Panduit LD5WH10-A Pan-Way Low-Voltage Surface Raceway, White, 10 ft
The Panduit LD5WH10-A is a 10-foot, single-channel low-voltage surface raceway from the Panduit Pan-Way™ surface raceway line — built to route, protect, and conceal data, voice, and video cabling along walls, baseboards, and smooth ceilings without conduit or in-wall work. At 1.01 inches wide and 0.58 inches deep, it fits tight to finished wall surfaces and disappears once painted, making it the practical choice for office buildouts, classroom AV runs, and security camera cable drops where tearing into drywall isn't an option. The LD5WH10-A (often searched as LD5WH10 A) ships in 10-piece packs.
Key Features
- One-Piece Hinged Design, 1.01" × 0.58" Channel: The single-piece snap-lid construction — 1.01 in (25.8 mm) wide by 0.58 in (14.7 mm) deep — means the cover and base stay connected during installation. You're not juggling a loose lid while routing cable. The hinged profile lays flat for wire placement, then snaps shut cleanly. That's a meaningful time saver when you're running dozens of 10-foot sticks across a floor.
- Factory-Applied Adhesive Backing: The pressure-sensitive adhesive strip is applied at the factory, not in the field — peel and stick directly to drywall, painted block, or plaster. No drilling required for the initial tack. Mechanical fasteners can supplement the adhesive on heavier cable fills or high-traffic surfaces, but for light AV and data runs the adhesive alone is sufficient and dramatically cuts labor time per stick.
- Rigid PVC Construction, White Finish: Made from rigid white PVC that can be field-painted to match wall color. PVC resists moisture, cleaning chemicals, and the normal impact of foot-traffic areas. The white (blanco) finish coordinates with standard commercial trim without a paint step in most installations.
- UL94V-0 and FT4 Flame Ratings: UL94V-0 means the PVC self-extinguishes vertical flame within 10 seconds — required in most commercial occupancies. FT4 adds cable-tray flame performance. Together, these ratings satisfy typical low-voltage wiring requirements without needing a separate conduit sleeve through fire-rated assemblies (verify with your AHJ for penetrations through rated walls).
- TIA/EIA and UL Compliance: The LD5WH10-A meets TIA/EIA structured cabling standards and carries UL listing — the two checkboxes most facilities managers and IT directors require before approving a surface raceway installation on a commercial job.
- Designed for Low-Voltage Data, Voice, and Video Cable: Sized for Cat5e/Cat6 horizontal runs, security camera home runs, VoIP extension drops, and AV signal cable. The 1-inch channel is not intended for high-voltage power wiring — keep this in the surface raceway lane it was designed for.
- Compatible with Panduit Surface-Mount Boxes and Mini-Com™ Outlets: Terminates directly into Panduit surface-mount electrical boxes and Mini-Com™ surface-mount frames, so you can land a clean keystone jack or RJ-45 faceplate at the endpoint without a junction-box adapter. If you're already specifying Panduit structured cabling components, the LD5 ecosystem connects end-to-end without third-party adapters.
- 10-Foot Sticks, Packs of 10 (MOQ 20 Packs): Each carton holds 200 sticks (20 packs × 10). For large deployments — classroom retrofit, open-office restack, hotel guest-room AV — ordering at carton quantity keeps unit cost down and ensures color-lot consistency across the run. Standard 10-foot lengths align with 8- to 10-foot ceiling heights, minimizing cut waste on vertical wall drops.
Integration & Compatibility
The LD5WH10-A is part of the Pan-Way LD raceway family, which means fittings — inside corners, outside corners, flat elbows, T-fittings, and end caps — are available as matching accessories. This matters in practice: a wall drop that turns a corner or terminates at a faceplate needs fittings from the same product family to maintain a continuous, professional appearance. Source fittings from the LD series to guarantee dimensional fit.
For structured cabling terminations, the raceway is compatible with Panduit Mini-Com™ surface-mount boxes, allowing direct integration into a structured cabling infrastructure — patch panel to desktop — without exposed cable loops at the endpoint. For security camera installations, the LD5 channel is wide enough to route a single RG59 or Cat6 home run cleanly; multiple cameras sharing a path may require a wider LD profile or a parallel raceway run. Consult your cable management planning guide to size channel fill correctly — the general rule is 40% fill maximum to allow future adds without pulling the cover.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Can the LD5WH10-A be painted to match wall color?
