Cat 5 Installation in Phone Systems

 

You may have not noticed it, but the cables of your phone systems have been changed from a two-pair cable to one with a six twisted pair. These cables are known as Cat5, short for category 5. They have replaced standard phone lines because they are capable of transferring high-speed data such as internet broadband services. Cat-5 cable systems support frequencies up to 100 MHz and speeds up to 1000 Mbps.

The Old Cable System

Most residential telephone wiring installed from 1950 to 2000 contained one red, one black, one green, and one yellow insulated 22 or 24 gauge copper conductors. The red and black pairs of conductors, as well as the green and yellow ones, are twisted together respectively.

The Cat 5 Cable System

After 2000, most phone systems already underwent Cat 5 installation. Unlike the old cable system, the Cat 5 cable contains six twisted pairs. The red and black pairs as well as the yellow and green pairs still have counterparts, nonetheless. The blue on white, white on blue twisted pair of the cat 5 is equivalent to the green and red twisted pair of the old one, while the orange on white, white on orange twisted pair is equivalent to the black and yellow twisted pair.

Cat 5 Installation

You need a cat 5 cable system if you want to have all the rooms in your house ready for both phone and internet connections. Cat 5 installation is not difficult to do even though its jack is set-up differently from the standard telephone wiring. All you have to ensure is that you have a special wire punch tool to seat the wire strands into the jack.

Just a quick note about cat 5 installation: always keep the color conversion that we have discussed earlier in mind. Reversing or crossing any of these connections will cause phone systems to short or stop working.

Advantages of Switching to Cat 5 Cables

Aside from easy installation and better transmission, Cat 5 cables also offer the advantage of cost efficiency. The cost difference between cat 5 and the other types of cables amount to as much as 40%. This, while maintaining up to four times transmission speed. How cost-effective can a set of cables be?

So be it at home or in the office, your phone systems will definitely benefit from the use of cat 5 cable systems. Think of cat 5 installation today.

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701 S Howard Ave Suite 106-351 Tampa, FL 33606
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