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SWCT Specification

Separation between telecoms cabling

BS 50174-2 - Separation between Power & Information Technology Cables In installations where the horizontal wire cable tray length is less than 35m no separation is required, in case of screened cabling. For lengths greater than 35m, the separation distances apply to the full length excluding the final 15m attached to the outlet.

Please see table below:

Distance A

Without divider or non metallic divider

Aluminium Divider

Steel Divider

Unscreened power and data cable

200mm

100mm

50mm

Unscreened power cable and screened IT cable Screened power cable and unscreened IT cable Screened power cable and screened IT cable

50mm

20mm

5mm

30mm

20mm

2mm

0mm

0mm

0mm

Floor or ceiling installation

Wall installation

Raised floor or ceiling installation

Note - All cables should be fixed. For cables with fixing, minimum distance is the distance that is the worst situation between fixing points. Without fixing, 0mm distance shall be taken into consideration.

Example of power cable and information technology cables that run parallel without divider.

Underfloor system

Wall mounted system

Allied Tube & Conduit

316

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