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Running 110V AC and 24VAC in same conduit
Category: Miscellaneous Asked by: jr1734-ga List Price: $5.00 |
Posted:
03 Mar 2003 18:16 PST
Expires: 02 Apr 2003 18:16 PST Question ID: 170292 |
Can you run 1 cable pair running 110V AC power in the same conduit as (3) pairs carrying 24V AC and (1) pair carrying 24V DC power? The total length of the conduit is 130 feet. Will this technically work? Why or Why not? Please answer based on experience or experience of someone who have talked with. |
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Re: Running 110V AC and 24VAC in same conduit
From: owain-ga on 04 Mar 2003 07:46 PST |
There are two issues: insulation and interference. You should comply with your jurisdiction's wiring regulations. In the UK, as I understand it, the situation you describe is permissible provided *all* the cables in the conduit have insulation rated at the highest voltage present. The second issue is whether any induced currents will cause interference. If the DC supply is to audio equipment, for example, it may need additional filtering, whereas if it is simply used for a doorbell it probably will not. Owain |
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Re: Running 110V AC and 24VAC in same conduit
From: dmooredotcom-ga on 04 Mar 2003 07:49 PST |
The "correct" place for this answer is the NEC book. Of course your local codes may differ slightly from that found in the NEC. I can comment on my experience (in Houston, TX) on mixing low and high voltage in the same conduit - I am installing ALC switches which use a low voltage wire to carry a signal to another "slave" switch in 3 and 4 way installs (as opposed to a traditional "live" travler wire. So, this requires that a low voltage wire (acutally three) be run in the same conduit (EMT) as the hot and netural. Initally we installed CAT5 cable in the conduit to carry the signal but when inspected the inspector complained about the install and demanded certification on the cable that listed it at 300 volts or better, though what he did not know was that NEC 800.51 specifies that all communications cable is 300v even if not printed on the cable. Thus it is able to share the conduit. What acutally happened was we replaced the CAT5 with 600v 20guage wire to make the inspector happy and he passed it. Since you didn't spec what type of low voltage cable you were using, I will assume CAT5.. this might also help: http://www.bicsi.org/AVForums/aca-1/dispatch.cgi/Publicforum/docProfile/105348/d20021112140526/No/t105348.htm |
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