Running CAT5e cable....

[LSainsbury]

Evening,

Is it ok to run some CAT5e cable in the same trunking next to some coax / aerial cable?

Would there be any interference etc?

Cheers

Lee

[mr_bo]

I would. afaik it is only power + data that should be avoided.

[LSainsbury]

Cool - thought so - thanks.

I'm planning on running some CAT5e to a faceplate next to the RF socket near the TV in the living room, going up to the loft and then back down to the study where the gigabit switch resides - via another faceplate for neatness.

[Hom3r]

If you use high quality cable this would be reduced

[bopdude]

Originally Posted by LSainsbury

Evening,

Is it ok to run some CAT5e cable in the same trunking next to some coax / aerial cable?

Would there be any interference etc?

Cheers

Lee

Originally Posted by Hom3r

If you use high quality cable this would be reduced

What would ?

[Hom3r]

Sorry should have said interference

[jrhnewark]

Well, to be fair, if you use higher quality cable it'll make it easier to crimp too! But don't spend a fortune...

I've found it very hard to cause any real problems to CAT5. So long as it's not right next to a power cable, you should always be fine.

(Stuff going through the coax will be a completely different frequency to what's on the CAT5, so hence why there won't be a problem there. )

[TraxData]

Originally Posted by LSainsbury

Cool - thought so - thanks.

I'm planning on running some CAT5e to a faceplate next to the RF socket near the TV in the living room, going up to the loft and then back down to the study where the gigabit switch resides - via another faceplate for neatness.

Got my whole house networked using CAT5e...pretty much same as what you are doing...no problems here...if you use really cheap cable you may run into problems though...

[Wicked_and_Crazy]

Originally Posted by mr_bo

I would. afaik it is only power + data that should be avoided.

so your saying you cant run two cat5e cables together???

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Originally Posted by jrhnewark

Well, to be fair, if you use higher quality cable it'll make it easier to crimp too! But don't spend a fortune...

I've found it very hard to cause any real problems to CAT5. So long as it's not right next to a power cable, you should always be fine.

(Stuff going through the coax will be a completely different frequency to what's on the CAT5, so hence why there won't be a problem there. )

Just because its a different frequency doesnt mean there wont be any interference. Generally if you keep it away from power then there shouldnt be an issue

[haydnwalker]

Originally Posted by Wicked_and_Crazy

so your saying you cant run two cat5e cables together???

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Just because its a different frequency doesnt mean there wont be any interference. Generally if you keep it away from power then there shouldnt be an issue

You can run cat5 next to cat5...lots of cabling companies do it!

[Zeph]

I've seen 100s of CAT5 cables running through the same ducts before without any problems

[Halcyon]

Cat 5 cables running alongside each other is fine.
You just have to take a look in one our cabs at work and there are tonnes of cables all over the place.

It's power (electrical) cables that you should avoid placing next to ethernet cables.

Another thing to bare in mind is you should get specially shielded cables if running cables outside or underground.

Oh, and why not go cat 6 just to be on the future proof side.

[Wicked_and_Crazy]

Originally Posted by haydnwalker

You can run cat5 next to cat5...lots of cabling companies do it!

I know, thats why i said it, Mr_bo was suggesting you cant

[mr_bo]

Originally Posted by Wicked_and_Crazy

I know, thats why i said it, Mr_bo was suggesting you cant

I would run data cables together but I wouldn't run data and MAINS power parallel to each other. I didn't suggest that you can't run two cat5's together at all.