast to stranded copper wire used in non-plenum cable. The CAT6 plenum cable is generally manufactured from AWG (American Wire Gauge) 23 wire. AWG is a standard that specifies the diameter of a wire in terms of standard wire gauge. The higher the gauge, the smaller the wire diameter is and vice versa. Oh yes and do not forget to buy the RJ-45 connectors that will help you connect the CAT6 plenum cable to all the computers and hubs/routers/switches. Consider that you will need one such connector for each device that you connect with the cable so you can easily calculate the total number of connectors required. You can keep some extra margin in the total number, because during crimping, some RJ-connectors may fail. While installing the CAT6 bulk cable, take care not to twist or staple the cable as the insulation covering the cable may break down. This will entail expensive replacement of the cable. |