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Mike Caldwell

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Re: Digital snakes and compatibility
« Reply #10 on: March 21, 2018, 10:55:25 AM »

I use this with my QU and either a AB168 or AR2412 or sometimes both, stranded, shielded CAT 5E.

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Re: Digital snakes and compatibility
« Reply #11 on: March 21, 2018, 04:43:05 PM »

I was under the understanding that if the cable was "cat" certified, the actual makeup was irrelevant to performance.


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David, you may be correct.  I think that solid CAT cable is inherently less reactive, but if it's certified at a specific category, it should meet the specification.  One discussion I saw recommended 100M maximum for solid and stated 80M was the limit for stranded cable for their particular product.  I have a auditorium that ran 500' runs of CAT5 (100M - 328' was the recommended maximum) and their X32 has been running flawlessly for several years.
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Re: Digital snakes and compatibility
« Reply #12 on: March 21, 2018, 06:52:05 PM »

David, you may be correct.  I think that solid CAT cable is inherently less reactive, but if it's certified at a specific category, it should meet the specification.  One discussion I saw recommended 100M maximum for solid and stated 80M was the limit for stranded cable for their particular product.  I have a auditorium that ran 500' runs of CAT5 (100M - 328' was the recommended maximum) and their X32 has been running flawlessly for several years.
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Re: Digital snakes and compatibility
« Reply #13 on: March 21, 2018, 09:41:19 PM »

Sean, we run Horizon Digital Snakes.  All of our are 250' stranded with 10' removable tails from the reel that they are on.  We also have a couple that care 4 lines per snake run that we use for our Midas Pro plus light send to the stage.  These are also 250' stranded, however they are not on a reel.

We have used these for the past 4 years or so and never had a problem as of yet.

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