Re: CAT5 to run outside

["Simon Coates" <ecolume@xxxxxxx>]

You shouldn't really run Cat5 cable outside because of potential damage
from
lightning strikes.  But if you do run it outside you should, at least, run
the cable in a protective conduit.  The conduit will protect the cable from
knocks and stop the outer sheath degrading in UV light.
I'm about to run some Cat5 to an outbuilding - about a 25m run.  I'm
running
the cable in some buried ducting, and then have APC lightning protection at
both ends, otherwise I run the risk of frying the network switch (£600) and
the telephone system (£1000).

Regards


Simon

----- Original Message -----
From: <nickt@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: 28 November 2001 18:37
Subject: [ukha_d] CAT5 to run outside


> A couple of questions...
> I need to run some CAT5 to my garage at the bottom of the garden (a
> 50m+ outside run (x4) along the garden wall). What grade of cable
> should I use for this? I was planning to use standard UTP, but for an
> outside run would I be better off with STP? I'm hoping to avoid
> encasing it. Are there exterior grades available (from where and at
> what sort of premium)?
> Also, this cable needs to be joined to some cable tails currently
> residing in a wall box at the back of the house. What is recommended
> to join CAT5 cables - are there suppliers of 8way krone blocks for
> instance? I could with a fair amount more difficulty run cables all
> the way to my patch panel but they would be virtually impossible to
> hide on the outside walls, so not preferred.
> Any solutions?
> Thanks
> Nick
>
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