[RE-wrenches] Sourcing 600 Volt CAT 5 cable

[William Miller]

Dana:

The garden variety Cat5 we have been using is rated at 300 volts. Unless your off-grid system is using 600 volt controllers, standard Cat5 should be code compliant. 

We did source a Belden 600 V Cat5 and used it when we did not really need to. It was expensive and very hard to terminate.  (I damaged an Outback Hub 10. Expensive mistake). 

600 volt Cat5 can be had, but I recommend you avoid using it if possible. 

William Miller 

> On Apr 27, 2017, at 6:04 PM, Dana <dana at solarwork.com> wrote:
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> Hey All’yall.
>  
> I am looking for 185’ of 600 volt CAT 5 cable for my off grid MidNite Solar rapid shut down system.
> I am not looking for the USE version.
>  
> Please contact me off list.
>  
> Thankyou!  
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