[mythtvnz] OT: Recommended wiring scheme and RJ-45 connectors for Lexcom (Cat7) cable

[Jean-Yves Avenard]

Hi

On 16 February 2010 16:34, James Gray <james6.0 at gmail.com> wrote:
> To install anything with voltage greater than that considered to be
> SELV (safe extra low voltage), you must be a registered electrician.
> This is basically any time of signal or telecomms cabling (ELV in this
> context, means anything lower than 100V AC, or 150V DC. 240V is
> actually considered low voltage, compared to a 10,000V power line it
> is anyway)
Hum..

Anything below 1000V AC and < 1500V DC is considered low voltage under
the AS/NZ cabling rule.

Knowing that a standard POTS is 50V DC and up to 90V AC ; that makes
it only a sparkie can work on telecomm cable according to your post
(don't know what the deal is in NZ)

> The situation is different in australia however, where telecomms
> installers must be registered...

Yeah, it's insane here ... So regulated...