Archive for February 2018
Garland External Cat 6 Cable Range
Protect against harsh outdoor environments with Garland’s heavy duty external category cable. Garland’s unique heavy duty external CAT 6 cable has been designed to suit Australian environments. Offering the protection of steel wire armour, a hard nylon termite barrier and jelly filled water resistance, Garland’s UTPL6JFSWANY provides a solution to many outdoor category cabling concerns.
Read MoreDo the Flame Test
If you’re buying cable, how do you know if you’ve bought CCA? Take a look at this video for a simple and quick onsite flame test. Watch Video: It can be difficult to identify if your cable is CCA or 100% copper visually. The Flame Test is a quick and easy way to test your…
Read MoreCAT 5e, 6, 6A and Optical Fibre… What’s the difference?
Choosing the right media and category of networking cable can be a tricky task. Category 5e through to 6A look almost identical to everyday people, but there are some subtle differences; some visible and some not. The most important difference between the cables is the speed and distance in which they operate most effectively. Speed and distance have…
Read MoreCommunicating with Category 6A Cable
In today’s business environment high speed communication is a critical parameter in determining your success. The ability to respond quickly is limited by the slowest part of your business, which oftentimes may be your cabling system. Based on the established and reliable Ethernet protocols used in traditional CAT5E and CAT6 systems, CAT6A cabling infrastructure is…
Read MoreA Time Saving Cable Installation Solution
Garland’s new TS Series for Category 5E, 6 and 6A applications offers a time saving and reliable cable connection, based on Keystone style jacks. The TS Series includes: TS Series Tool TS Series Jacks TS Series Unloaded Patch Panel The Garland TS series tool is designed to terminate and cut 8 wires on a TS…
Read MoreIntroducing Garland’s high performance Category 6A product range
Garland’s range of Category 6A (CAT 6A) products provides you with cost effective options for your new cabling system. A CAT 6A cabling system is a high performance one that is designed to support 10GBase-T over the full 100m, 4 connector channel. CAT 6A is backwards compatible with CAT 6 and CAT 5e. Our range includes: – Screened Cable: Cabling in…
Read MoreAre your copper cables compliant?
Garland Cables is not only passionate about ensuring the supply of compliant copper cables to the market, we also aim to provide current relevant industry information. This ensures you as the customer, are able to make the best and safest choice for your home or business. Cheap cable alternatives are continually entering the market as…
Read MoreThe trend toward Green Building
There is a noticeable rise in the trend toward green building and construction. Driving this increase, is the desire to both protect the environment and to improve consumer safety. So what is green building? A green building incorporates design, construction and operational practices that significantly reduce or eliminate the negative impacts to the environment and building…
Read MoreCreating connections through the great outdoors
Australians love the great outdoors, the sun, the surf, the bush. Unfortunately, what is often a relaxing environment for us is just the opposite for category cable. Have you ever faced a situation where Wi-Fi isn’t an option, and you want to run some category cable outdoors? Maybe you want to connect site buildings together,…
Read MoreWhat is LSZH?
Many industries have seen an increasing demand for Low Smoke Zero Halogen (LSZH) cables. Main driver of this increase is the concerns for the safety of people and electronic circuits during fire. Environmental protection and an increase in requirements / specifications from local and international communities has also heightened the demand for LSZH cables. This…
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