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Coaxial cord ports all over house
Posted on 9/19/22 at 7:18 am
Posted on 9/19/22 at 7:18 am
Is there any good uses for these, they have them in every room. Converting to hdmi thread got me wondering.
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Posted on 9/19/22 at 7:24 am to Tigernation1290
depends on how you watch tv and what you use to get your cable/stream
Posted on 9/19/22 at 7:42 am to Tigernation1290
I've found that their best use is as pull cords for replacing them with ethernet cable.
Posted on 9/19/22 at 8:05 am to Korkstand
You might be on to something here. I have one perfectly in line with upstairs and it could attach my google mesh system upstairs to downstairs modem
Posted on 9/19/22 at 8:21 am to Korkstand
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I've found that their best use is as pull cords for replacing them with ethernet cable.
Great idea. Unfortunately for me the guy that installed them really liked his stapler.
Posted on 9/19/22 at 8:22 am to Korkstand
Unless they are tacked inside the wall. My brand new house had them all over and nicely run to a wiring closet. I yanked them all back into the attic to open up space in my conduit. They are useless to me. But the contractor also ran cat6 so I can’t complain.
Posted on 9/19/22 at 8:27 am to Stexas
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Unfortunately for me the guy that installed them really liked his stapler.
Yeah I believe it's code for new construction in a lot of places.
Posted on 9/19/22 at 8:57 am to Korkstand
It's code in every municipality I've done work in. It's part of the NEC.
Posted on 9/19/22 at 9:44 am to Tigernation1290
Off air antenna
Posted on 9/19/22 at 10:29 am to VABuckeye
quote:I think I knew that.
It's code in every municipality I've done work in. It's part of the NEC.
How much of it applies when running cable in existing structures? Obviously you can't staple down the stud but are you supposed to secure to the joists/rafters?
Posted on 9/19/22 at 11:06 am to Tigernation1290
You can also network over coax with MoCA adapters.
Posted on 9/19/22 at 11:17 am to Korkstand
quote:
I've found that their best use is as pull cords for replacing them with ethernet cable.
I wish you lived closer to me - I have enough work in this house to keep you busy for a year.
Posted on 9/19/22 at 11:18 am to TAMU-93
quote:is it still like $150 to get one device connected and like $75 per drop for others?
You can also network over coax with MoCA adapters.
Posted on 9/19/22 at 11:22 am to Korkstand
Yeah, retro work means no staples but I'd use them in the attic if cables were run through there.
Posted on 9/19/22 at 11:29 am to Ace Midnight
quote:I don't know, man, we've seen in this thread that I don't know codes very well!
I wish you lived closer to me - I have enough work in this house to keep you busy for a year.
Anyway I have a few years left of shite to do on my own house first.
Posted on 9/19/22 at 11:32 am to VABuckeye
quote:Is it acceptable to staple zip ties and zip the cable (especially if it's a bundle of them)? I also sometimes staple velcro. Just kinda wingin' it here!
Yeah, retro work means no staples but I'd use them in the attic if cables were run through there.
Posted on 9/19/22 at 11:58 am to Tigernation1290
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You can also network over coax with MoCA adapters.
This.
The Motorola MoCA adapters (model MM1000) work great.
Posted on 9/19/22 at 12:06 pm to Korkstand
There is no way any of this stuff is code. I have literally hundreds of yards of low voltage cable everywhere. Coax, AV, speaker wire, cat 5, the whole megillah. And none of it works/is connected correctly.
Posted on 9/19/22 at 12:35 pm to Korkstand
This is where I miss Radio Shack. Even if the employee was fairly clueless you could still find what you need or what works.
There is a coil-like plastic bundler that you can use to hold all the cords together as they snake through the attic, or wherever. Don’t know the name.
There is a coil-like plastic bundler that you can use to hold all the cords together as they snake through the attic, or wherever. Don’t know the name.
Posted on 9/19/22 at 1:03 pm to CCT
quote:Spiral wrap? I'm talking about securing the cables to the structure, not necessarily keeping them bundled together for the whole run.
There is a coil-like plastic bundler that you can use to hold all the cords together as they snake through the attic, or wherever. Don’t know the name.
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