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Have you considered using superflat 4 pair cable?Here's an overpriced example (you could do better than this by buying premade patchcords):https://www.amazon.com/CAT5e-Super-Stranded-Ethernet-Unshielded/dp/B008OYAC2K
Daft side question: have you tested to make sure your PoE works over 2-pair? There are quite a few PoE variants, some do power over data pairs, some do power over non-data pairs and some use all pairs for power + data.
Thanks for the help everyone. The Belkin and Lapp all have shielding and fillers, so I did some more searching for U/UTP. Under the "wet string" mentality I briefly looked into Cat 3, but didn't find stranded. I did, however, find a second supplier of stranded 2-pair Cat 5e UTP, a bit cheaper than L-com, and in many stylish colors:https://www.quabbin.com/products/commercial-data-cable/patch/cat-5e/5209Minimum order is again 1000 feet, but after talking to one of their suppliers they located a partial spool at the factory. Still not the most economical solution, but I went ahead and ordered that to get this done with.
Fairly robust 4 pair 8 wire cable works best for me in terms of Quote from: octillion on September 17, 2021, 02:01:42 amThanks for the help everyone. The Belkin and Lapp all have shielding and fillers, so I did some more searching for U/UTP. Under the "wet string" mentality I briefly looked into Cat 3, but didn't find stranded. I did, however, find a second supplier of stranded 2-pair Cat 5e UTP, a bit cheaper than L-com, and in many stylish colors:https://www.quabbin.com/products/commercial-data-cable/patch/cat-5e/5209Minimum order is again 1000 feet, but after talking to one of their suppliers they located a partial spool at the factory. Still not the most economical solution, but I went ahead and ordered that to get this done with.colors are useful. I and my wife both make our own patch cables, usually out of E188601 type thick cat 5e wire. They seem to last longer with the cheap RJ-45 plugs we use, than the cheaper, thinner grey 4 pair cat 5 wire sold at our local home depot. But the blue wire is stiff, so a PITA as patch cables go. I would rather have the reliability though..