On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 10:50, Grant Black wrote: > I have to agree with Steve that you should be a little careful about > stringing out your own copper cable - you might be fine (esp around > Auckland), but a lighting strike passes a hell of a lot of current. What if you pull the cat5 through the same underground duct that currently has your telco's twisted copper in it? On our 10 acre block we currently have a trench going from the house to a shed about 160m away. About a meter deep is has a water main. The trench is now filled to about 1/2 a meter deep. Could cat5 comms be safely laid from the house to the shed (not that there's any need for a computer in the shed). In other words: Does burying the cat5 cable remove the dangers discussed in this thread? Yuri ------------------------------------------------------------------- To remove yourself from this list, email nzlug-request@linux.net.nz with "unsubscribe" in the body of the message.
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