We all take Ethernet and its ubiquitous RJ-45 connector for granted these days. But Ethernet didn’t start with twisted pair cable. [Mark] and [Ben] at The Serial Port YouTube channel are taki… ...

I have come across several times, though, a cable that only has 2 twisted pair of cables with only 4 of the pins being used and the remaining pins of the RJ45 connector left open.

In each case, no more than about 6 feet is necessary, and certainly no more than three times that distance for typical uses. Within this realm, cable construction employs wire gauges smaller than the ...

All twisted-pair cables aren’t the same. Telephone cables contain pairs of No. 24 (AWG) copper wires with only a few twists per foot and either paper or plastic insulation. ... Cable Construction.

Twisted-pair cables can have many different types of connectors. The two most common are Registered Jack (RJ) 11 and RJ45. RJ11 connectors are commonly used in U.S. telephones with four or six ...

Nice hack. I would have thought Twisted pair cable would have about 300+ ohms impedence. Report comment. Reply. Kaz says: December 6, 2015 at 4:35 am ...

They also provide support for additional cable you may need to install as a result of a move, add, or change. (See Fig. 2, on this page). - Because UTP and Shielded Twisted Pair cable are protected ...

Technicians should avoid placing it near noise sources such as power cables. Unshielded twisted pair (UTP) [and its cousins, foiled twisted-pair (FTP) and shielded twisted-pair (STP)] are balanced ...

Swiss cabling specialist Reichle & De-Massari has launched the world’s thinnest Shielded Twisted Pair (STP) copper trunk cable. The new ThinCompact Cat.6A cable shaves almost 70 percent off the bulk ...