Security Distribution & Marketing recently ran a 2,227-word article saying that “cost, control and codes” are “the 3 profitable Cs of wire and cable.”
You can see it here, but you’ll have to register (free) first.
From my quick read of the thing:
“Ask most security installers what the most time-consuming aspect of a job is, and they will likely put pulling wire and cable at the top of the list.”
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From Deane Myers (regional SM) Coleman Cable: “. . . some offshore companies [wire and cable makers] are taking materials out of their product in order to shave cost. A gauge size or wall thickness [of a cable] may not be what it is supposed to be. It looks like, tastes like, but doesn’t definitely meet the standard.”
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From Chad Szekeres (national SM), Nitek: “When you are transitioning from analog to IP video, the hurdle is that you have an infrastructure designed for one technology — but the newer technology is much more limited in distance, speed, and power.”
[Example: Coax cable runs can go 550 feet, according to the industry standard, the article said -- category (datacom) cable can run 295 feet, according to Szekeres]
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From David O’Keefe (director of security sales, west) for C&C Security Solutions: “While a cabling installation that is not done to standard may work today, it can be cause for concern down the road, as the end-user grows to higher resolution and (higher) bandwith products.” (this is not a quote but an attribution by SDM).
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