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notice i didnt say "suitable outside"


rather than me buying a drum of external cat6, running it between house and shed, with an outlet socket at each end and a couple of short patch leads for the modem and computer end..... can i just use cat5e with rj45 terminations directly, but cover it with something.. or thread it through pipe on the higher risk areas of the route?

The route is around 30m... along a brick wall, under the path (or between the slabs) ... along a fence and into the shed... Its a posh shed with a gaming pc set up inside... and the wifi isnt quite up to scratch.


I have 2 boxes of regular CAT5e in stock and a bag of terminations....... i do not have any external CAT6...

Is it a bodge.... or is it a solution for the customer that doesn't want to spend a great deal.
 
When I have done similar, it has taken 2 to 3 years before problems have surfaced.
Ps that earth at home!
 
There are places that sell external grade by the metre or short lengths. Quick Google search should find them. TLC are quite local to me so they are my 'go to' when after something like that.
When you look at the per metre cost it is a lot cheaper to buy a 50m or 100m drum, if you are running external CAT5 is is extremely rare to only need 5 or 10 metres
 

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