TROLL131313
join:2004-12-21
Horsham, PA
 ·Comcast
| reply to watts3000
Re: wiring your home
Well, the first thing to do, is map the house out and see ware the utilities come in. I would also get your self a good 2d cad program to draw every thing out.
Link:
»www.plm.automation.siemens.com/e···ex.shtml
Its free and it has more features then AutoCad Light. 
Now once your done laying out ware every thing is, the next step is, what rooms to wire and ware to put the network stuff. Once you figure this out, the next step is, how to run the wires.
Now since you don't have a basement, you are in the same boat my buddy was in with his duplex. After we mapped it out, we wound up putting a wall rack and patch panel in his garage. It was the best place since it was too small to park a car in and it was vented to his central air as well. It also gave us a straight shot to his attic, which made running things a bit easier.
We mounted every thing on 5/4 plywood, which work well. It gave him enough room to run and work on every thing.
If we had to do it again, I would of had him buy a rack like the one I linked instead of the wall mounted one.
Link-Rack:
»www.dantraknet.com/category/33
Wall mount Patch bracket:
»www.monoprice.com/products/produ···format=2
Patch Panel:
»www.monoprice.com/products/produ···format=2
We used these to mount the Ethernet wall plates. They worked really well.
1 Gang Low Voltage Mounting box
»www.zackelectronics.com/product.···ct=17641
2 Gang Low Voltage Mounting box
»www.zackelectronics.com/product.···ct=17642 |
