[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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