underground e;ectric line with internet

05-17-2012, 06:47 PM	#1
liz@sagecrest.c Newbie   Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 1	underground e;ectric line with internet If i have an underground electric line in PVC going to a storage building on my property, can I run CAT 5 cable in the same conduit. It would be about 200 feet?

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05-17-2012, 06:55 PM	#2
k_buz Licensed Electrician     Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: SE Wisconsin Posts: 3,223	underground e;ectric line with internet You cannot.

05-17-2012, 06:55 PM	#3
rrolleston Electrical Contractor     Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Granville, NY Posts: 1,917	underground e;ectric line with internet It will have to be in it's own conduit. __________________ Please ask me about my special discount for people that shut up and stay out of my way! With Electricity there is the right way to do it and the dead way. Just because it works does not make it safe.

05-18-2012, 07:35 AM	#4
rjniles A "Handy Husband"     Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Carolina Low Country Posts: 2,932	underground e;ectric line with internet And even if you could-you would not want to. It would be so noisy it would be unuseable. __________________ Location: Coastal South Carolina