I used to do cable wiring for a living and this is correct. Plenum cabling does not give off toxic fumes so when it burns it will not kill everyone in the build with bad toxic fumes. That's the basics of it. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Gelhar <mike at techspresso.com> Date: Saturday, September 11, 2004 2:34 pm Subject: RE: [TCLUG] OT: Home data wiring question > I'm not sure if anyone responded to this yet, but you only need > plenum cable > in areas that are used as air ways. This typically means areas in the > ceiling and cold air returns. I used PVC cable in my house and the > inspectorhardly even looked at any low voltage (data and voice) > wiring. > > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Erik Anderson > Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 5:09 PM > To: TCLUG Mailing List > Subject: [TCLUG] OT: Home data wiring question > > > I'm going to be moving soon, and am planning on wiring the new place > with cat5e. I'm wondering what type of cat5e I should buy. I know > that for commercial applications, you need to install plenum cable in > the walls to meet code. Does the same building code apply to > residential data wiring? Can I put STP or PVC cable in the walls? > > Thanks! > -Erik > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list