Talk:Category 5 cable

In the 'cable standard' section
In the cable standard section it says "and test requirements for frequencies up to 100 Mbps". The unit for frequency is Hertz (i.e. MHz). Does anyone have a problem if this is changed? 217.67.52.83 (talk) 21:41, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

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The second part of the following statement is incorrect:

"Plenum-rated cables are slower to burn and produce less smoke than cables using a mantle of materials like PVC. This also affects legal requirements for a fire sprinkler system. That is if a plenum-rated cable is used, sprinkler requirement may be eliminated.[32]"

The link to note 32 is dead (404)so I am not sure where such an idea came from.


 * The use of Plenum-rated cables does not eliminate fire sprinkler requirements. Plenum-rated cables are required in ceiling spaces which are used as a return air plenum. (as apposed to a ducted air return) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.36.175.136 (talk) 23:49, 5 July 2014 (UTC)


 * ✅ I have repaired this ref and removed apparently erroneous discussion about sprinkler systems as this information was not in the reference. ~Kvng (talk) 14:29, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

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Nomenclature
The article covers category 5 and category 5e. I'm going to propose, for readability, that we refer to the subject as "category 5" for information that refers to both and use "category 5e" only where we're talking about the specific improvements associated with that label. I believe this correlates well with the vernacular use of the terms. ~Kvng (talk) 14:43, 8 December 2017 (UTC)


 * All of the "5e" mentions are in instances where they're required. Maybe this has been fixed recently. Maybe the proposal was never necessary. ~Kvng (talk) 16:00, 25 March 2020 (UTC)