irene 2 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 looked and looked but can not find the post of a site recommended for cat 5 and cheap zip ties. I bought from them before and now cannot find it back. thanks for the help Link to post Share on other sites
bwhitehead 6 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 monoprice.com is pretty cheap on both. Link to post Share on other sites
Dave H1 12 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I'll second that for both items Link to post Share on other sites
irene 2 Posted October 24, 2014 Author Share Posted October 24, 2014 that's it!! I knew you experts would help!! Thanks!! Link to post Share on other sites
LORisAwesome 33 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Show me cables is good. www.showmecables.com They will also make patch cords any length you want. Link to post Share on other sites
jerrymac 77 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Monoprice as above great. If buying elsewhere be sure you are getting stranded not solid core (solid core is for permanent installation and is subject to breakage). I purchased some 100 foot cable to cut for shorter extensions and found that they did not follow the normal color coding (bought from china) so look at who you are buying from and check that what you are buying is what you want. Link to post Share on other sites
Denny 42 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Been a while since I checked, but both Home Depot and Lowes had prices close to Monoprice with shipping for a 1000 foot box. Link to post Share on other sites
Jay Czerwinski 24 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 I love monoprice and get other things from them as well. Check out their Velcro tie wraps for your CCRs. I even get my standard zip tied from them. Link to post Share on other sites
jeffl 21 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 10% off today and tomorrow. Use FALL10 at checkout. Their cables are good. I'm scrapping all my cheap cables I thought I saved money on. Link to post Share on other sites
edepinet 0 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 I buy mine off of Ebay. Lot of selections and length. Prices good. Link to post Share on other sites
avery255 1 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I bought 4 new cat5 cabels from monoprice a few weeks ago and had issues with my show. Took a close look at the new cabels and all 4 were wired wrong! Decided to make my own and will never buy premade cabels again....I've ordered a lot from monoprice and this was my first bad order... Link to post Share on other sites
jeffl 21 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Guess I need to get out my cable tester. I don't have patients to build cables by hand unless I absolutely have to. Link to post Share on other sites
Max-Paul 282 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 To the OP, I had that problem a few times too. I created a sub folder in my bookmarks called Christmas. I put all kinds of URLs, aka bookmarks in there dealing with Christmas forums, lights, FM transmitters, and wire frames or materials like for Mega Trees. Then you have a go to place to look up some of those sites. Link to post Share on other sites
Darryl Lambert 82 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 For zip ties I use http://www.cabletiesandmore.ca/ Link to post Share on other sites
dgrant 186 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Show me cables is good. www.showmecables.com They will also make patch cords any length you want.+1 Link to post Share on other sites
jeffl 21 Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Strung my whole display with new monoprice cables and everything looks to be operating perfectly. Link to post Share on other sites
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