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PhantomLimb
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Ok, a bit more done today.
I got the basics of cabling down by making a little cable. It looks ugly, but works. When I do the connections, this should help.
A little word of advice. When you start tearing into walls, be prepared for all sorts of suprizes. I found the place where I want to mount my connections and measured off a landmark, in this case, from the electrical outlet. Drilled into the wall with a spade bit to start it out.
First try and I found the stud. Moved a bit and drilled a hole, then used my dremel with a cutting bit and opened a hole big enough to fit my drill inside. Drilled down until I found the floor joist (I'm getting good at this...), then moved a bit until I drilled through the floorboard. Had to be careful otherwise I'd drill through my neighbor's wall (I live in a row-style house.)
Old plasterboard. This stuff is 1" thick, and made a hell of a mess.
Took my measurement from upstairs and marked off the same distance in the basement. Drilled up at an angle and luckily (After hitting a nail on the first try.) both sides met (File under: blind luck
) I repeated the same in the dining room, a little wiser from my first attempt.
A quick broom and later started feeding cable.
I ran 2 Cat5 and one Cat3 for phone into the hole. I left about 6-12" in the holes to feed into the box for my connections. The slack will be secured with clips later and cleaned up for length.
From the living room, I drilled through the floor joists and fed the cable until it came across near the Garden. I managed to give my drill a workout, the batteries are in intensive care pending a full recovery. From the dining room, I was able to run it around the perimeter and use the 'soffit' around the I-beam as a path, running it behind where the switch will be. The phone line I continued to it's point. I got lucky with that route.
Two runs of cat5 and one phone for each location downstairs. I figure when I make my connections, if something goes wrong I can correct it with the extra hanging down, or lose it and run another wire. Both are taped with location so I don't forget.
I hope getting the runs upstairs will be not too much work. The easiest way is to run beside the heating duct, but I'm gonna have to do some exploratory surgery to figure my path. I managed to aggrivate my shoulder while drilling, so I'll give it a few days to rest while I plan (Anyone seen my bottle of Aleve??).
More soon..
I got the basics of cabling down by making a little cable. It looks ugly, but works. When I do the connections, this should help.
A little word of advice. When you start tearing into walls, be prepared for all sorts of suprizes. I found the place where I want to mount my connections and measured off a landmark, in this case, from the electrical outlet. Drilled into the wall with a spade bit to start it out.
First try and I found the stud. Moved a bit and drilled a hole, then used my dremel with a cutting bit and opened a hole big enough to fit my drill inside. Drilled down until I found the floor joist (I'm getting good at this...), then moved a bit until I drilled through the floorboard. Had to be careful otherwise I'd drill through my neighbor's wall (I live in a row-style house.)
Old plasterboard. This stuff is 1" thick, and made a hell of a mess.
Took my measurement from upstairs and marked off the same distance in the basement. Drilled up at an angle and luckily (After hitting a nail on the first try.) both sides met (File under: blind luck
) I repeated the same in the dining room, a little wiser from my first attempt.
A quick broom and later started feeding cable.
I ran 2 Cat5 and one Cat3 for phone into the hole. I left about 6-12" in the holes to feed into the box for my connections. The slack will be secured with clips later and cleaned up for length.
From the living room, I drilled through the floor joists and fed the cable until it came across near the Garden. I managed to give my drill a workout, the batteries are in intensive care pending a full recovery. From the dining room, I was able to run it around the perimeter and use the 'soffit' around the I-beam as a path, running it behind where the switch will be. The phone line I continued to it's point. I got lucky with that route.
Two runs of cat5 and one phone for each location downstairs. I figure when I make my connections, if something goes wrong I can correct it with the extra hanging down, or lose it and run another wire. Both are taped with location so I don't forget.
I hope getting the runs upstairs will be not too much work. The easiest way is to run beside the heating duct, but I'm gonna have to do some exploratory surgery to figure my path. I managed to aggrivate my shoulder while drilling, so I'll give it a few days to rest while I plan (Anyone seen my bottle of Aleve??).
More soon..
