NeverDie
Senior Member
Very soon, before it gets too hot to work in the attic, I need to run some Ethernet cable between my office (the hub), through the attic, to various rooms in the house that are easily accessible from the attic. To keep my life easy, I was planning to buy premade Ethernet cable (with the RJ45 connectors already attached) and run with that. I'll be running shielded Cat7 cable.
The attic can get hot during the summer. I've measured the attic air temp last year, and it never exceeded 115F. Based on that I think it's very unlikely the attic air temperature would ever exceed 130F.
Do I need any kind of "special" Ethernet cabling to run through this attic space, or will any off-the-shelf premade Ethernet cabling do? Are there any particular standards it should meet? Not sure if it matters, but local electrical code is the same as the NEC code.
I would be using the Ethernet cable purely for data transfer at gigabit speeds, so it's going to be typical low voltage.
The attic can get hot during the summer. I've measured the attic air temp last year, and it never exceeded 115F. Based on that I think it's very unlikely the attic air temperature would ever exceed 130F.
Do I need any kind of "special" Ethernet cabling to run through this attic space, or will any off-the-shelf premade Ethernet cabling do? Are there any particular standards it should meet? Not sure if it matters, but local electrical code is the same as the NEC code.
I would be using the Ethernet cable purely for data transfer at gigabit speeds, so it's going to be typical low voltage.