Ars Technica

Direct Burial Cat5e: Good stuff? Tips and Tricks?

I just bought myself a spool of 500' "Weatherproof Waterproof UV Rated Direct Burial Gel Filled Network CAT5e Cable W/Solid Copper Conductors" for $90. The immediate application was to run a couple of ...
Commercial Integrator

Expert Advice: How to Decide Between Direct Burial vs. Outdoor-Rated Cables

What is an outdoor-rated cable? This type of cable can be used when an installation requires that a cable be run outside, as normal cables are not designed to withstand nature’s elements. Indoor ...
Morningstar

InventHelp Inventor Develops New Backhoe Attachment For Direct Burial Cable (CHK-3187)

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "As an electrical foreman, I found direct burial trenching projects to be too time-consuming and labor-intensive," said an inventor, from Canton, Ill., "so I ...
Ars Technica

question about running fiber alongside high voltage wire-jacket needs a rating?

I wave a 1" conduit running about 500' to asome outbuildings, and we are looking at running about 60a service down there from the house. I was hoping to run some fiber alongside (single mode, maybe 6 ...
NBC4 Columbus

TiniFiber Launches Ultra-Small, Ultra-Light, Ultra-Flexible and Ultra-Protected Version of Micro Armor for Direct Burial

LINDENHURST, NY, UNITED STATES, July 16, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- TiniFiber ®, a developer of innovative high-reliability, high-performance digital infrastructure ...