Camera Snake Progress

     Today I received the spool of cable I intend to use as the video and power snake for the webcast camera, it's 16/4 bundled with Cat5e. Only available from two manufacturers that I know of, so when I ordered it I didn't really know what to expect, but when I opened up the box I was very pleasantly surprised. 

     It was difficult enough to find any cable that suited my application (this one is designed for home automation use) so naturally when I finally found one I was excited, but there was still plenty to be weary for. This cable is meant for in wall installation, so even though its cheap and bears no fire ratings I was worried it would be far to stiff and prone to kinking. I also had to consider how a cable jacket meant to be run in wall would stand up to the stresses of use as a portable cable. While I can't speak to how the cable will stand up to long term portable use, I was very pleasantly surprised by the flexibility of the cable. The jacket and conductors are very flexible and soft, so much so that I'm not to sure I would want to run this in the walls of my home, but the cable seems very well suited to my application.

I also got some short firewire cables, this one is just wrapped around the transceiver, not yet custom cut to length and jacketed with the power cable, but this will work nicely for now.

Today was also the last day of classes! WooHoo Seniors!!