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Re: Cat5 Cabling and the mains


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  • Subject: Re: Cat5 Cabling and the mains
  • From: "garwoodn" <themanse@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 11:19:54 -0000
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Hi
I am I right in think that if I shield the cable in metal trunking
etc. to will help ? Could I use Shielded Cat5 instead ? Are the
Characteristics the same as CAT5 UTP ?

Nigel
--- In ukha_d@y..., "Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@e...> wrote:
> As ever, the faster you drive it, the more likely you are to have
problems.
>
> I assume you're running no faster than 100Mb/sec at the moment...
if you move to ATM (yeah, right, 'cos that's a domestic standard!) or
Gigabit ethernet, you may find that you get too many errors.
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: graham_howe [mailto:graham@s...]
> Sent: 8 July 2002 11:11
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Cat5 Cabling and the mains
>
>
> --- In ukha_d@y..., "garwoodn" <themanse@e...> wrote:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > Whilst I understand the rules about running cat5 cables alongside
> > mains cables, don't do it.
> >
> > I am currently wiring up my Edwarding house with cat5 and there
are
> a
> > couple places were I might have to run alongside mains cables for
3
> > or 5 metres. Is this really a problem ? Is there anything I can
do
> to
> > protect against problems ?
> >
> > Nigel
>
> I have CAT5 running alongside (as in actually touching) mains for a
> lot more than 5 metres in places and have not found any problems
yet.
>
> Graham
>
>
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