[plug] wiring a house

[meyerri]

---- Original Message ----
From: freefoote at gmail.com
To: plug at plug.org.au
Subject: Re: [plug] wiring a house
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 11:48:05 +0800

>> The comms information, I can vouch for - I spoke to someone, at the
>> Australian Communications Authority (IIRC) and basically ANYTHING
>> after the telco's socket in the wall is "anything goes" - wires on
>> the floor - attached to ceiling - probably bunged back into the
>wall
>> and then led around the house as well. I did this check bbecause of
>a
>> house inspection from a dragon lady who was convinced that my CAT 5
>> was a "fire hazard"
>
>What they have told you is true, but your interpretation is a little
>broader than what they actually mean.
>
>Any non-fixed wiring doesn't need a licence: ie, the cable from the
>phone wall point to your modem is ok. You can run that as far as you
>like. Until you start making it permanent in any way, that's when you
>need the licence.
>
>Ethernet cables are the same: make them, connect them to computers,
>but not permanently. Not through a wall, unless you run it on the
>floor between rooms.
>
>The reason for this distinction relates to why the standards have
>been
>put in place: they are trying to prevent situations where someone
>runs
>some cables in a wall near power cables, and then puts a nail in the
>wall connecting the two without knowing. You then go to use the phone
>and get zapped. That's what all the commotion is about. The standards
>specify seperations from power cables that minimize the likelyhood of
>this happening. (It also helps to stop some interference on data
>lines).
>
>In case you are wondering, I am Austel licenced myself. I got the
>licence before I wired up my own house.
>
>Hope this clears this up.
>
>Daniel Foote.
>
OK, I plead guilty  ;-)

Thanks for clearing that up. So if I used that square conduit that
"permanently" attaches to the walls - would I be all right?

Thanks
RM