Routers, CAT5 and electrical wiring

[testing123]

I'm about to upgrade my main panel to 200 amps. Since code requires that the meter and mast be located at the front of the house, the main feed will have to be routed to the main at the back of the house. Wire size is 2 aught (2.0).

I have a few options for routing the main wire, one of which is the attic, which will be the easiest. The (potential) problem is that I have several routers and cabling sitting on a shelf about a foot below the ceiling directly under the path the main wire would take. The ceiling is 5/8 sheetrock with R30 Roxul (specialized rockwool) insulation.

The question:

Will the wiring running a foot over the router shelf cause network interference?

Thanks for any info.

 

[tgl]

Doubt it. The AC power will be 60 Hz or so, depending on where you live exactly. That's quite a few orders of magnitude different from the frequencies wifi uses.

 

[bbunge]

I'm about to upgrade my main panel to 200 amps. Since code requires that the meter and mast be located at the front of the house, the main feed will have to be routed to the main at the back of the house. Wire size is 2 aught (2.0).

I have a few options for routing the main wire, one of which is the attic, which will be the easiest. The (potential) problem is that I have several routers and cabling sitting on a shelf about a foot below the ceiling directly under the path the main wire would take. The ceiling is 5/8 sheetrock with R30 Roxul (specialized rockwool) insulation.

The question:

Will the wiring running a foot over the router shelf cause network interference?

Thanks for any info.

Should not cause any EMF interference. AC in parallel cables tend to cancel out any EMF. Your run will likely be three conductor with ground. The ground being strands wrapped around the conductors: two hot and a neutral. Make sure the run is connected to a ground rod at each end. Local codes are minimum requirements. And, for 200 AMPS you will need 4/0 aluminum cable which is less expensive than 2/0 copper.