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Hey Chris!
Doesn't H.D. sell Leviton products? If so, it should be the same items found at You Do It Electronics.
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HD has not sold Leviton around here for several years. It's now their house brand CE Tech or something like that.
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You can tell how long it has been since I purchased voice/data products from HD. 
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Jeff is right. It's their "house" brand, CE tech. Some of it is ok, some is crap. I've found that their keystone plates and jacks are pretty decent. I wouldn't use them professionally, but for residential stuff, they are more than adequate. I've had good luck with their datacom stuff, no problems with fitment or bad connections or premature wear.
On the flip side, I bought a CE branded roll of quad wire they had on clearance, and I quickly found out why. I'd never use it for phones or anything, but I figured I could use it for various projects. That is, until I had this weird feeling about this roll of wire and put a magnet near it. The magnet stuck right to the roll. I do my best to avoid CCA, but copper clad steel was a new one to me.
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Could use the wire as a grounding electrode for an electronic device. 
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I've got some quad and CAT 3 2pr, probably some 4pr too. If anyone wants it I'd sell for what I have in it plus shipping. I bought it some time back so it ought to be cheaper than what todays prices are. If there's any interest I can see what I've got and what I'd have to have for it.
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When you're buying Home-Grade Data cable from places like HD, Lowes or the Dollar Store you have to watch out for the Chinese counterfeit. What Belden has to say about it.
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2-pair is just about gone from the market.
The last time I purchased CommScope 4-pair CAT3 cable, I found out that the company no longer manufactures low pair count CAT3. Now they take CAT5 cable that fails testing....label it as CAT3 and sells it as such.
It works out well if terminating to 110 blocks/panels, but requires a bit more work to terminate to 66 blocks as the pairs are twisted much more than old school CAT3.
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![[Linked Image]](https://sundance-communications.com/forum/gallery/58/full/1118.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://sundance-communications.com/forum/gallery/58/full/1119.jpg) The top picture is a comparison of the pairs in the new (grey) and old (white) cables. The bottom picture compares the jacket labels.
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Now they take CAT5 cable that fails testing....label it as CAT3 and sells it as such.
It works out well if terminating to 110 blocks/panels, but requires a bit more work to terminate to 66 blocks as the pairs are twisted much more than old school CAT3. Ever use a scrap piece of bonded Cat 6 for a temporary x-connect?
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