Re: Cable distances

["psghome2002" <psghome@xxxxxxx>]

As they say - 'The proof of the pudding...' and all that!

... a horrendous prospect if I do get any problems though.

Paul.

--- In ukha_d@y..., "Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)"
<haweste@a...> 
wrote:
> This all sounds very familiar - it's what I was doing a couple of 
weeks ago
> !
> 
> I've run all of my LV cable together - didn't bother separating 
out Cat5 /
> speaker / alarm into separate bundles. In some places the mains 
wiring does
> come "close" but where this happens I've tried to attach the
mains 
to one
> joist and the LV to the other so they're about 16 inches apart (my
joist
> spacing). Like you I didn't really have much other option. In some
places
> the LV and mains cross, I've tried to do this at 90 degrees, but 
haven't
> always been successful.
> 
> Not sure it really helps you at all, other than there is comfort 
in numbers
> :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tim H.
> 
> P.S. Floors are up again in a couple of weeks when I complete the 
job I'll
> post some more pics then. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: psghome2002
> 
> Lots of questions tonight!
> 
> Spent the whole of last week with my circular saw, carving up my 
> chipboard floors and have now laid about half of the 3Km of CAT5e,
> several hundred meters of speaker wire, mic cable, alarm, CT100 
etc.
> 
> I thought I'd better check my cable runs before I screw the floor 
> back down, so the question is - what distance should you really 
give 
> between CAT5e, 79 strand speaker wire, shielded mic (XLR - I know 
> this one should be OK), power (1mm lighting circuit and 2.5mm ring
> main) and shielded 8 core alarm cable? I've been trying to keep 
30cm 
> between the high and low voltage stuff but in places had no other 
> choice but to run them together for very short distances.
> 
> What can you really get away with? A bit late I guess but thought 
> I'd best check!
> 
> Ta,
> 
> Paul.
> 
> +

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