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RE: Cabling (Cat5 and Power) in trunking



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gale  Sent: 30 March 2004 09:10
>=20
> Blooming expensive is trunking! Anyone got a good cheap source?

I've bought mine (normal rectangular stuff) from TLC
(www.tlc-direct.co.uk)=
and CPC (www.cpc.co.uk) in the past. The dado styles *are* expensive thoug=
h :-((

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul Gale  Sent: 30 March 2004 09:01
> >=20
> > . My question relates to running Cat5 and=20
> power fairly
> > close together (something like 40mm separation I guess =96=20
> but in parallel).

But they'll have a physical separation yes ? You would need to run them
eit=
her in separate bits of trunking, or in different "chambers" of
the dado st=
yle (regs requirement).

> > Is this far enough apart?=20

I would guess so too.

> I guess it must be as this kind=20
> of trunking is
> > so common in offices =96 but is the Cat5 screened????

Exclusively UTP in my office :-))

HTH,

Tim H.

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