Re: CAT 5 for new-build --- how many per room?

["Mark McCall" <mark@xxxxxxx>]

I must put a photo up on the website for the members of this list showing
the sockets at what will be the back of my AV system.  I have multiple
power
sockets, 3 x CT100s plus motorised sat cables, 3 x 4 core coax projector
cables, 8 x CAT5, 4 x surround speaker wire, 2 x CT100 (for subwoofers).

A present these are just cables coming out of wall boxes.  I have to come
up
with some "nice" way of terminating these in face plates.  Some
(like the
satellite and projector cables) will just pass thru faceplates straight
into
the equipment.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dr John Tankard [mailto:jtankard@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 19 July 1999 14:45
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: CAT 5 for new-build --- how many per room?
>
>
> I have not put as many as Mark in - and I regret it already !
>
> A bit of background :-
>
> I have no mains to any light switch, all of it is cat5 (4pair) in
> the large
> rooms I have put two into each wall switch.
>
> For other uses I have 4 to my HiFi & TV in the lounge and 4
CT125's. The
> maser bedroom has 2 to each side of the bed (+ 1 to each side for
lights)
> and 3 CT125's and a speaker extension (Main HiFi is just below).
> Office has
> 4 and 2 CT125's. Other bedrooms will have 2 and 2 CT125's. The
> Kitchen will
> have 3 and 2 CT125's, the Dining room will have 2 and No CT125's (you
have
> to escape to somewhere)
>
> My project is a renovation and putting trucking in has been
> difficult but I
> wish I had put much more in. I have 3 main nodes, Attic, Switch
> room, and a
> cupboard in the kitchen, I have run trucking between them all, the
Switch
> room to kitchen is 2 inch vacuum hose, the switch room to attic
> is a 6" x 6"
> pillar, the kitchen to attic will be the same. Unfortunately the
switch to
> attic pillar is completely full ! I made the mistake of dividing
> the pillar
> into two sections and put metal   trucking (4"x4") in it for
> mains, and the
> coax / cat5 to go with some pipes in the rest of the void (the metal
trunk
> to act as a screen). What I should have done is run the mains in
another
> place as it has taken up two much space.
>
> Because of the way I want to control the lighting I have home run all
the
> lighting power cable (including wall outlets) to my main nodes where
the
> controller's will sit (when I finish it, at the moment the lights are
> controlled by  solid state relays). I also have a 4 channel RF node in
the
> loft which feeds down to the switch room in CAT5 this means only a
short
> length of coax out onto the rood where the 3dB gain antenna sits, I
wanted
> the RF receiver to be in the switch room but the cable loss would
> have been
> too much with coax and I am after the maximum range I can get on
> 418MHz (in
> one spot I get 600m range although it is typically about 150m to
200m.)
>
> As I progressed on with my build I realised that it would be nice
> to be able
> to get at the data cable after plastering if a change was needed
> so upstairs
> the cable runs in conduit.
>
> One thing I have forgotten is to run is a daisy chain of cat5 though
each
> room for Dallas digital temperature sensors, but this would probely
only
> apply if you plan to use HomeVision.
>
> I have also used CAT5 to each room for security purposes (but
> thats not for
> a open forum)
>
> John
> jtankard@xxxxxxx
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Harrison, Mark (Alliance) [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 19 July 1999 11:33
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] CAT 5 for new-build --- how many per room?
> >
> >
> > Subject line says it all really. How many should I put in???
> >
> > Mark Harrison
> > European IT Manager, BP/Bovis Alliance
> > Tel: +44 20 8869 1439
> > Fax: +44 20 8423 7711
> >
> >
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