ACI warns on misselling Cat 5e cable products
The Approved Cables Initiative (ACI) has issued a strong warning about the growing practice of misselling Cat 5e products with Copper Clad Aluminium (CCA) which are non-compliant with published national and international standards. Although several instances of installation failures have already been reported in the media, a spate of further failures has prompted the ACI to speak out and advise against the purchase of CCA products. The potential consequences of installing Cat 5e cable manufactured with CCA, particularly within installations where Category 5e or a CLASS D network has been specified, are clear and the ACI is also advising that CCA products are unlikely to stand scrutiny by an independent authority or a knowledgeable end user.
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The Approved Cables Initiative has been established to address the issue of unsafe, non-approved and counterfeit cable entering the UK marketplace. The first initiative of its kind in the electrical industry the ACI is direct in its approach to investigate and publicise the findings of cables found to be faulty, counterfeit or non-compliant with British, European or International Standards.
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