AboutRick Miell Expertise Past County electrical inspector, hold St. of Colorado Master license, will try to answer any electrical question with Code related answers.
Experience State of Colorado Master Electrician. Past County Electricial Inspector (15 years)
Question Hi,
I have some experience with doing electrical installation in Europe, but am just starting out with what we need to do with rewiring our home in Atlanta, GA. (Everything is old/outdated/unsuitable.) Lots of stuff is different here than in Europe. I intend to do as much as I can myself, like running cables, putting in new boxes etc. and ideally just leave things like the grounding and hook-up to a licenced electrician. I'm trying to achieve an optimum to maximum installation rather than the required minimum.
The cables run in an open ceiling in the basement from the box to the place under the respective box upstairs.
1. What would be the drawbacks or benefits of running the cables in cable ducts or conduits?
2. I found a site saying that theres a limit of one cable per pipe conduit, could I run more together in one cable duct. Are there any codes for cable ducts / material / size / installation??
3. Can I run the electrical and computer networking/TV/Telephone wiring together or do I have to keep them apart? (how far?)
Thanks a lot for your help.
Lisa
Answer Hi Lisa.
The National Electric Code is what you need to get to find rules for electrical installations.
As far as conduits & cables, in the US it is normal to use only cables, for ease of installation. Enclosing the cables in conduit may cause heating, so it better to run them as they are now. If you are set on using conduit, pull in individual conductors, following the NEC on conduit fill.
You should not run power and other cables side by side, but with a 1 to 2" seperation you should be ok. I believe most networking / telephone techs say to run their cable perpendecular to power, but this is sometimes not possible.
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