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Is it safe to run Unshield Twisted Pair next to power cable?

April 26, 2017cable pair power run safe twisted

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Is it safe to run Unshield Twisted Pair next to power cable?

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According to EIA/TIA-569, the standard wiring practices for running data cabling and companion to the above referenced EIA/TIA-568, you should not run data cable parallel to power cables. However, in reality, this should not be a problem with networks such as 10BaseT. 10BaseT uses differential signalling to pick the data signals off the wire. Since any interference from nearby power lines will usually affect all pairs equally, anything that is not canceled-out by the twists in the UTP should be ignored by the receiving network interface.