thool
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I need to run 4 cables through conduit, down a garage wall, to route cables from my garage attic to my basement. I'd like advice on conduit size as well as the mechanics of feeding the coaxial. Thanks.
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Rg-59 Siamese through PVC conduit
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stonesfan68
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I can't help you with conduit sizing or the mechanics of pulling the wire but I would strongly suggest using RG6 cable.
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engineer2
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Yes, use RG6 or RG6U. RG59 is obsolete.
If you have room, use 1-1/4 or 1-1/2 PVC pipe or PVC conduit.
1" might be a little tight for pulling through elbows.
Long radius elbows will make pulling it easier.
If you have room, use 1-1/4 or 1-1/2 PVC pipe or PVC conduit.
1" might be a little tight for pulling through elbows.
Long radius elbows will make pulling it easier.
I'm guessing if you're asking for RG59 Siamese, you're doing this for surveillance cameras?
If so, you can use Cat5e or Cat6, with baluns for both power and video. Much easier to pull.
Conduit is also not necessary, but you can easily run 4x Cat5e through 1" PVC.
If so, you can use Cat5e or Cat6, with baluns for both power and video. Much easier to pull.
Conduit is also not necessary, but you can easily run 4x Cat5e through 1" PVC.
Ilikeike
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I'm guessing if you're asking for RG59 Siamese, you're doing this for surveillance cameras?
If so, you can use Cat5e or Cat6, with baluns for both power and video. Much easier to pull.
Conduit is also not necessary, but you can easily run 4x Cat5e through 1" PVC.
This is what I've gone to on the old cameras at work. I hate the bulky old paired stuff.
The baluns are cheap, and you can run more than one camera on one Cat5 if you need to.
But it's all about ip cams now.
Yes, RG-59 Siamese for surveillance cameras, and that cable is just fine for the analog signal.
The run is a single vertical run 9 feet, and then a 90 degree turn into the wall and into the basement, via a conduit body. I'll probably just put the spool in the attic, and then push down each line, with someone at the body to help the turn into the basement. I don't have the space for a long sweep.
The run is a single vertical run 9 feet, and then a 90 degree turn into the wall and into the basement, via a conduit body. I'll probably just put the spool in the attic, and then push down each line, with someone at the body to help the turn into the basement. I don't have the space for a long sweep.
58Yeoman
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I think I read somewhere to take a string and blow it through the conduit with air, attach your cables to the string, and pull.
wssix99
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I just wired my new house with siamese RG-59 and deeply regret it. When I got to buying cameras, bit became very clear that the times had caught up with me during construction and that IP cameras are now "the thing."
You'll have to calculate the fill factors here. (I had to do the same thing with my low voltage home run penetrations inside my walls.) Here is a good article on the topic: http://www.lanshack.com/DesigningConduitRuns.aspx
If you continue with the RF-59, I'd model the siamese cable as two independent conductors for the sake of this exercise and maybe reduce the fill percentage because the two portions of cable are attached to each other and inflexible.
You'll have to calculate the fill factors here. (I had to do the same thing with my low voltage home run penetrations inside my walls.) Here is a good article on the topic: http://www.lanshack.com/DesigningConduitRuns.aspx
If you continue with the RF-59, I'd model the siamese cable as two independent conductors for the sake of this exercise and maybe reduce the fill percentage because the two portions of cable are attached to each other and inflexible.