Southwire Cat5e Cable

[Chase]

Southwire 500' Cat 5E Indoor/Outdoor

Just wondering if anyone has used this specific cable on their installs outdoors? This will not be direct burial and only partially exposed to the elements like under the eaves.

I've looked at Truecable and Monoprice and their prices are outrageous. I don't even need 500'.

 

[bp2008]

That looks fine. It says it is solid copper conductors and $80 is about the right price for 500ft of cat5e anymore.

You can get better price per foot going with a 1000ft spool, for example there's this one

https://amazon.com/dp/B01KU9HUNK

for $104 but it is unbranded so who knows what quality you'll get. And who knows how long before you'd use it all.

 

[tigerwillow1]

Help me out, where does it say solid copper?

 

[Chase]

In the Q/A section the supplier responded

 

[tigerwillow1]

Thanks, I'm just suspicious that if it doesn't say anything about solid copper on the box, it must be CCA.