I need to run several Cat5e cables from one building to another, a distance of about 120 feet. I plan to use filled, direct buried cables, inside a conduit.

At each end, they will terminate on a Cat5e-compliant 66M50 block, where the circuits will transition to Cat5e inside wire.

The question is...how many "splices" (connections on 66 blocks) can I use and not expect problems with data flow? The scheme will be:

computer - PVC 4-pair - 66 block - protector - buried type wire - protector - 66 block - PVC 4-pair - switch.

On blocks that claim to be Cat5e compliant, are bridging clips allowed to pass a circuit from the left side to the right side, or does the compliance depend upon each circuit using just one side of the 66 block?


Arthur P. Bloom
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