I know this is an old thread, but it applies to my question. Can anyone help?
I want to run an IR emitter cable about 16 feet from my equipment cabinet, through my basement, and up to the Lutron dimmer. Thus, I will be able to control my dimmer using the RF feature on my remote and RF base station.
However, my IR emitter cable is only 10 feet. I need to extend it. It has been suggested that I use Cat5.
This (finally) brings me to my ultimate question -- WHEN I LOOK IN THE CAT5 JACKET, THERE ARE 4 OR 5 WIRES inside the jacket; WHICH ONES DO I USE WHEN I SPLICE THE CAT5 INTO MY IR EMITTER CABLE? In other words, my IR emitter cable has the IR flasher on one end and the 2.5mm miniplug on the other end. I plan to cut it and splice the cat5 in between those two ends to make an extension cord.
Which of the cat5 wires inside the cat5 jacket do i use, or does it not matter as long as they are correctly matched up on both ends?