ProSoundWeb Community
Sound Reinforcement - Forums for Live Sound Professionals - Your Displayed Name Must Be Your Real Full Name To Post In The Live Sound Forums => LAB: The Classic Live Audio Board => Topic started by: John Moore on July 11, 2011, 05:26:53 pm
-
Need to find a source for the above...looked via search but did not turn up much....we have a 100' from Allen Heath, but don't want to put two together with a connector in the middle, since some events we do are on grass.
-
Need to find a source for the above...looked via search but did not turn up much....we have a 100' from Allen Heath, but don't want to put two together with a connector in the middle, since some events we do are on grass.
Cables To Go has that length but I didn't see the reel as part of it - just the cable.
-
Need to find a source for the above...looked via search but did not turn up much....we have a 100' from Allen Heath, but don't want to put two together with a connector in the middle, since some events we do are on grass.
Both Gepco and Belden make DuraCAT cables (rubberized jacket), available in up to four channels (4x C5e). As for pre-finished, Roland has one (though not as durable, and not sure of the manufacturer), Rapco has a couple of types (again, not sure of the cable manufacturer), Digiflex uses Belden I believe.
Roll your own reel. Canare's are nice, but costly. Rapco's are cheaper. With a Canare reel, you can install a Neutrik EtherCON panel-mount on it so that you don't need to unreel the whole thing every time. Wind out as much as you need, then patch into the jack on the reel. I don't know that you can order it from Canare, pre-made with the DuraCAT, but it'd be worth looking into.
-
Need to find a source for the above...looked via search but did not turn up much....we have a 100' from Allen Heath, but don't want to put two together with a connector in the middle, since some events we do are on grass.
Markertek.com has a lot of different reels with Cat5.
http://www.markertek.com/Cable-Management-Protection/Cable-Reels/TecNec-Cables-Connectors/MKR-12.xhtml?MKR-12
-
Hi John,
I'm using Ramcat from Klotz. I generally use 2 x 250ft (ethernet and ethersound) runs, and even if fully extended they are quick and easy to roll by hand. About the same diameter as a mic cable but a lot tougher outer jacket. The ethercons fit and clamp really nicely. If you don't use a reel, they take up next to no space in the leads packer too :D
Darren
-
Need to find a source for the above...looked via search but did not turn up much....we have a 100' from Allen Heath, but don't want to put two together with a connector in the middle, since some events we do are on grass.
Markertek sells the Hannay AVC-16-10-11-DE reel. It will easily hold 250' of solid core Duracat from Rapco, and allows you to spool a leader on the second reel segment. You can get the cable with Ethercons at each end.
-
Need to find a source for the above...looked via search but did not turn up much....we have a 100' from Allen Heath, but don't want to put two together with a connector in the middle, since some events we do are on grass.
John,
Neutrik etherflex. (http://tinyurl.com/6asn7gf)
Iain.
-
A single piece of cat 5 didnt do it for us with digital consoles and snakes, we always want a back up and a few XLR lines for com and other analog sends/returns and Whilrwind has a nice option
http://whirlwindusa.com/catalog/snakes-splitters-and-multiwiring-systems/snakes/medusa-cat-6
-
Need to find a source for the above...looked via search but did not turn up much....we have a 100' from Allen Heath, but don't want to put two together with a connector in the middle, since some events we do are on grass.
we got this http://www.tmb.com/Pdf/ProPlexCAT5e-LTR-web.pdf from proplex for our ILive system, (90 meters/327ft) they also have a twin cable with redundant CAT5e PCCAT5EPX2 Dual CAT5e SFTP
Ray
-
A single piece of cat 5 didnt do it for us with digital consoles and snakes, we always want a back up and a few XLR lines for com and other analog sends/returns and Whilrwind has a nice option
http://whirlwindusa.com/catalog/snakes-splitters-and-multiwiring-systems/snakes/medusa-cat-6
+1 for Whirlwind.