looking for 5-pair cable

[ZippyDan]

I need a short run of 5-pair (or 6-pair) cable (with each internal pair color-coded and matching).

It's for a non-standard purpose but the intent is organization and clarity. It seems hard to find this kind of cable (and the few places I found it only sold in bulk and/or were ridiculously expensive).

Anyway know where I might find something like this? Or maybe you have a roll of this stuff sitting around and could spare a few meters?

Not sure if this is the right forum for this, but I'm basically looking for a Cat5 / Cat6 type cable except with 5 pairs (or 6) instead of 4.

 

[JackMDS]

If it has to be Ethernet, put two CAT6 into a shrink tube and you will have one cable with multiple cores.

Otherwise - https://www.multicable.com/resources/reference-data/multi-cable-multi-conductor-color-chart/

 

[mxnerd]

Yeah, use 2 cables and cut one of them open, take one or two pairs from it and shrink wrap them together and you have 5 or 6 pairs.

But why not just use 2 cables and tag internal pairs at the ends?

 

[ZippyDan]

It doesn't have to be CAT5 or 6, but it has to be about the same wire diameter (i.e. 22-26awg).

And you guys missed the part where I want the internal pairs to be color-coded. If I use two CAT5/6 cables, then I will have duplicate colors. I want a cable that comes with the standard 25-pair color codes.

 

[mxnerd]

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[VirtualLarry]

His other thread indicated he wanted to use CAT5E for speaker wire, that's already in the walls.

(Why leave that out, OP?)
My bad, that was actually someone else.

 

[Mr Evil]

Here you go, sold by the metre: https://uk.farnell.com/w/c/cable-wi...e/prl/results?no-of-pairs=5-pair&sort=P_PRICE
The cheaper stuff is all shielded though, so it will be stiffer than Cat 5/6.

 

[ZippyDan]

Here you go, sold by the metre: https://uk.farnell.com/w/c/cable-wi...e/prl/results?no-of-pairs=5-pair&sort=P_PRICE
The cheaper stuff is all shielded though, so it will be stiffer than Cat 5/6.

Cool find, thanks!

(dreading shipping charges to USA...)