I have had two symptoms pop up, that I think I have an idea what might have caused it but was hoping someone might be able to validate my thinking:
The symptoms:
1. I have recieved a few instances where the panel put out an 1130 FAIL TO COMMUNICATE TROUBLE related to the smokes and then a fire alarm (but nothing from the detectors themselves). These were working fine for a few months. I originally thought perhaps I caused an issue as I was working on the wiring in the garage, but I did not touch this wire and was on the other side of the room. I then also thought perhaps severe rain introduced something with how the cable was run, but everything started working again.
2. Instances of being dropped offline when playing some online games went up drastically. This was through connections that have been in place for a few years.
After trying to establish why these changed and didn't relate these two items until recently, I remembered that the electrician ran new circuits to break up the house wiring better.
I didn't watch how he did it, and was dissappointed later as he ran the wiring across some of my other lv wiring. It was crossing as it should in one place, but was parallell in another case.
My thought: Could it be possible that the proximity of the electrical lines is causing these issues?
My possible solution: Would it make sense to put that wiring in metal conduit for short distances (a few feet where they cross/run together) but not the entire run? That should, from what I understand remove the possible impact of this having any effect. Is it against code or anything to only run in conduit for short distances and not an entire leg?
Any thoughts would be appreciated, I've heard many comments on not running electrical wiring close to LV but not many on the actual effects.
The symptoms:
1. I have recieved a few instances where the panel put out an 1130 FAIL TO COMMUNICATE TROUBLE related to the smokes and then a fire alarm (but nothing from the detectors themselves). These were working fine for a few months. I originally thought perhaps I caused an issue as I was working on the wiring in the garage, but I did not touch this wire and was on the other side of the room. I then also thought perhaps severe rain introduced something with how the cable was run, but everything started working again.
2. Instances of being dropped offline when playing some online games went up drastically. This was through connections that have been in place for a few years.
After trying to establish why these changed and didn't relate these two items until recently, I remembered that the electrician ran new circuits to break up the house wiring better.
I didn't watch how he did it, and was dissappointed later as he ran the wiring across some of my other lv wiring. It was crossing as it should in one place, but was parallell in another case.
My thought: Could it be possible that the proximity of the electrical lines is causing these issues?
My possible solution: Would it make sense to put that wiring in metal conduit for short distances (a few feet where they cross/run together) but not the entire run? That should, from what I understand remove the possible impact of this having any effect. Is it against code or anything to only run in conduit for short distances and not an entire leg?
Any thoughts would be appreciated, I've heard many comments on not running electrical wiring close to LV but not many on the actual effects.