Re: guidance on cat5 wiring a house?

[Lehane Kellett <lehane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just to add to Ian's points.

If you have the luxury of time and the floor/wall void space, put in=20
some 20mm flexible conduit (with draw wires) between likely 'node'=20
locations.

I also ran 12 core screened between nodes which has proved useful.

Lehane


Ian Lowe wrote:
>
> Another couple:
>
> If you have an obvious second "node zero", like another
cupboard or loft
> space, run a "bundle" of four cat5 between those rooms, as
well as the=20
> links
> back to node zero -- it allows you to be more flexible if your node
zero
> starts to fill up!
>
> Don't expect your rooms to line up between floors -- it would be great
if
> cupboards etc lined up, and make running cables a lot easier -- in=20
> practice,
> it's usually a little awkward to get cables between floors.
>
> Get a good nylon fish tape -- they make life *sooo* much easier!
B&Q do a
> basic one for about =A37, which has served me well. On that front,
a=20
> length of
> flexible plastic plumbing pipe -- the thinnest stuff. You can force
it=20
> around
> and through voids etc, then thread a CAT5 run through it.
>
> Remember that CAT5 can be used to send all sorts of stuff, not just=20
> Data --
> it's good for serial, video (CCTV type quality) or full AV (with
somethin=
g
> like the KAT5 modules)
>
> Echoing the "run more than you think you will need"
sentiment. It's bette=
r
> to have an unneeded cable in the wall, then a desperately needed
cable=20
> *not*
> in the wall!!
>
> Ian.
>
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