300 feet of Underground Cat6 ???
At my long-term parking location I need to run a 300 foot Ethernet cable for my internet connection. I will be using Cat6 unshielded full copper underground cable. Question. 1. Since only 1/2 of t...
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Gene&Ginny wrote:TenOC wrote:
...Question,
(1) Would I get any protection from lighting if I ran a bare wire (grounded at each end) in the conduit beside the CAT5e cable? I am thinking about using some wire that was original used to run an electrical fence. It is probably in the 20 gauge range and I think it is aluminum.
Probably will not give any protection
(2) Would this "ground" wire close to the CAT5e cable interfere with the signal?
That wire would have little or no effect. We used to run bundles of Cat5 together in cable racks all the time. Adjacent wires were never a problem.
It would not provide any protection, but would not interfere. You really don't have to worry about lightning in an underground installation. If you do have a lightning problem it will come in over power or overhead telephone, not your buried Ethernet.
