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On 4/25/07, James Kuhns <james at kuhns-la.com> wrote: > > > I usually order my cable in 1000' pull-boxes online. Much cheaper than > getting it locally. > > I'd go with solid for your in wall drops - the stranded tends to stretch > over time (especially in an attic) and is a little too flexible when trying > to feed through some openings. > > If you don't have one, get a fish tape - 12-2 romex can be forced down a > wall by itself, but Cat 5 cable will just curl right back up at you. I'd > also invest in a 3/8 or 1/2 "installer's bit" - I don't know the > construction on your house but our's (and every one in our neighborhood) has > some pretty thick top plates on the walls in some places as well as fire > breaks in some places so the normal 6-8' bits will not go through - this is > where installation in a commericial building is alot nicer than in a > residential house. > > I also like the Leviton Quickport system. The system has 2, 4, 6, and 12 > port wall plates that any of the jacks in the system can "snap" into, use > low voltage rings instead of boxes in the wall (boxes don't have enough > space for the wire and the back of the jacks). The system has Cat 5e, Cat > 3, F, Banana, RCA, etc. jacks. A 10-pack of the Cat 5e jacks runs about > $30 at the Home Depot in Lafayette (probably cheaper online). The Cat X > jacks have a 110 punch down block on the back to terminate to. The system > is nice for residential installs in that you can terminate multiple types of > wires in one location. For example, I have one 12 port and one 4 port plate > behind the tv in the living room: four Cat 5e for network, two F's for > satellite, one F for Cable, three Cat 5e for phone - I had the Cat 5e's > laying around, and since an RJ-11 will fit in an RJ-45..., four banana jacks > for the rear souround channel, one blank I drilled for the cable leading to > my wireless antenna in the attic, and one blank. I always get white jacks > in the 10-pack and use sharpies to color code them (black F: cable, blue > RJ-45 10/100, yellow RJ-45: 10/100 POE, green RJ-45 gigabit, white RJ-45 > phone, etc.) - the system does have various colored jacks, but I've found > they are expensive - $4-6 a jack + shipping when you can find them. > > James > > ________________________________ > From: general-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net] On > Behalf Of michael dolan > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 4:35 PM > To: General at brlug.net > Subject: [brlug-general] inexpensive cat-5? > > > I'd like to wire my house with cat-5. Can anyone recommend a good (cheap) > place locally to buy a few hundred feet of cat-5? Should I just order it? > I also have no experience running cable, but seems like it should be fairly > easy. Anyone have any good tips? > > -- > Michael Dolan > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > -- Adam Melancon "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction." --Albert Einstein
