If I did it, I'd run it in PVC conduit. 1/2" conduit is cheap and may
even offset the extra cost of direct burial cable. I'd be concerned
about a rock or rodent damaging the cable over time. If you are doing
any future digging, the conduit will also prevent a single push of the
shovel from cutting the cable.
There are narrow trenching shovels that make trenches easier than a
standard shovel.
Brian
On 11/16/2014 12:43 PM, Dave Cavanaugh wrote:
> I have been fighting with getting Wifi out to my shop building for
> years. It's about 100 feet from the main house, and it's a metal pole
> barn so I have to have the Wifi receiver in a window. I am about
> ready to run a hard wire out to the building and was wondering if
> anyone had any experience with direct burial CAT 5 or 6 wire. I would
> probably run it in a shallow trench and the total run including
> snaking it around the house and out to the shop would probably be
> about 150 feet at the most. I would probably just jam in into a
> shallow slot in the dirt cut with a shovel or spade.
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