Pulling Cable at Home, Do I Need Conduit?

olaHaloolaHalo Member Posts: 748 ■■■■□□□□□□
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Anybody pull there own cable for their home LAN?
Im planning on doing it and was wondering if you thought conduit was necessary.
I noticed my phone lines are not protected and the coax isnt either. So I am assuming that conduit will be overkill for a home run.
Thanks
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  • SteveO86SteveO86 Member Posts: 1,423
    Overkill in my opinion, I ran Cat6 throughout my house to various rooms and ran it through the attic. Its been over a year and everything is still running like normal.
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  • olaHaloolaHalo Member Posts: 748 ■■■■□□□□□□
    SteveO86 wrote: »
    Overkill in my opinion, I ran Cat6 throughout my house to various rooms and ran it through the attic. Its been over a year and everything is still running like normal.
    Thats what I thought.
    Thanks for the input.
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  • QHaloQHalo Member Posts: 1,488
    Pull some OM3 while you're at it. Yeah I said it.
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  • olaHaloolaHalo Member Posts: 748 ■■■■□□□□□□
    QHalo wrote: »
    Pull some OM3 while you're at it. Yeah I said it.
    just for bragging rights lol.
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  • ptilsenptilsen Member Posts: 2,835 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Definitely not worth the effort. If you are worried about EMI, use shielded or fiber. They aren't that much more expensive compared to the hassle of conduit.
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  • QHaloQHalo Member Posts: 1,488
    Hah! Have fun. I wish I could pull for my condo. Alas I'd have to do it with conduit on the outside of the building. Screw that. Seriously though, OM3 you can gt for like $370 for 1000 feet. Really depends on how long you're staying.
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