sundance-communications.com/forum Forums Wiring - Telecom Carriers - Trunks & Services Cabling Telephones Systems Wiring chance of crosstalk or interference?

I want to rewire the line from my demarc to my punchdown block. It is now stapled to some questionable fascia board, is spliced at least twice and is split into two 3 pair wires at one of the splices. Real junky mess. I have four incoming, so wanted to run a single Cat 5e and use all 4 pairs.

1) I'm sure the advice would be to run 2 of the same wire to save future labor. Would I just not use wire #2 but label and leave it if wire #1 goes bad or for adding incoming lines if needed?

2) I'm looking for alternate routes since the fascia board isn't the best. The cleanest, indoor out-of-the-way route involves a 15 ft run through a 4" PVC pipe that also contains one coax for television cable signal and about 15 Cat 5 ethernet lines. No electrical power wires are run through the conduit and anywhere I ran into romex, I'd pass at a right angle only. Total run is somewhere in the 150 to 200 ft range. Would I encounter crosstalk going through the conduit?

Charlie

You should be good going through the conduit Charlie. But yes I would recommend dropping in an extra cable for future use.
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Do you work on ESI systems? I got it from Netgain but they're a bit big and hard to reach. I'd rather deal with a small business who can send someone out by the hour at a reasonable turnaround time.

I'd try you on stuff I run into that I can't do myself. Are you in Lexington?

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Another idea is to run a larger pair count of category 3 cable. Just a thought...

1 6pr cat 3 would do the job, any more than 6 co lines and you will probably have a new demark installed anyway, though that will vary, most of the smaller demarcs I have seen have room for 6pr.