How Do I Get A Low Voltage License In Oregon
Closed 8 years ago.In some places in the US you need a 'low voltage licence' to install 'low voltage wiring' but I can't seem to find anything that says if this includes network wiring.(I know this will differ from place to place so please state where you are referring to.). Does the law say you need a licence?. Does anyone pay attention to it?. Are their any exception you known of?.
How sure are you of your information?. Got any links?' Me specific' parts of the question.p.s. Cisco 8485 manual. I'm looking for info on Idaho, USA but answerers for anywhere welcome.edit: I have some formal training in this and am completely confident that I can do it safely and correctly.
However the training was pre-2008 befor Idaho switched to the national building code. 'Idaho' is actually not all that helpful in the US. States do not generally enforce building codes, the local municipality does. When I did work in Chantilly Virginia the local city required a $30 permit for commercial work, but there was no formal inspection on the low voltage install. You would be required to fix your work if the local fire inspector or electrical inspector found issues in a unrelated inspection. (No cables lying on drop ceilings, they must be secured to the building structure, and all racks had to be grounded.)–Apr 8 '11 at 0:17.
The best and easiest thing to do for your area is talk to a local building inspector for the proper information.From my experience - no license is needed and no one pays attention to it (unless you're wiring a new building). I've done professional wiring in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Illinois. I make sure to use quality products, avoid wiring through ducting at all costs, and never attach to anything electrical or hot.Obviously, I'm not a professional inspector nor do I have specific legal information for your area, so take my advice with a grain of salt. I'm a licensed low volt contractor in Oregon and hold a Washington license as well. Both states require permits for most low volt cabling including network (cat5/6), audio, video, HVAC, alarm, etc and the installer must carry a low volt or electrical license.
While many network techs are perfectly capable of installing and terminating Cat5, they usually aren't aware of all applicable codes. Even though Ethernet carries 5 or less volts there are life-safety issues with the installation itself such as using Plenum rated cable where required, not laying wire on a ceiling grid, supporting cables, seismic support for racks, speakers, etc.Some installations have special concerns such as hazardous locations, hospitals and schools.Many states don't have these requirements but following the NEC code is still agood idea.
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Greetings.1- Almost certainly data/ethernet/cat5/cat6 cable falls under the 'low voltage' umbrella. If a license is required to run coax or alarm cable in a building, it is required for Ethernet cable.2- You would need to see the building department in your jurisdiction for a specific answer. You would also be able to find out whether a permit is required for the job in question. The two questions are not necessarily connected.3- Whether a licensing requirement is rigorously enforced or not is a completely separate matter. My suspicion is that if a job is being permitted and inspected, the licensing status of the sub-contractors matters, otherwise not.4- What's the worst case in this kind of situation? Assuming no permanent attachment, the worst that can happen is being required to pull the cable and re-run it using a licensed installer.Good luck! Regardless of where you live I think if you have enough skill to be able to correctly fit the plugs to the network cable you should be smart enough to be able to run data cable.I started my working life as an electrician.
Despite becoming fully qualified for all classes of electrical wiring work there was an idiotic period here in Victoria, Australia when the powers that be decided I needed a special license to run data cabling. Apparently it was OK for me to run 66,000 volt cables and even work on live wiring but it was too risky to let me run your cat5. Today such a data cabling license no longer even exists here and any fool with a crimper and punch down tool can call himself a data cabler.
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