Is Smurf Tube Suitable for Phone/Data and Cable

[MrMark]

Is this the best conduit to use for gathering a bunch of low voltage lines together from their entry point at the garage and carrying them forwardto the house?

 

[06 DIESEL]

We use smurf tube for low voltage data/phone lines in commercial construction all the time, I do not see why you would not use it in a homeowner setting.

 

[MrMark]

Thanks. Maybe two tubes then: 1 for phone wire and one for cable! I really just want this as a convenient method to separate these lines spatially within a wiring chase I built that chases all the line voltage cables forward.

 

[06 DIESEL]

Don't get high voltage and low voltage close to each other, there will be interference issues with the low voltage.

 

[MrMark]

That's why I am going to use the tube to keep them 12 inches away from the line voltages. Is that the standard you use? I forget now whether it is 6 or 12. I'm thinking 12

 

[Norcal]

Don't get high voltage and low voltage close to each other, there will be interference issues with the low voltage.

You have a substation in your house???? There is no high voltage in a residence, BTW 480 volts is low voltage. My point is you have low voltage voice/data/video cables & line voltage 120 & 240 volt conductors.


BTW, PVC or EMT will be a lot easier to pull cables through then ENT (smurf tube).

 

[matt151617]

If the wires are all direct bury, run them in whatever is cheapest... drainage piping, PVC, whichever.

Personally I ran 2 runs of PVC, one for the subpanel feeder wires, one for everything else.

 

[wyliesdiesels]

You have a substation in your house???? There is no high voltage in a residence, BTW 480 volts is low voltage. My point is you have low voltage voice/data/video cables & line voltage 120 & 240 volt conductors.


BTW, PVC or EMT will be a lot easier to pull cables through then ENT (smurf tube).

Agreed. Because of the ridges in smurf tube, it can be a REAL pain in the **** to pull cable through. I did a cabling job in an apartment complex a few years ago and Comcast put in smurf tube along with their RG6. We had to pull CAT5 along with more RG6 that Comcast neglected to pull, and the wire would snag on the ridges of the smurf tube no matter how we pulled it!