When I built a new garage with my office at the end of it >10yrs ago I put 3xØ25mm conduit in for power, coax (I still use thinnet here) and a few Cat5 cables for telephone and future 100BaseT. Made the bends too tight and I had an underground 45deg change of direction. Pulling the cables was difficult. Wished I'd used 40 or 50mm....
I used "ordinary" Cat5 and RG58A/U coax and haven't noticed any problems. That said, I haven't checked if water has leaked into the conduits. > Per Rob's comment, bigger pipe. 40mm with 10 cat 5 runs will be very > difficult to get any more cable into later on if you want to. And the > cars wire/rope should be tough so it doesn't snap the first time you use > it! I agree to use the largest conduit diameter affordable. I'd use as few "sweep bends" or large radius handformed bends (suggest to use internal springs when making them) as possible. Straight line the underground portion if possible. > Coordinate the pipe install with the folks doing the slab for the > garage, other wise they might just cut it off at ground level while > you're at work!!! Definitely co-ordinate with electrician and contractors. Comms will be in separate conduit to power but they can go in the same trench. When the builders boxed the new slab for my garage they moved my conduits so they were well outside the wall. That night, I put the conduits back to where I laid them so they went up through the slab the inside the wall and taped the ends so they didn't get filled with concrete. Good luck Neil > > Standard cables will be fine if run in conduit. > Use the largest size you can afford and definitely large radius bends > (not elbows) and run a drw wire so you can pull more in later if needed. > > Rob _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
