OT ish Best price for Cat5e 300m stranded?

I'm looking for 300m of stranded cat5e, the cheapest place I've found is
redstore.com at £33.01 inc. vat delivered, but it doesn't specify if
this is solid or stranded and their sales are being slow to reply
(emailed this morning).

If anyone knows whether this is stranded or solid, or knows of a better
offer, I'd be very grateful.

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"Meurig Freeman" <meurig2@*NoSpam*doublegeek.com> wrote in message
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> I'm looking for 300m of stranded cat5e, the cheapest place I've found is
> redstore.com at £33.01 inc. vat delivered, but it doesn't specify if
> this is solid or stranded and their sales are being slow to reply
> (emailed this morning).
>
> If anyone knows whether this is stranded or solid, or knows of a better
> offer, I'd be very grateful.
>
> --
> Meurig
> (http://xboxmods.meurig.com)

Is this what u are after
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...98007&id=19581
£25.95 +£5.95 postage
They do all the connectors and boxes etc as well;.
if you spend £45 or more, u get free delivery.

SwissTony wrote:
> "Meurig Freeman" <meurig2@*NoSpam*doublegeek.com> wrote in message
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>>I'm looking for 300m of stranded cat5e, the cheapest place I've found is
>>redstore.com at £33.01 inc. vat delivered, but it doesn't specify if
>>this is solid or stranded and their sales are being slow to reply
>>(emailed this morning).
>>
>>If anyone knows whether this is stranded or solid, or knows of a better
>>offer, I'd be very grateful.
>>
>>--
>>Meurig
>>(http://xboxmods.meurig.com)
>
>
> Is this what u are after
> http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...98007&id=19581
> £25.95 +£5.95 postage
> They do all the connectors and boxes etc as well;.
> if you spend £45 or more, u get free delivery.
>
>

Thanks :-)

They have now also been sent a the standed or solid question - guess
I'll know tomorrow.

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"Meurig Freeman" <meurig2@*NoSpam*doublegeek.com> wrote in message
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> I'm looking for 300m of stranded cat5e, the cheapest place I've found is
> redstore.com at £33.01 inc. vat delivered, but it doesn't specify if
> this is solid or stranded and their sales are being slow to reply
> (emailed this morning).
>
> If anyone knows whether this is stranded or solid, or knows of a better
> offer, I'd be very grateful.

Try the yellow pages for electricians or electrical engineers. I tried a local
one a few years back and got 50metres for about £5 incuding ends. Cheaper as
they buy in mass amounts and can cut to your requirements.

Beck wrote:
> "Meurig Freeman" <meurig2@*NoSpam*doublegeek.com> wrote in message
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>>I'm looking for 300m of stranded cat5e, the cheapest place I've found is
>>redstore.com at £33.01 inc. vat delivered, but it doesn't specify if
>>this is solid or stranded and their sales are being slow to reply
>>(emailed this morning).
>>
>>If anyone knows whether this is stranded or solid, or knows of a better
>>offer, I'd be very grateful.
>
>
> Try the yellow pages for electricians or electrical engineers. I tried a local
> one a few years back and got 50metres for about £5 incuding ends. Cheaper as
> they buy in mass amounts and can cut to your requirements.
>
>

Thanks for the advice :-)

And just to report back, the redstore price was for Solid cable, not
stranded.

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Meurig Freeman wrote:

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> I'm looking for 300m of stranded cat5e, the cheapest place I've found is
> redstore.com at £33.01 inc. vat delivered, but it doesn't specify if
> this is solid or stranded and their sales are being slow to reply
> (emailed this morning).
>
> If anyone knows whether this is stranded or solid, or knows of a better
> offer, I'd be very grateful.
>

various colours of stranded in 100 mtr reels from lioncom.co.uk (grey at
£32.15 + VAT.) No stock of longer cable though.

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"Meurig Freeman" <meurig2@*NoSpam*doublegeek.com> wrote in message
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> I'm looking for 300m of stranded cat5e, the cheapest place I've found is
> redstore.com at £33.01 inc. vat delivered, but it doesn't specify if
> this is solid or stranded and their sales are being slow to reply
> (emailed this morning).
>
> If anyone knows whether this is stranded or solid, or knows of a better
> offer, I'd be very grateful.
>
> --
> Meurig
> (http://xboxmods.meurig.com)

I think the screwfix one is solid core as the price of stranded is over
double the price
http://www.homestead.co.uk/ftp085.htm

can i ask why you need stranded???

"Meurig Freeman" <meurig2@*NoSpam*doublegeek.com> wrote in message
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> I'm looking for 300m of stranded cat5e, the cheapest place I've found is
> redstore.com at £33.01 inc. vat delivered, but it doesn't specify if
> this is solid or stranded and their sales are being slow to reply
> (emailed this morning).
>
> If anyone knows whether this is stranded or solid, or knows of a better
> offer, I'd be very grateful.
>
> --
> Meurig
> (http://xboxmods.meurig.com)

Pretty good price from here http://www.netshop.co.uk/wts085.htm
not sure about p&p though

SwissTony wrote:
> "Meurig Freeman" <meurig2@*NoSpam*doublegeek.com> wrote in message
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>>I'm looking for 300m of stranded cat5e, the cheapest place I've found is
>>redstore.com at £33.01 inc. vat delivered, but it doesn't specify if
>>this is solid or stranded and their sales are being slow to reply
>>(emailed this morning).
>>
>>If anyone knows whether this is stranded or solid, or knows of a better
>>offer, I'd be very grateful.
>>
>>--
>>Meurig
>>(http://xboxmods.meurig.com)
>
>
> Pretty good price from here http://www.netshop.co.uk/wts085.htm
> not sure about p&p though
>

Just heard back from screwfix and yes, as you say it is solid - this is
getting a little repetitive.

I was looking for stranded because I thought it would be about the same
price - I've got solid running around the house and wanted to make up a
bulk quantity of patch & crossover cables for myself and customers. The
flexibility of stranded would be niceas it might last longer, for me
it's not worth paying double for though.

Thanks for everyones help - if i do find a great price I'll report back,
but I hold out little hope.

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In message <414827fb$0$22757$(E-Mail Removed)>, Meurig Freeman
<meurig2@*NoSpam*doublegeek.com> writes
>I was looking for stranded because I thought it would be about the same
>price - I've got solid running around the house and wanted to make up a
>bulk quantity of patch & crossover cables for myself and customers.
>The flexibility of stranded would be niceas it might last longer, for
>me it's not worth paying double for though.

I have some faint recollection that you need special RJ45 plugs to fit
to solid core - and that most of the plugs you can buy are for stranded.
You may therefore find it a false economy to buy solid core cable to
make patch cables.


Usually, solid is used for fixed wiring and stranded for patch cables -
as you infer in your messages.



David
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