What methods to secure cat cable in drop ceiling?

[blake]

What equipment and methods do you guys use to secure cat cable when runs are across drop ceilings? My barber has asked me about putting a system in and its all drop ceiling which is super easy, but I want it to be within code.

 

[fenderman]

Damn that's an installers dream...Ive never done it.....i think the installers use J hooks...if its a single cable i dont see the harm in just running it across, but as you say, I dont think i will be code compliant.

 

[pal251]

Probably depends on locations. I don't see a problem with laying it across the tile. If it was a brand new install I would staple it or put a cable trough up if it was multiple cables

 

[fmflex]

I'm unsure about where you are but in Australia, we aren't even allowed to secure to the ceiling hangers due to someone previously bringing down the entire ceiling.

I've used these in the past which allow it to be secured to timber or masonry and a strip of velcro to secure the cables to it.
http://www.ramset.com.au/Product/Detail/349/DataLec-Clip

Edit: I should probably clarify that I don't use them with a ramset gun but just screw through it either into a plug or straight into the timber.

 

[johngalt]

Look up "Erico Caddy" products. All sorts of J-hooks and low voltage hangers. They make j-hooks with batwings(drop ceiling wire clips), L-brackets, beam clamps etc. Any commercial electrical distributor should carry these. Really depends what you have to work with above ceiling and the how many cables.

 

[blake]

It's just a four camera system. So it'll only be four cat cables from the NVR.

 

[blake]

I found them. For anyone else who may have an install like mine, here's the part http://www.erico.com/part.asp?part=CAT124Z34

 

[johngalt]

Using things like that and running cables at 90 degrees will make you look professional...unfortunately, most people doing jobs that size are going to be looking to save a buck and just let it lay across the ceiling in the most direct path to camera.

 

[blake]

Yeah I know, but you figure the 2.00 its cost per hanger gets passed onto the customer and forbid if something happened, I wouldn't have to worry about a fire inspector or her ad the owner suing me.

 

[icerabbit]

Look up "Erico Caddy" products. All sorts of J-hooks and low voltage hangers. They make j-hooks with batwings(drop ceiling wire clips), L-brackets, beam clamps etc. Any commercial electrical distributor should carry these. Really depends what you have to work with above ceiling and the how many cables.

Great tip. Wanted to look them up ... but every time I try their site I get the country selector page?!
Which shows US in the top right and insists I pick another continent and country down the page?!
Wherever I try to go I get:

http://www.erico.com/selectCountry.asp?returnURL=/default.asp

Gotta love over-programmed and over-coded commercial sites with stupid issues like that ... :/

 

[blake]

Yep one less thing for me to worry about.