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miked33
06-11-08, 07:16 AM
my electrician ran the power and the hdmi cables along the same part of the wall and out two different boxes on the wall. then i read that you can't have your hdmi cable anywhere near your electrical wire as it will cause interference. how true is this and is it worth having him rip out what he did and rewire the hdmi cables away from the electrical wire?

p.s. hdmi cable is fine to run in wall correct?

Weasel9992
06-11-08, 10:45 AM
my electrician ran the power and the hdmi cables along the same part of the wall and out two different boxes on the wall. then i read that you can't have your hdmi cable anywhere near your electrical wire as it will cause interference. how true is this and is it worth having him rip out what he did and rewire the hdmi cables away from the electrical wire?

p.s. hdmi cable is fine to run in wall correct?

Can you be more specific? How close are they to each other? I personally would rather see them 18" apart in separate conduit runs, but you might get away with less. If there's interference, especially of the 60Hz variety, you'll know it right away...

Frank

In2Photos
06-11-08, 01:42 PM
my electrician ran the power and the hdmi cables along the same part of the wall and out two different boxes on the wall. then i read that you can't have your hdmi cable anywhere near your electrical wire as it will cause interference. how true is this and is it worth having him rip out what he did and rewire the hdmi cables away from the electrical wire?

p.s. hdmi cable is fine to run in wall correct?
Same as above but I will add that out can run HDMI in wall if you buy the proper cable. It must be CL-2 rated for in-wall use.