[Shop-talk] communications cable to garage

[Peter Murray]

I am looking at how to do this on my own property. The main thing I
want to run is power, but I definitely would like to bring some
network out there as well. I figure that 50A of 240VAC should be
sufficient for this small outbuilding (for HVAC, radio gear, lighting
and powering a bunch of outlets throughout the back yard).

It is certainly a ridiculous amount of available power - especially
given I'm planning to run the entire building on 12VDC normally
(amateur radio shack/small workshop) - but I figure that the small
incremental cost difference between a 15A run of 115AC from the house
and 50A 240VAC is worth the greatly increased flexibility as time goes
by....

I am not running any twisted pair or coax out to the outbuilding (or
the "doghouse" as my wife calls it), because I don't want to risk
lightning damage though the network lines. I'll be running a few pairs
of fiber instead. Equipment to terminate it at each end is pretty
inexpensive, and I can run it in the power conduit without worry of
induced current... Oh, and that probably will have longer legs as
bandwidth "requirements" go up...

-Peter

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Peter Murray (N3IXY)
Oak Hill, VA


On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Rich White <rlwhitetr3b at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I want to run communications cable(s) to a detached garage.
> Is there a direct burial composite cable with cat 5 and rg6 available?
>
> I have found several places selling a composite cable which contains one or
> two cat 5 cables and one or two rg6 cables.
> None of the ones I've found seem to be rated for direct burial.
> Rich White St. Joseph, IL USA
> '63 TR3B TCF587L
> That ain't a scrap pile, that is my car!
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