In my case we ran 2 conduits, one for 100amp power and one for
everything else, same trench separated by a few inches of sand between
the 2 conduits. The contractor said I could run the cat5 in the power
line but I also ran telephone, cable and 2 cat5's and 2 extra wires so I
could open the garage door remotely with a "doorbell" button by the back
door of the house. I believe code in most places will require separate
conduits and my contractor was wrong about running both in one but I
wanted the second conduit anyway.
mike
p.s. before you ask I had a "reason" for the 2 cat5's, I run a web
server and it gets a different web connection than the rest of the
house, not for necessity but for ease of setup and lack of confusion.
On 07/06/2011 10:37 AM, Jim Stone wrote:
> Rather than hijack Bob's thread, i thought I'd start a new one based
> on Mike's suggestion, as this is actually the right time to do this.
> We are putting an addition on our house that necessitated pulling up
> the underground conduit that brought power from the house to the
> garage. They have just jury-rigged something for now, but they will
> be re-running everything shortly. Can I just run the cable in the
> conduit with the main wire (I have 100 amp service in the garage), or
> do I need to 1) run a smaller piece of conduit along side it for the
> computer cable or 2) just get bury-able cable and lay it in the
> trench? I will probably run a cable line while I am at it, just in
> case I ever decide to put a TV in there too.
>
> Thanks.
>
> > Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 09:52:04 -0700
> > From: mikey at b2systems.com
> > To: shop-talk at autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Wifi to the garage
> >
> > wire the garage and be done with it, so easy and so much faster than
> wi-fi
> >
> >
> > mike
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