100m CAT5 CCTV Cable

• Specifically designed for CCTV use
• Available in white or black outer sheath
• 4 Twisted pairs
• 8.5/Core per 100m
• 24AWG Copper conductors
• 100Mhz Data speed
• 1 Year Warranty

Cat 5 cable has become increasingly popular for CCTV installations. It is easy to install and produces excellent results with clear video signals over long cable runs. 

The newly developed Cat 5 CCTV cable has been developed by a major cable manufacturer to provide superb results in video signal transmission. Featuring quality copper cores, it can often outperform standard computer Cat 5 producing a better picture quality over longer distances.

The cores are colour coded in a meaningful and engineer-friendly colour code as below:

Pair 1 - Orange & White (White with a orange stripe) Pair 2 - Brown & White (White with a brown stripe) Pair 3 - Blue & White (White with a blue stripe) Pair 4 - Green & White (White with a green stripe)

Whereas co-ax cables are classed as an "unbalanced" mode of video transmission, Cat 5 twisted pair is know as a balanced mode. In this balanced mode, the two cores carrying the video signal are balanced to a particular reference point and the cable twists enable a uniformed rejection of interference, effectively cancelling it out. To produce a balanced signal, equipment known as BALUNs are used, standing for BALanced to UN balanced.

The Cat 5 cable can be used for short distances without baluns but they do obviously improve the cable's performance resulting in a better picture quality.