Using non-outdoor rated cable.

Hello folks,

I just came upon a few sealed boxes of Commscope Uniprise Cat5e cable. It is not outdoor rated, but is Flame retardant. The cable jacket is slightly thicker at .022 instead of .016 or .017.

Anyone out there go cheap and use something like this for wireless installs?

This is really to good to pass up, that’s why I’m asking.

jakkwb wrote:
Hello folks,

I just came upon a few sealed boxes of Commscope Uniprise Cat5e cable. It is not outdoor rated, but is Flame retardant. The cable jacket is slightly thicker at .022 instead of .016 or .017.

Anyone out there go cheap and use something like this for wireless installs?

This is really to good to pass up, that's why I'm asking.


I wouldn't use anything except CMX cable for prem installs. Using non-outdoor rated cable is just asking for problems. Why cut corners on something so simple (and inexpensive)? You'll just be back out replacing it in a few years anyway.


I am guessing the cable you are looking at is CMP (plenum) rated, so I'd keep it around just for installs where you need to pass through plenums.

Plenum means the jacket will melt rather than burn with a flame. Sunlight will break down a plenum jacket even faster than non-plenum.