[PLUG-TALK] Plenum-rated ethernet cable

Galen Seitz galens at seitzassoc.com
Tue Mar 30 03:56:04 UTC 2010


Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 10:35:53AM -0700, Galen Seitz wrote:
>> Where are you planning to run this cable?  In the cold air return of 
>> your heating system?  
> No ... making the rest not relevant.  The cable will be running in a
> tray of some sort, attached to the house frame, exposed to air.  Thus,
> an unlimited supply of oxygen to support combustion if it is possible.
> The ethernet cable should not act like a fuse in a fire;  some do.
> Hence, legitimate plenum grade cable is required by the electrical code.

I assumed you knew what you were doing, but I thought it would be best 
to ask anyway.

-- 
Galen Seitz
galens at seitzassoc.com



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