The basics solid cable is built with one strand or the core of a wire that has non conductive material for insulation.
Cat6 solid core patch cable.
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Solid conductor wire has a lower dc resistance allowing signals to run farther and stronger than stranded conductor patch cables.
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Solid cables are less useful when terminating with standard rj45 connectors as used when making patch cables.
This is not desirable since solid cable has the tendency to break when penetrated by the prong.
Most rj45 connectors use 2 prongs which penetrate the conductor itself.
Solid vs stranded cable.
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He was telling the customer that he recommends using solid cat 6 cable for long runs and wall fishing and stranded cat 6 cable for patch cables.
Connectix category 6 utp solid cable offers the performance characteristics required by the ever present category 6 standard.
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I was in a local computer store where i overheard a sales person discussing cat 6 cable runs with a customer.
Most rj45 connectors use 2 prongs which penetrate the conductor itself.
Blue solid conductor 4 pair cat6 patch cables are ideal for long ethernet patch cable runs as well as for use with tripp lites hdmi over cat6 audio video products.
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This type of cable is used for home electrical wiring wiring for breadboards and other situations where wires are not required to be constantly flexed.
This is not desirable since solid cable has the tendency to break when penetrated by the prong.