Sujet : Re: CAT5e cable
De : jeffl (at) *nospam* cruzio.com (Jeff Liebermann)
Groupes : sci.electronics.designDate : 08. May 2025, 03:59:17
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On Wed, 7 May 2025 23:06:50 -0000 (UTC), David Lesher
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wb8foz@panix.com> wrote:
Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> writes:
Outdoor cable usually mean UV resistant. It can also be direct burial
cable where the space between the wires and outer jacket are filled
with silicon slime. It does a good job of keeping the water out of
the cable, but does make a mess.
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Beware using filled cable indoors. That gel may well be flammable.
There's something in the Code re: that.
The gel is NOT flammable:
"Ethernet Cable Gel Filling Flame Test!"
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adXRPdnETRU>
The grease needs to be slimy to plug any air gaps which might cause
water to crawl up the air gaps using capillary action.
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