Test Clees
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Re: Wireing a home for cable
Each unit will have it's own drop. From the drop the cable will be sent to a distribution box or »www.gruber.com/GruberInd/pg.asp?···reID=101
The rentals are 2-3 bedrooms, each bedroom will have 3 rj45 ethernet outlets connected to a gbit switch which will be at the distribution box , since I'm rewiring for those I figured I'd also attach the CATV wiring at the same wall outlets as the rj45 2 birds with one stone, So I would be having a coax 3 way splitter in each room except the main living room witch would have a 4 way coax splitter |
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burner50
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| said by Test Clees :Each unit will have it's own drop. From the drop the cable will be sent to a distribution box or » www.gruber.com/GruberInd/pg.asp?···reID=101The rentals are 2-3 bedrooms, each bedroom will have 3 rj45 ethernet outlets connected to a gbit switch which will be at the distribution box , since I'm rewiring for those I figured I'd also attach the CATV wiring at the same wall outlets as the rj45 2 birds with one stone, So I would be having a coax 3 way splitter in each room except the main living room witch would have a 4 way coax splitter You're not understanding... each apt needs its own drop from the cable co thus bypassing the distro center. And home run all outlets from the apartment to one place instead of spreading splitters all over the place. doing it this way the tenant can pick and choose which outlets work and split accordingly.
And IMHO Gigabit ethernet is overkill in a home user environment. How fast of an internet conenction do you plan to provide them? |
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MadMANN
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said by Test Clees :
So I would be having a coax 3 way splitter in each room except the main living room witch would have a 4 way coax splitter
That statement worries me. What you describe is essentially a loop system, and it is not optimal with today's cable technology. Wherever the main feed for each apartment is located within the unit is the best place to run each cable outlet individually. There should be one active feed from the main distribution box to a location in the apartment: whether it is in some sort of panel in the wall or in a hollow spot behind one of the wallplates. From there, you should run one cable to each location where you want cable.
The way you describe it, you are essentially going to put a splitter in each room with multiple outlets, which will result in limited service capabilities, possibly multiple trouble calls, and lots of time spent on each install every time a tenant moves out and new one moves in. |
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contractor
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| agreed.. if you want to have 2 extra unused outlets in ea room that run them all to the distubution panel for each apartment. may houses we go in have a nice box with 10 cables in it. 1 to each otlet, thats what you want. then you can use / not use whatever you want and should never have to take off wallplates for anything. |
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