Cat5e cable outside the house.

Slinwagh

Slinwagh

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How durable is Cat5e cable outside of the house.

The reason I ask is I have a 3 story house and need to run a cable form the ground floor to a room upstairs.

The most direct root is from a router inside, out through the door frame and up to the top floor following the sky/aerial cable that is already in place. This would mean only one hole drilled at a point you couldn't see.

I could run it in the house but it would mean drilling holes in two floors or running almost 50m of cable up and around the stairs and bannister as this would be the only way to hide the cable and not have to drill holes.

I have only ever used fibre outside before and can't really justify that at home!
 
I drilled through the floor to run mine upstairs, but it would be fine running it on the outside of the house. :)

CAT5 is very durable stuff unless you kink it a lot.
 
I would drill through the floor but it would be very sightly even trunked in to be honest.

The only bends in the cable will be at right angle out and into the house if that makes sense.

Thanks !
 
Slinwagh said:
I would drill through the floor but it would be very sightly even trunked in to be honest.

The only bends in the cable will be at right angle out and into the house if that makes sense.

Thanks !
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TBH it annoys me with my floor job because I have to feed the cable through both sets of wood with a metal rod to get it through, can't just feed it through or it misses one hole.

Best off running it from outside, a right-angle would be perfectly fine, and less hassle in the long-term.
 
Ulfhedjinn said:
TBH it annoys me with my floor job because I have to feed the cable through both sets of wood with a metal rod to get it through, can't just feed it through or it misses one hole.

Best off running it from outside, a right-angle would be perfectly fine, and less hassle in the long-term.
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Each "floor" is about 12" thick with load of insulation in the gap and I would have to get through that too hence why it is easier to go the outside root.
 
Slinwagh said:
Each "floor" is about 12" thick with load of insulation in the gap and I would have to get through that too hence why it is easier to go the outside root.
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Yeah definitely easier to wire it up outside (and ten times more professional.)
 
I wouldnt worry, it will be fine if its on the outside of the house. Just make sure you 'J' it so the water doesnt get in when it rains.
 
I have had a run of just standard cat5 running from out the window downstairs and into the office upstairs. Its been like that for about 5 years and no problems at all with it.
 
I have a 100ft cat5e cable running underground to my shed. Its inside some 1 1/4 iirc? plastic pipe but barely watertight. Been fine for a month so far.
 
dun said:
I have a 100ft cat5e cable running underground to my shed. Its inside some 1 1/4 iirc? plastic pipe but barely watertight. Been fine for a month so far.
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You run your pc in a shed? :eek: :D

On first name terms with the spiders?
 
I've been running normal cat5e cable on the outside of the house for 4-5 years now, and no problems what so ever.
 
I routed CAT5 to my room coming out of the front door frame, up the wall, into the eves, through the loft, under the lead flushing and into a hole in the frame of my window.

CAT5 is weather resistant to a degree, the cable that has been exposed has been there for 3ish years now and hasn't let me down yet.

It will be fine.
 
We use armoured core cable to run wiring outside. so i imagine it should be the same for network cable. could run it into a steel casing at least to protect it? can imagine the acidity that rain holds would cause it ill effects in the long term
 
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