On Sun, 31 Aug 2008, yuri wrote: > > While pulling this cable alongside power cable, it is possible (and if > the holes are tight, likely) that some insulation will rub/scrape off > both the power and and the data cable, thus livening the foil screen > on the data cable to 230V. > > A person handling the data cable is then at risk of shock, possibly > leading to burns or ventricular fibrillation - an often fatal > condition.
I am a big fan of earth continuity after my toaster threw me backwards into the refrigerator. The shielding will be earthed. > > If your house has a crawl space underneath the floor (ie not poured > concrete floor) then it would be trivial for someone like myself (I > would charge for my time) to drill through the bottom plate of the the > walls at each data socket location, cut out a flushbox hole in the > gib, drop cat5e down the wall and through the hole in the bottom > plate, fit easy-fix flushbox and data socket and voilá, job done. A concrete pad floor unfortunately. Cheers Ross Drummond
