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Cable Specification Guides For Buyers And Installers

12 guides covering category selection, conductor and jacket materials, installation practice and pre-shipment inspection — written from what actually goes wrong on site.

Comparison Guide

CAT5e vs CAT6 vs CAT6A vs CAT7 — Which To Specify

Bandwidth, conductor size, screening and cost, and the situations where each one is the right answer.

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UTP FTP And SFTP Shielding Explained

What each construction actually does, what it costs you to install, and when the screen earns its place.

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Bare Copper vs CCA — What The Conductor Choice Costs You

Copper-clad aluminium is cheaper by weight and by metre. Here is exactly where that saving turns into a problem.

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PVC LSZH And PE Cable Jackets Compared

Fire behaviour, weather resistance and handling — how to pick the jacket before the cable is ordered rather than after.

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How To Choose Fire Alarm Cable

Core count, screening, identification and documentation — the four decisions that actually get checked.

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Speaker Cable Gauge And Run Length

How cable resistance costs you level and damping factor, and how to size a run before it disappears into a ceiling.

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Multi-Pair Telephone Cable — A Practical Guide

Pair counts, jacket choice and where CAT3 multi-pair still beats anything else.

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AWG To Millimetre Conductor Reference

A conversion table for the conductor sizes that appear across low-voltage cable specifications.

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Ethernet Cable Installation — Avoiding The Common Failures

Pull tension, bend radius, untwist length and separation — the four things that turn good cable into a failed certification.

Read the guide →Checklist

How To Inspect Cable Before It Ships

A pre-shipment checklist for buyers who will not see the goods until they are at their own warehouse.

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A Buyer's Guide To OEM And Private Label Cable

What is actually involved in putting your own brand on cable, and what it costs in minimums and lead time.

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Factory Patch Cords vs Field Termination

When to buy cords and when to make them, and why the answer is almost always to buy them.

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