cat 5 & electrical

[Colin McGregor]

--- Chris Aitken <chris-n/jUll39koHNgV/OU4+dkA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> James Knott wrote:
> 
> >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.
> >  
> >
> Thanks. We're getting an electrician to inspect it
> and he wants to see 
> separate holes minimum six inches apart - so we're
> going with that.

Have a look at:

http://www.siemon.com/us/white_papers/99-07-15-nextgencabling.asp

Bottom line in these folks view is that while not
legally required 24 inches is recommended...

Colin. 

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