about cables

if i am using cbus wid cat5 cable......what happens if i suddenly replace cat5 cable with knx or EIB bus cable by keeping all the devices same as in cbus

 

Use Pink C-Bus cable

You loose the integrity of your insulation protection.
**NOTE** Cat 5 cable does not = C-Bus cable!
C-Bus cable has a pink sheath, and has C-Bus printed on it with the part number. This is important because the sheath on this cable is rated for use near higher voltages such as inside a switchboard, where as standard "cat 5" cable is not.

 

Can we have a stiky for this question.

It gets asked so often and no -one is using theh search button.

Post it at the top for all to see (hopefully)

Mick

 

Cable

How about using standard Cat6, as long as you abide by the rules/standards you shouldn't have to run Clipsal's pink version. Though I thought that maybe it voids your warranty on c-bus products if you don't???

 

In a house with dozens of Cat6 terminations, what are the chances that you will plug CBus into a switching hub and freeze your ethernet network and at the same time freeze your CBus network.

I wager that the odds are hugely in favour of such a mix up.

The single most important benefit in operational success is visual isolation. It looks different. Speed is certainly not an issue. But control over cabling is always a problem you dont want to face.

Last time this happened to me was when someone terminated phone lines, door release stations over the top of cbus. Then every time someone released the front door the lights wouldnt work and the front door wouldnt lock.

Yet it was all clearly labelled and you could see the colours of the cabling. If it was all Cat5e or Cat6 ... would have taken many hours to unravel. Why? Someone hid the wiring pairs book in the basement for a laugh. Took 3 years to find it. Luckily I didn't need it.