Hi,

Can Cat 6 wire (not sure of solid or stranded) be used as thermostat
wire? I have 1000ft of the former and none of the latter!

Thanks in advance.

"Jennifer Eden" wrote in message
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Hi,

Can Cat 6 wire (not sure of solid or stranded) be used as thermostat
wire? I have 1000ft of the former and none of the latter!

Thanks in advance.

Typical heating/ cooling systems require 18 gauge, cat5 is 24, making it too
small for the requirement, which is not to say that it won't work,
especially if it's a short run.

On 9/12/2010 12:22 PM, RBM wrote:
"Jennifer wrote in message
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Hi,

Can Cat 6 wire (not sure of solid or stranded) be used as thermostat
wire? I have 1000ft of the former and none of the latter!

Thanks in advance.

Typical heating/ cooling systems require 18 gauge, cat5 is 24, making it too
small for the requirement, which is not to say that it won't work,
especially if it's a short run.


I'm thinking the current requirements of modern thermostats/furnaces
is pretty low.

http://www.powerstream.com/Wire_Size.htm

Rates 24 at .57A for power transmission. That would seem to be plenty.
Most volt ohm meters have a current scale, if the OP wishes to check.

I suppose you could wire the 4 pairs in cat 6 in parallel which would
give the same capacity, that would seem unlikely to be needed, but I
know little about thermostats.

Jeff

It's good to use what's designed for the usage. That way, the next
people who work on the system will be less confused. "Hey, bub...
isn't that phone wire? What's that doing inside a furnace?" "Dunno.
Lets rip it out."

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
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"RBM" wrote in message
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"Jennifer Eden" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Can Cat 6 wire (not sure of solid or stranded) be used as thermostat
wire? I have 1000ft of the former and none of the latter!

Thanks in advance.

Typical heating/ cooling systems require 18 gauge, cat5 is 24, making
it too
small for the requirement, which is not to say that it won't work,
especially if it's a short run.

On 9/12/2010 9:25 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
It's good to use what's designed for the usage. That way, the next
people who work on the system will be less confused. "Hey, bub...
isn't that phone wire? What's that doing inside a furnace?" "Dunno.
Lets rip it out."


On this, at least, we agree. Avoid doing things in non-standard ways,
but if/when you have to, leave notes for the next guy. Either yourself
in five years when you won't remember what the heck you did, or some
poor tradesman in 20 years after your heirs start fixing the place up to
sell it off.

--
aem sends...

I've also found to avoid the absence of not using double negatives to
contradict the refutation that previously rescinded the cancellation
which had previously but not at present been issued to disregard the
information which had been revoked.

Yeah, I'm funning with you. Once in a while I see a double negative
like "avoiding non". Just gets me to thinking that it's often easier
to write in positive voice. Sometimes I've no clue why the standard is
this or that way. And some times I do things in the usual way. But,
not always....

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..


"aemeijers" wrote in message
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On 9/12/2010 9:25 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
It's good to use what's designed for the usage. That way, the next
people who work on the system will be less confused. "Hey, bub...
isn't that phone wire? What's that doing inside a furnace?" "Dunno.
Lets rip it out."


On this, at least, we agree. Avoid doing things in non-standard ways,
but if/when you have to, leave notes for the next guy. Either yourself
in five years when you won't remember what the heck you did, or some
poor tradesman in 20 years after your heirs start fixing the place up
to
sell it off.

--
aem sends...

It's good to use what's designed for the usage. That way, the next
people who work on the system will be less confused. "Hey, bub...
isn't that phone wire? What's that doing inside a furnace?" "Dunno.
Lets rip it out."


saves questions by home inspectors too..........