cat 5 & electrical

[James Knott]

Chris Aitken wrote:
> Can you lay cat 5 alongside electrical wire in the wall frame
> (pre-drywall) or is there disturbance/heat or any other problem?
While it's always a good idea to keep data and power separate, there is
no interference issue between them.  The 60 Hz AC frequency is far
removed from the frequencies used in ethernet.  Also, ethernet was
designed to share multipair cables with phone systems, where the
frequencies are also much higher than 60 Hz.


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