[SML] Custom Cable Loom, Seeking Heat-Shrink or Molded Rubber Tees for Mid-Span Breakouts

Richard Niederberg ladesigners at gmail.com
Sat Oct 18 16:07:49 UTC 2014


I use 25-pair phone cable (used for business phones in the past) to
feed LEDs for sequenced lights and star drops. No conduit required. I
use the Resister Color Code: Solid color/white stripe=cathode;
White/colored stripe=anode.
/s/ Richard

On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 8:11 AM, Richard Niederberg
<ladesigners at gmail.com> wrote:
> If only class B wiring was required [<24 v], you could pull it off.
> Each LED runs at less than 24 volts, the last time I checked.  MR16s
> are in the same category but more wattage; you see them overhead in
> restaurants fed by bare wires frequently. Data doesn't need a
> NEC-compliant conduit in any case, as it is just a few volts normally,
> if DMX, ACN, or other signals running through #20-#24awg CAT5 or CAT6
> are a typical example. Think Outside The Box!
> /s/ Richard
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> On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 7:13 AM, Bill Conner via Stagecraft
> <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>>> I want to build a custom cable loom to drop power and data to our LED
>>> fixtures, ....
>>
>>> Randy Storms
>>> Mount Baker Theatre
>>> Bellingham, WA
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>>
>> I don't think you can do what you describe for power and meet the
>> intent of the National Electric Code, so can't help.
>>
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>> Bill Conner Fellow of the ASTC
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