Re: CAT-5 buried, exposed to sun
- From: Dr. Anton T. Squeegee <SpammersBlow@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 21:40:15 -0800
In article <ZNRwh.781$o61.633@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (known to some as Joerg)
scribed...
<snippety>
What happens to CAT-5 outdoors when part of it is buried in the soil and
another part is exposed to the sun? Regular stuff, not plenum rated.
<snippety-two>
Unless it is explicitly designed and rated for outdoor (direct
burial) and sunlight exposure, you can expect a fairly short lifetime as
the PVC jacket gets progressively turned into brittle dust where the sun
gets to it, and where water seeps in over a few month's time
underground.
If you must use standard CAT-5 cable outdoors, you should run it
through conduit that is explicitly rated for direct burial.
Ideally, you need to use cable that is itself rated for direct
burial and sunlight. PVC won't cut it -- Outdoor and direct-burial
telephone cables use a high-density polyethylene outer jacket.
You should be able to find the appropriate stuff at
telecommunications or electrical suppliers.
I'd say you were extremely lucky with that older cable.
Happy hunting.
--
Dr. Anton T. Squeegee, Director, Dutch Surrealist Plumbing Institute
(Known to some as Bruce Lane, KC7GR)
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