as the title says, can I run phone, alarm and cat 6 in the same conduit?oh, might as well toss in an RG11 coax for telly too!
run would be approx 50 '
run would be approx 50 '
phone/alarm/cat6 in same conduit?
- Thread starter The Cobbler
- Start date
OP
edit. no codes as its low voltage , just wondering about interference etc
ltusler
Well-known member
no problem
OP
great, thanks!
I always have a pull string or 2 for future.
I always have a pull string or 2 for future.
everything cngsaves said... i ran 2x1" in my trench... be aware if you have lightning you may have issues with differences in ground potential... could mess up the alarm. im planning to do everything over fiber optic to avoid that issue (we are the lightning capital here in south florida)
SouthernGemini
Well-known member
Just today I ran 90 feet of 4 pipes, each 1.5 inch and another 2.5 inch conduit pipe. With what you listed, interference will not be an issue. One of my pipes has two Cat 5e, underground COAX and control line for my antenna rotator. I ran my power in another conduit completely.
Crazyjake8493
Well-known member
One of the conduits to my garage is 1.5" PVC with Cat6, coaxial, phone line, and doorbell wire for an old school bell in the garage. No interference issues, power is in a 2" conduit in the same trench.
What are 4 cat 5 cables used for?
Coolabah
Well-known member
Maybe for cameras?? Maybe not though, as I believe a POE switch would make it so only one ethernet is used for cameras.
If you are going to leave extra cables, CAT6 is a good option though, as anything that needs CAT6 cabling is ready. Plus you can take multiple conductors and tie them together for other uses that need a larger conductor. You can never have enough spare cables, but this is coming from a guy that deals with low voltage installs daily and always ends up with the installers forgetting a cable or two.
PhantomEB
Well-known member
What's better, Cat5 or 6? I gonna be putting in a pvc run in the trench before I backfill it tomorrow. It's gonna be for a router in the shop as I lose wifi signal at the back as well gonna be putting in a pair of cameras out there, hooked up to a tablet or small laptop so I can always check up on my stuff.
OP
Thanks for all the replies folks. answered my question with what I wanted to hear.
Cat 6 is supposedly faster than 5, but some on the net claim no difference.
I just happen to have a spool of cat6 that I can use.
Cat 6 is supposedly faster than 5, but some on the net claim no difference.
I just happen to have a spool of cat6 that I can use.
PhantomEB
Well-known member
Thanks. I will check out that spool they had at the dollar store, pretty sure it was Cat6.
OP
I have also read to be sure you get pure copper and not copper plated aluminum .
yamaha0343
Well-known member
Cat6 is definitely the way to go. 250mhz vs 100mhz.
techlaf
Member
Cat6 is probably safer future proofing at this point, but keep in mind terminating Cat6 is quite a bit more difficult than Cat5. If you're doing punch downs it doesn't really matter, but crimping is a pain on Cat6.
WarrenJ
Well-known member
Be sure it is solid copper and not stranded.
keelan
Well-known member
Cat6 is a waste of money. 5e is fine. The deal with Cat6 was that it was supposed to pave they way for 10Gbps ethernet over unshielded twisted pair, but nobody cares because nobody runs 10Gb over plain old copper. For anything up to 1Gbps, 5e is just fine. If you want to future proof, run fiber -- in 10 years it's all you'll see.