CAT6 cable : share a trench with SWA cable ?

[ToughButterCup]

I'd like to connect our Piggery to our home data network. I have a load of CAT6 spare.

 

Does it matter if I lay the CAT6 right next to the SWA cabling from the Piggery to the house?

[Jeremy Harris]

Data and power cables should be separated in a trench by at least 100mm, according to the info that SSEN and Openreach sent me.  The data cable is best put in a duct, I think.

[Big Jimbo]

I've been told no, but i'm no expert. Sorry. The piggies however, will want internet and t.v.

[PeterW]

Duct the CAT6 but you could just Use cheap 25mm rigid conduit or even 32mm waste pipe but run a pair of CAT6 just in case ....  

[pudding]

Mine are up to our garage and it works fine. Think i just put them in each bottom corner of the little trench. It's 10mm SWA i think, and 2xCAT6, about 15m maybe in length.

Edited February 2, 2020 by pudding

[Barney12]

My CAT6 is in its own 50mm duct next to SWA and all fine. ?

[ahdinko]

Look at Shielded cable instead of UTP, it has a foil shielding layer to help cut out EMI. I've seen very rare but weird things happen from cable interface though. Had one with network degradation when one circut pulled alot of power. Took a long time to diagnose that one!