Dan Purgert:
...
> > (When I look at a pinout diagram on ethernet cable data is basically
> > run on a pair so that gives me access to data trans and receive + a
> > power cable and at 18 ga its far larger than most data cables which
> > are at 24 ga iirc.)
>
> Not really sure what you're trying to convey here -- "ethernet(tm)"
> pinout isn't going to come into play, unless you're planning to hook
> this up to a 10/100/1000BASE-T computer network.

You need to know where the pairs are, so you don't end up with signal
on e.g. blue+green/white, which gives you worse signal integrety. You
want to keep the pairs intact and the pinout gives you that.

Regards,
/Karl Hammar