RE: CBus wiring

["Paul Gale" <groups2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Great thanks all.

Phil (again!!!) - how susceptible is the CBus network to noise/interference
- or not at all?

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Phil Harris
> Sent: 05 March 2007 12:16
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] CBus wiring
>
> > Maybe one for Phil...
>
> Why pick on me? ;-)
>
> > What's the advantage of the 240V rated sheath on the CBus
cabling?
> Does
> > this mean it does away with any potential mains interference and
can
> be
> > run next to and parallel to mains wiring?
>
> Nope - it doesn't mean that at all. It means that you can have the
pink
> C-Bus cable running in a distribution board alongside mains wiring
> without
> additional physical segregation and still have an appropriate level of
> electrical insulation between the two to satisfy the B.C.O.
>
> It *DOESN'T* have anything to do with EMI or RFI.
>
> > If using standard unshielded Cat5 on the CBus network - how
> susceptible
> > is this to interference?
>
> Same as the Pink C-Bus CAT5 but it doesn't necessarily have a mains
> rated
> sheath...
>
> Phil
>
>
>
>
>
>
>