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Power Cables and CAT6

AncientMariner
A friend is looking to get both power and internet into an out building.  Rather than overhead the internet via external grade CAT5 or CAT6, I said, what about using armoured CAT5 or CAT6 underground?  His response then being, can I pull both power and CAT5/CAT6 through the same underground duct?  It would be about 10 metres.


To me sounds unwise, so would appreciate comments.


Many thanks.


Clive
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    Unlikely to be a problem over that distance from an EMC perspective


    Safety wouldn't be an issue as both cables are armoured


    Fire is a minor concern as external grade data cables are often MDPE sheathed and may contain a gel to keep water at bay - when tested some of them go up like Grenfell, so I tend to limit the distance internally to circa 2m or preferably less in line with good practice


    Pulling forces on the data cable, will be much lower than on the power cable - but over 10m you could probably push them through a smooth bore duct with reasonable radii


    Regards


    OMS
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    Unlikely to be a problem over that distance from an EMC perspective


    Safety wouldn't be an issue as both cables are armoured


    Fire is a minor concern as external grade data cables are often MDPE sheathed and may contain a gel to keep water at bay - when tested some of them go up like Grenfell, so I tend to limit the distance internally to circa 2m or preferably less in line with good practice


    Pulling forces on the data cable, will be much lower than on the power cable - but over 10m you could probably push them through a smooth bore duct with reasonable radii


    Regards


    OMS
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