@ tbone321
Please don’t take me wrong, I’m posting to explain myself and my previous post. I do not mean to be a bonehead, or be critical of you, or uncooperative although this post might be taken as such.
Where exactly are you finding Cat5 or Cat6 cables where both sides of the color pair have a stripe? I am just asking because in the past 15 or so years that I have been working with this stuff I have never seen that.
“Yep, welp, I ain’t never dun seen a Snipe in the Ozarks ‘either, but dat don’ mean dey ain’t runnin’ roun’ deese here parts.†(grin)
I believe Southwire or Signal manufactured just such a configuration. More on this later though.
You’ll notice I included the text “
(OR SOLID ORANGE)†as in “Orange w/White Stripe (or solid Orange)†for completeness. (Attachment DLA-1)
In attachment (DLA-2) to this post, the ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.2-2001 diagram (in the brown box) lists the wire designations by color. Notice no mention of the white strip with the primary color.
In the same attachment, you’ll note (in the blue box in the diagram) the typical diagram posted in a variety of installation instructions. Notice the stripe on the primary color.
Another attachment (DLA-3) shows a representation of a drawing on a punch down jack from ICC. Notice there are no “solid†colors in their A/B diagram.
I meant to be complete with my answer, that’s all. I never intend to be mean, incorrect or inadequate with my text. Sometimes I am though, for that I apologize in advance.
History: My company was called in to reverse the boo-boo of an installation we lost a bid on. It was a conversion of Arcnet coax and Ethernet coax (probably haven’t seen any of that in your fifteen years either) along with a bunch of token ring connections to a brand spankin’ new Ethernet (10) CAT5. The installers also boo-boo’d the 50-pair CAT3 teleco. It was a mess, top to bottom. The CAT5 cable indeed had stripped primary colors and a fair percentage was punched in the wrong places, many reversed with their sister conductor. I’m retired and disabled now but next time I’m at that site, I’ll snap a few pictures for you, might even reach in the box of “leftovers†and grab you a sample.
I know a lot of what I’ve learned was/is incorrect. You know, the stuff like electron flow used to be (once upon a time) negative to positive (against the LED/diode/transistor arrow), cathode through control/screen to plate along with that getter thingy, no metering across a fuse, MDI/MDIX -- probably played too many voluntary megger shock games (the real definition/application of “meg outâ€) in the Navy. Still, an incomplete answer bugs me. So do insultive answers, even though the word “insultive†is usually more often used as an adjective.
Too many internet forums expect/demand noob’s be experts in the fields they’re posting elementary questions about. Many knowledgeable users are hesitant to ask questions. I don’t know very much about most things, and I dang sure don’t know half of everything about any one thing, but when I ask a question I really hope to get more than a one-sentence half-answer or a link pointing me to nowhereville just so somebody can become a “senior member†with 100-some posts. When I see a question I think I can contribute, I try to do my best to answer it. Thoroughly and correctly. Doc Holliday (Tombstone 1993) quote: “Maybe poker's just not your game Ike. I know! Let's have a spelling contest!â€
In closing, DLA-4 is a request for artwork for the SSC requested off-site.
joe