[Novalug] power runs and cat 5 distance

Peter Larsen plarsen at famlarsen.homelinux.com
Sun Oct 31 23:38:02 EDT 2010


On Sun, 2010-10-31 at 23:07 -0400, Tim wrote:
> Jay,
> 
> 
> In 3 years, I have not had a problem with cat5 being within 1 inch of
> 20 amp circuits.  

It depends on what is run on the power circuit. There's very good
reasons why IT equipment usually runs on their own separate circuits.
You don't want the noise from fans/motors/compressors going to a CPU and
digital equipment/communication.


-- 
Best Regards
  Peter Larsen

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How should I know if it works?  That's what beta testers are for.  I
only coded it.
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