18/4 speaker wire for Valcom paging - 10/25/23 10:48 AM
I have a customer with Valcom 24V Paging horns in several bays using NEC Aspire phone system
The cable that has been running this has been there for probably 20 to 30 years (Cat 3 indoor cable) I may have installed it😳
They are having intermittent problems, so I am suggesting running a new cable
They have their own power supplies in each bay
The Cable is outside under an overhang (Loading Dock)
I was just going to run some cat six outside cable
Which I had in my truck until I realize that I only had about 400 feet but I needed about 700/800 feet I didn’t want to create any spices that were unnecessary
And then I was thinking, technically, I only need one pair
For audio. Then I thought about running just regular speaker wire, which I did actually run 18/4
Then I realize that Valcom recommends just running regular telephone or data cable twisted pair
Do you think it will be a problem using the stranded 18/4
I’m assuming it’s going to still work it’s just I’m just wondering if it would’ve been better to run the regular Telephone/ Data
Thanks
JD
The cable that has been running this has been there for probably 20 to 30 years (Cat 3 indoor cable) I may have installed it😳
They are having intermittent problems, so I am suggesting running a new cable
They have their own power supplies in each bay
The Cable is outside under an overhang (Loading Dock)
I was just going to run some cat six outside cable
Which I had in my truck until I realize that I only had about 400 feet but I needed about 700/800 feet I didn’t want to create any spices that were unnecessary
And then I was thinking, technically, I only need one pair
For audio. Then I thought about running just regular speaker wire, which I did actually run 18/4
Then I realize that Valcom recommends just running regular telephone or data cable twisted pair
Do you think it will be a problem using the stranded 18/4
I’m assuming it’s going to still work it’s just I’m just wondering if it would’ve been better to run the regular Telephone/ Data
Thanks
JD