Cable Covers: What To Use Indoors And What To Use Outdoors

Cable covers like we’ve mentioned before have different tolerances and capacities since every application is different than so will the materials that we use to make certain cable covers. For instance what we use for indoor cable covers will be different from outdoor cable covers. One reason for this that with an indoor environment we have a little more control of what’s around us other than outdoor environment where things are just a little more unpredictable.

For indoor home settings, your needs are dependent on what type of cable covers you will need. Mat styled cable covers are another good option for home settings. Smaller offices can benefit from mat styled cable covers.

If you need to run any cables outside your house you’ll want to make sure you purchase a cable cover that can withstand the elements. Depending on what part the country that you live in this varies greatly. Obviously metal covers could potentially suffer from rust with rain and snow.

Indoors we typically run the gamut with cable covers from the very basic to the heavy duty. A basic office of a few machines will probably have a PVC or rubber cable cover. For this setting that’s a more than adequate choice. Not as many people are going to be occupying a setting like this so there’s less potential for excessive pressure being placed on the cable cover.

Use of stronger cable covers in business for example would be on the main floor of a factory. It’s safe to say that the type of cable covers you’ll find are high capacity drop covers. These cable covers can withstand the weight and continuous flow of heavy foot traffic as well as in-house vehicles like fork lifts. In the process this allows everyone to do the job they have to do without compromising the functioning of a computer network or any other essential machinery and that’s only mentioning indoor settings.

Outdoor settings for businesses that cover a lot of ground when running important equipment and computers have a lot more variables to deal with then a home setting. Businesses of all kinds have dealings with other enterprises; this involves such important functions like deliveries. Now vehicles that are delivery goods are going to vary in size and inventory. Both of these things affect how much weight is loaded on the vehicle.

It’s important to make sure that if cables are running underneath certain areas of the building grounds than it’s necessary to have a cable cover that can handle unfathomable amounts of weight. A good example would be a cover with a modular hose bridge system. It’s designed to handle heavy impact and it’s very tolerant of weather changes. Its load capacity is high and can handle practically any vehicle’s mass.

Hopefully, we’ve been able to help narrow down what you are looking for in a cable cover and that you know what’s best for indoor/outdoor settings. Although we couldn’t list everything we at least gave you the very basics so now you have a foundation to build your research on. We have kept in mind the difference among capacities is vital for product selection and applies to all parties concerned. Ranging from the home user to the big company we’re always glad to assist in the quest for product knowledge and we continue to wish you luck in making the right choice!