Power lines and fiber optic cables are in the same
General Consideration: It is generally not recommended to run fiber optic cables in the same conduit as electrical power cables. This is due to several potential risks and complications that can arise from such an arrangement. Utilities build fiber optic networks in similar ways that others build them, aerial and underground, but they also mix aerial cables in their power distribution cables, sharing towers and poles. If the fiber is within the zone of the high voltage conductors, you have to have a lineman or someone with high voltage training to. When optical fibers are within the same composite cable for electric light, power, Class 1, non?power-limited fire alarm, or medium-power network-powered broadband communications circuits operating at 600 volts or less, they shall be permitted to be installed only where the functions of the optical.
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