CL2 Rated Cables and Condensation

[blacksquid]

Hi All,

I've been running my own audio/video cable (12x2 speaker wire, component video cable, and RCA sub-woofer cable (all CL2 rated) and RG6/RG11 coax video cable) in the walls and ceiling of my new house and a friend brought up a question on one of my runs. This run, RG6 coax for now, actually goes just outside the bounds of the house and into the eaves a bit and I was thinking of running a set of speaker wire along the same path as well. Anyway, do I run the risk of condensation inside the wire sheathing over time playing havoc with my signal quality? Thanks!

 

[Johnd]

Of course you do. You would need exxterior rated cables for each.

 

[blacksquid]

Appreciate the quick response. I'll just go ahead and reroute that one run so that it's inside. Thanks again!

 

[Rickster71]

Hi Blacksquid,
When you say outside the eaves, do you mean in the attic, but in / over the soffit area?