Low voltage communication cable code

[Marjet]

Is there any rule or code to installing low voltage communication cables (voice/data/paging) stating that cables must be run with the building steel and any turns the cables must take are to be installed at 90 degree turns?

If there is a code on this issue, where can we find this?

Thank you

Jim

 

[raider1]

Welcome to the forum.

The only code section that would come close to requiring this would be 800.24.

This section requires that communications cables be installed in a neat and workmanlike manner.

With that said the NEC style manual says that the term "neat and workmanlike" are vauge and possibly unenforcable.

Here is the text from 800.24;

800.24 Mechanical Execution of Work.
Communications circuits and equipment shall be installed in a neat and workmanlike manner. Cables installed exposed on the surface of ceilings and sidewalls shall be supported by the building structure in such a manner that the cable will not be damaged by normal building use. Such cables shall be secured by hardware, including straps, staples, cable ties, hangers, or similar fittings designed and installed so as not to damage the cable. The installation shall also conform to 300.4(D) and 300.11.
FPN: Accepted industry practices are described in ANSI/NECA/BICSI 568-2006, Standard for Installing Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling; ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.1-2004 ? Part 1, General Requirements Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard; ANSI/TIA-569-B-2004, Commercial Building Standard for Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces; ANSI/TIA-570-B, Residential Telecommunications Infrastructure, and other ANSI-approved installation standards.

Chris

 

[hbiss]

Is there any rule or code to installing low voltage communication cables (voice/data/paging) stating that cables must be run with the building steel and any turns the cables must take are to be installed at 90 degree turns?

None whatsoever- but I wish there were.

-Hal