[PLUG-TALK] Plenum-rated ethernet cable
John Jason Jordan
johnxj at comcast.net
Tue Mar 30 04:10:10 UTC 2010
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:04:56 -0700
Keith Lofstrom <keithl at kl-ic.com> dijo:
>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.
Ethernet cable carries enough current to overheat and cause a fire?
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