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John Rumm writes:
On 27/09/2017 16:07, DICEGEORGE wrote:
Just thought I'd check-
there are existing notches in my floor joists with water waste pipes going through,
there's no reason not to put electric cables along the same route is there?

Can't see any problem with a plastic waste pipe...

But ethernet cables would have to be about 6 inches away wouldnt they?

2" is adequate (and in reality ethernet would not care even if they were
wound round them, although if using them for analogue voice the
separation becomes more important)

Yes, the spacing of data wires from mains was added to the wiring
regs at the same time data transmission technology advanced to not
be susceptable to mains interference...

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