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Structured Wiring

DZLFREK

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Since so many of you have a vast knowledge base on a wide area of topics I thought I would throw this one out there.

I am in the process of building a new home. I have wired every bedroom and the entertainment area with RG-6 and CAT 6 wiring. I have also put ceiling speakers in the dining room, master bath and master bedroom. The last home I built was almost 10 years ago. Technology has changed a bit. I used ON-Q products last time for the telephone, cable and internet. I was looking to do the same.

The question. Does anyone have any better product ideas for this application? ON-Q served me well last time, and I thought I'd use them again.

The telephone module is the basic 1x8 with RJ-45 connection or the more basic 1x6 with the strips for punchdown. I think it's called 110 punchdown.

The video is a 1x8 passive video with an external amp for any additional video. No we don't actually have 12 tv's, but the RG-6 is in every room and I thought it would be more professional to simply hook up all wired from the very beginning.

The internet is set up by either a ON-Q information module or maybe a 8 port gigabit switch. The 8 port gigabit switch is new to me so I have to figure if it's correct for my application. The last house I simply put everything into the information module via punchdown and then ran the hard lines via RJ-45 to the wired router. That process worked fine and thought I would repeat unless there is an easier way. I know the wireless is the easiest and I do have wireless, it's just I also have dedicated wired in certain rooms.

So to be so long winded, but looking for as much information as possible. Thanks everyone!

David
 
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JustBob

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David,

I am a structured wiring installer, so I have a couple of questions...

Is all wiring ran to one central location?
If so, ran to what... a media closet / cabinet?
 

MBfreak

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Having the phone and internet by wire may be what you like, but not really needed.Out here in the boondocks in Sweden I use a 3G " cell phone" system. 6 Mb/s internet and phones are only GSM. No wiring at all except the pwr supply to the wireless interface .

Works wll, have been using it for 2 years.All comms are coded with the lasest encrypt stuff and a 128 bit password.

Ola
 
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DZLFREK

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JustBob,

Yes, the telephone, internet and cable are run to a central hub. The hub is in a cabinet in the finished basement. The video is hooked up to a video module, the telephone to another module and internet to a module and then to a wired router and then to a wireless router.

The cabinet is about 42 inches long by about 18 inches wide with a hinged cover.

MBFreak,

I have family from Sweden. Nice talking to you. I'm kindof old school when it comes to technology. Like hard lines instead of "wireless". The system has both wired and wireless so everyone is happy.

Scotstern,

I'll check them out. Thank you for the link.
 

andersen24

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DZLFREK - A bit off topic, but if you still can, run smurf tube to each room from your central hub and put in a pull string. I did all of the structured wiring in my home (about 10 miles worth) and the best thing I did was add the smurf tube. If you want to add anything else in the future you already have your home run!
 

jkeyser14

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I used a Leviton structured media cabinet and did cat6 runs running from wall receptacles right into the structured media cabinet, and then terminated the ends of the cables with normal cat6 male connectors plugged right into a switch. I used a Leviton 8-way splitter for the cable. I didn't run any phone lines because we don't have a land line and if needed you can commander a cat6 cable to turn it into a phone line at a later date.
 

jkeyser14

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DZLFREK - A bit off topic, but if you still can, run smurf tube to each room from your central hub and put in a pull string. I did all of the structured wiring in my home (about 10 miles worth) and the best thing I did was add the smurf tube. If you want to add anything else in the future you already have your home run!

I'll second that. I ran conduit for everything. Even though it was a huge pain in the **** it's better than the pain it would be to fish the lines later when technology changes and requires something different.
 
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