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Cat6 and 120v same conduit?

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FranklinMade

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So I’ve never seen or worked with low voltage switches controlling lighting. What I have is lights on a 120v circuit with 2 OC Sensors and 2 switches(3 way) the ox sensors and switches themselves only have a cat6 jack with no wires. There is also a power pack that goes with it with the wires on one side and 2 cat6 jacks on the other. For some reason no one knows if you can run the cat6 in the same raceway. Any thoughts?
 

hbiss

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You can't and it doesn't seem like you need to anyway. Am I correct in thinking that the only place the CAT6 and line voltage "come together" is jacks at the power pack?

Why can't you run your CAT6 control to your occ sensors and switches and to the power pack as the low voltage it is? Then you mount the power pack to a J box or a fixture and wire up the line voltage side.

-Hal
 
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