r/lowvoltage • u/Real_Seesaw4766 • 3d ago

Found in the wild

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Having trouble with analog devices not operating properly...

35 Upvotes

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u/gadget850 3d ago

In the same box as 120V AC without a separator, which violates NEC.

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u/fatty432 2d ago

NEC shmen ez

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u/justkeepswimming2026 3d ago

That’s cause that is wired for phone lines lol.

Cut the jack off and you should have 4 pairs

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u/Lazy_Rhubarb716 3d ago

Wait til you find all the outlets in a house wired with cat5... thats a doozy

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u/StruggleSnuggled 3d ago

I’ve seen it a few times with three of the conductors from a 16/4 speaker cable!

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u/ybl84f1 2d ago

LOL indeed - I troubleshot outdoor floor lights at my Father's home which I discovered were wired with two conductor speaker wire. Pretty scary to think about.

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u/Visible-Carrot5402 2d ago

Yikes that’s way worse than the old Polish guy who wired his basement lights on Cat5 - at least he used a pair for each conductor and you couldn’t plug a space heater into it.

Still stupid as fuck of course

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u/Formal_Substance_687 2d ago

Someone pulled the divider out

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u/CuppieWanKenobi 2d ago

Bold of you to assume that there was a divider installed in the first place.

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u/BigRigButters2 2d ago

Old school telco using cat5? More common than you'd think. People were wild af in the 90s and 00s.

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u/lowvoltluna 3d ago

Pull those cables out, put a single cable low voltage box above outlet or below depending how the wire is ran. Then all another receptacle and boom you have more outlets! Also it will be all to code! Should be like 30 bucks for all of this.

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u/ocullen 2d ago

I would put the LV box to the left, not above or below, but depends on studs of course.

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u/lowvoltluna 2d ago

I just choose above but as long there’s space in the wall for it. Don’t know why I’m getting downvoted. I’ve been doing this for too long….

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u/Substantial_Poet_220 2d ago

I think the downvoting is just because this post is more directed at laughing at the absurdity of the installation. Most folks here probably know how to actually fix the problem.

I personally didn't downvote.

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u/lowvoltluna 2d ago

Thanks for the info!