MY HOUSE GETTING HIT WOULD DEFINITELY NOT CHEER ME UP! But I understand what your saying,,maybe I'm a little on the paranoid side...or alot.. Thanks vk6kro.
Let me ask you this, being the cable will be disconnected most of the time at both ends especially during a storm, will that lessen the chance of lightning actually being attracted by the cat5?
I ran about 200 ft of ethernet cable around the back of my house from my computer room to my bedroom, to stream netflicks. I tried wireless but I got tired of constant signal lossl and movie break-ups, hence the reason for direct wiring . The cable is run in 3/4 grey pvc buried about 5 to 6...