A: Yes. The white PVC surface accepts standard latex wall paint. Lightly scuff the surface before painting for best adhesion. Paint after installation for a seamless match to the surrounding wall.
Q: Does the LD5WH10-A require mechanical fasteners, or is the adhesive backing sufficient?
A: The factory-applied adhesive is designed to hold the raceway to smooth, clean wall surfaces for typical low-voltage cable fills. On textured, painted block, or high-humidity surfaces — or where cable fill is heavy — supplementing with drywall screws through the base is recommended. The raceway base has pre-punched or field-drillable mounting points for this purpose.
Q: Is the LD5WH10-A rated for use in commercial buildings?
A: Yes. The LD5WH10-A meets UL94V-0 flame and FT4 cable-tray flame requirements, is UL listed, and complies with TIA/EIA structured cabling standards — the standard set required for commercial low-voltage installations. Verify with your authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) for any fire-rated wall penetration requirements specific to your project.
Q: What cable types fit in the LD5WH10-A channel?
A: The 1.01-inch wide by 0.58-inch deep channel is sized for low-voltage data, voice, and video cable — Cat5e, Cat6, RG59 coax, or equivalent small-diameter AV and security cables. It is not rated or sized for line-voltage (120V/240V) power wiring.
Q: How many sticks are in a package, and what is the minimum order?
A: Each package contains 10 sticks (10 ft each = 100 linear feet per pack). The minimum order quantity (MOQ) is 20 packages (200 sticks / 2,000 linear feet). A full carton contains 200 sticks.
Q: Does the LD5WH10-A work with Panduit Mini-Com™ faceplates?
A: Yes. The LD5 raceway is designed to terminate with Panduit surface-mount electrical boxes and Mini-Com™ surface-mount frames, providing a direct, adapter-free path from the raceway channel to a finished keystone or RJ-45 outlet.
What's in the Box
- 10× Panduit LD5WH10-A Pan-Way LD5 low-voltage surface raceway sticks, 10 ft each (100 linear feet total per package), white PVC with factory-applied adhesive backing
The LD5WH10-A is the stick I reach for on finished-space security camera drops and VoIP extension runs where the building owner won't allow open-wall work. The factory-applied adhesive backing is the detail that actually changes the install math — on a 20-drop classroom retrofit, not having to pre-drill every base saves a meaningful chunk of labor time, and the one-piece hinged lid means one person can hold the raceway against the wall and press it in place without a second set of hands holding the cover off the floor.
Technical Highlights:
- 1.01" × 0.58" channel cross-section: Fits a single Cat6 run or RG59 coax home run with room to spare at 40% fill — the right size for camera-to-NVR or desktop-to-patch-panel runs in standard-height commercial spaces. Don't expect to bundle four cables in here; step up to a wider LD profile if your fill exceeds one or two conductors.
- UL94V-0 + FT4 flame ratings: These aren't checkbox specs — UL94V-0 self-extinguishment within 10 seconds is the threshold most commercial AHJs require before approving exposed surface raceway on a finished wall. FT4 covers the cable-tray flame scenario. Both are met here, which keeps the permit process clean.
- 10-piece packs, MOQ 20 (200 sticks/carton): At 10 ft per stick, a single carton covers 2,000 linear feet — enough for a mid-size office floor or a multi-room school AV deployment in one order. Color-lot consistency across a large order matters when you're going to paint the raceway to match the wall; mixed lots can show subtle shade differences after painting.
Deployment Considerations:
- The adhesive performs best on smooth, clean, painted drywall or plaster. On textured walls, unpainted block, or in humid environments (server closets with condensation, exterior-facing walls), add mechanical fasteners every 24–36 inches — don't rely on adhesive alone or the raceway will walk away from the wall under cable tension.
- The LD5 channel is strictly low-voltage. Running line-voltage power alongside data in this raceway violates NEC separation requirements and voids the UL listing. If your run needs both power and data, you need a dual-channel raceway or a separate power raceway run in parallel.
The LD5WH10-A earns its place on corporate office AV retrofits and K-12 structured cabling refreshes — specifically the runs where aesthetics matter, in-wall work isn't an option, and the job needs to pass commercial inspection without a special variance from the AHJ.
