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need to pull control wire from manifold to boiler area before closing in will cat 6 work or what do

keyote
keyote Member Posts: 659
in Radiant Heating
closing in a manifold top floor access will not be as easy later what type of wire do i need to pull for controls might be 4 wire actuators zone valves ? worst case scenario

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  • hvacfreak2
    hvacfreak2 Member Posts: 500
    Decent 18 gauge stranded copper or low capacitance alloy ( Trane Purple ). Shield is not necessary if these are binary ( on / off ) but if they are proportional ( analog ) it might be worth the little extra.
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  • keyote
    keyote Member Posts: 659
    how many wire and do i need to pull say one four wire for each actuator
  • Zman
    Zman Member Posts: 7,611
    You would be safe running 4 conductors per valve.
    Assuming all the end switches will be tied together, the bare minimum would be 2 per valve and 2 for all the end switches.
    "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough"
    Albert Einstein

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