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 35mno 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
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