network vs electric

[preet]

Hi.
Can we have network cables and electrical wires to run in the same trunking?
Is there any side effect in the long run?

Thanks.

[PrntRhd]

You should not run UTP cables parallel with AC wires due to the unshielded nature of the data lines. The AC flux will wipe the data on the Cat5 lines.
The classic example of this is running data cabling in elevator shafts, it should not be done this way.
You can run Cat5 where the cables cross perpendicular to the AC.

[Erik]

It shouldn't be done because of the impact it has on data. In fact it is actually against building code in many locations as far as I know, and if this is an official setup you wouldn't pass inspection.

[preet]

Hi.
As you all say this should not be done, i have seen this at my work place where the electrical wirings runs together with the network cable. as the for efficiency of the network it works perfectly. don't know how but thats too bizarre. what i think is maybe there is a very little space the the network cable and electric cable.

[PrntRhd]

I have seen it done with the electrical is inside a metal conduit and the network cable is tie wrapped on the outside of the conduit. The problem is ElectroMagnetic Force generated by the AC current. You want the data lines not in direct contact. This is also why network wall drops are not sharing the power outlets in the walls as well.
What Erik is also talking about is fire codes & keeping stuff away from the power cables.

[Erik]

Hi.
As you all say this should not be done, i have seen this at my work place where the electrical wirings runs together with the network cable. as the for efficiency of the network it works perfectly. don't know how but thats too bizarre. what i think is maybe there is a very little space the the network cable and electric cable.

Of course it is done, that doesn't mean it is the right way to do things. You hire some lowest bidder with no experience or training to do the job and that is what you get. It might work OK for what you need now, but if you actually tried to have the job certified (prove that the cable can actually run at the speeds it is rated for) it would likely fail. If they are short distancesit might not be that bad. You also might not be moving around enouh data for it to be a noticable problem. Eventually though if you keep running your data and electric in the same raceway or just haphaxardly next to each other you will encounter some mysterious problems.

[preet]

thanks guys