Oops. Forgot to trim the bottom.....
Conduit is a good thing. And it's probably cheaper to buy the conduit and
non-burial wire than to buy direct burial wire. I would recommend using
conduit that is bigger than you need. It's cheap enough, will give you
extra room for any future stuff, and is easier to pull through. I'd use 1"
PVC.
When you pull your Ethernet cable I would recommend pulling a second one
through as well (future phone?), and a 1/4" poly rope, so you can drag
anything else through in the future.
If you are in lightning territory be sure to use arrestors on both ends of
the run, even though it's underground it is still susceptible to very close
strikes (don't ask how I know this).
Code can vary, but you probably only have to make it deep enough to be out
of the way.
Mark Miller
PS: trenching that distance sounds like lit fun by hand. Backhoe or ditch
witch time!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Lye" <mlye@risd.edu>
> To: "Shop-talk" <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 12:52 PM
> Subject: Burying ethernet
>
>
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>> I'm planning on running an ethernet cable to my shop/studio - about 100'
>> from my house and the current network. Currently there is a conduit for
>> the cable and telephone connections that goes some of the way from the
>> house and ends by going a few feet up a telephone pole. I'm wondering
>> about running new conduit from the pole to the shop - about 60' or so.
>> I'm sure I could get some direct burial ethernet cable but it seems like
>> having the conduit might be worth it in the future. Never having done
>> this before, any suggestions on what type of conduit? How deep it should
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