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Subject: 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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Subject: 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
Subject: 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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