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- From: George Pontis <geo@z9.com>
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- Subject: Re: Phone Wire
- Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 18:15:31 -0800
- Organization: Pontis Engineering Services
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- Robert Palmer wrote:
-
- > >I'm trying to replace the defective telephone wire installed in my new house.
- >
- > Type 3 will definitely be better than what you have from the sounds of
- > it. You also need to make certain that if the voice cable crosses any
- > electrical wiring that it does so at a perpendicular angle to negate
- > any emf that might be radiated from the electrical wiring.
- >
-
- Type 5 is even better (more twists per foot) and has 4 pairs - which gives one
- additional line. I recently bought a box of 1000' for $39.
-
- Another thing to keep in mind is indoor vs outdoor sheathing. If you have any
- part of indoor sheathed cable exposed to sunlight, it may deteriorate rapidly.
- A simple coat of paint can fix it.
-