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Default TV Coax Sharing Conduit: AC or EtherNet?

On 9/30/2015 6:23 AM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Got two conduits going out to the garden shed: one for AC, the other for
Ethernet.

Now I want to run coax for a TV antenna out there so that I can mount
the antenna on the wall of the garden shed and route the signal back to
the house (making it basically trivial to make adjustments to the
antenna - as opposed to having to climb up on to the roof of the house).

Which conduit would you choose to share the coax with: AC or Ethernet?


IIRC, AC and COAX are supposed to be separated by 2 inches.

Ethernet is also a potential problem due to exposure to lightning strikes.
Consider running optical fiber to bridge buildings. Or, protect the
ethernet drop accordingly.

FWIW, it is not out of the question to retire the Ethernet and dedicate
the conduit to the coax - because I put that conduit in before
discovering radio links like Ubiquiti's NanoStation Loco M5
(http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-LOCOM...dp/B004EHSV4W),
which I now have some experience with in another application.

I'd just do that - except it involves laying out $150 for a set of those
devices.