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From: Vik Olliver (vik@econz.co.nz)
Date: Mon 28 Jul 2003 - 12:23:13 NZST


On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 11:50, Yuri de Groot wrote:
> 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?

Nope. Strikes reach a long way underground - several metres. They can
also strike burried phone and electrical cables.

Vik :v)
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Vik Olliver <vik@econz.co.nz>
ECONZ Ltd.  http://econz.co.nz

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