G+_Brent Burnette Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 How about a KH on how to run the cat5 we make in a home? I managed to use existing access holes in my crawl space to wire up my bedroom from the living room, but I am u sure how to go through all the beams and drywall. Would power line Ethernet be easier? I know that it won't run gigabit speed, would it really be missed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Kent Smith Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 I would love to see this as well. It's exactly the issue that is keeping me from getting to next stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Brent Burnette Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 I know that KH isn't "this old house" and would probably shy away from showing how to do home mods, but it's a needed part or the cable running process. I have drywall with horizontal beams at the top, middle, and bottom. My crawl space is insulated and the floors aren't viewable. I know there are wires somewhere (power outlets) I just have no clue how to get to install an Ethernet jack without ripping out floor insulation, or drilling inside the wall through the beams. My DirecTV installer just drilled thru the floors and poked through the insulation and it worked great, but I'm not sure about the "wife acceptance factor" level of cat5 outlets in the floors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Les Ashworth Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 I have been an electrical engineer for more years then I care to recall. Running wire's in the home has no quick fix to do it right. I tend to run them on the surface and leave spare length for sinking later when next decorating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_James Berry Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Running wires typically means having a rough in box (jacks terminated there) in the wall with the wire being pulled from your 1000' spindled box to its destination via fish tape having the wiring taped to the end of it and pulling to your wiring closet for punch down to punch down panel. At least that's what I dealt with when pulling wiring in the corporate environment. The fish tape was used to get to spaces that I couldn't easily, otherwise I was on a ladder and moving ceiling tiles and moving the wiring bundle to where it could be dropped to the wiring closet. Good luck with the home front as I've considered that route too and it looks like waaaay too much work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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