throbscottle
Well-Known Member
I have some cat5 bulk cable sitting around which has had lengths cut off it over the years, but now I would like to run some between rooms in my house, and may need to connect pieces together. Ok I know it's cheap enough, but I already have the cable and the budget is tight.
Is it ok to just solder the wires together, if I stagger the joins over a couple of inches? Or do I need to get one of those fancy coupler jobbies? Or would it be better to make a little straight-through pcb for this?
This is for home use only so it doesn't have to be standards compliant, just retain most of the bandwidth.
TIA
Is it ok to just solder the wires together, if I stagger the joins over a couple of inches? Or do I need to get one of those fancy coupler jobbies? Or would it be better to make a little straight-through pcb for this?
This is for home use only so it doesn't have to be standards compliant, just retain most of the bandwidth.
TIA