Re: shielding low voltage wire, running low voltage wires aside 12-2 romex

["John J. Bengii" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would wrap it in foil and ground the foil. Depends whether you are
having trouble with the signal integrity in it. It isn't an exact
science. Cat5 is designed to do it's job just the way it is, with
twisted pairs and full differential, common mode rejection inputs at
each end.

"Lewis Gardner" <lgardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:47a28698$0$23673$d94e5ade@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> John M Lauck wrote:
>> But, if you absolutely had to run an unshielded CAT5 cable side by
>> side for a short run (behind a switch, in a hole etc) can you wrap
>> the
>> wire with a material to shield it?
>
> There is no need. In some cases wrapping a ungrounded conductor
> around a twisted pair cable may actually degrade the cable's
> performance.