RE: Conduit to run cable outside

["Ben McCormack" <ben.mccormack@xxxxxxx>]

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Hi James

 

That sounds good but where did you get the 20mm conduit from? I have looked around and had no luck.

 

I am not going to be running CAT 5 every where at the moment.

 

The cable that I am installing is to run a second set of speakers from my Denon AVR3801 receiver to play radio etc in the bedroom, we plan in install some ceiling speakers to keep it all discrete!

 

I think we are going to use Linn Sweetspot speakers in the bedroom after much looking around, does anyone have any experience of these?

 

While I am here I had better ask another few questions.

 

What would be the best and cheap way of sending IR downstairs, I have spent a bit of time investigating this and the RF solutions do not get good reviews and the wired stuff is expensive, any ideas?

 

Thanks in advance

 

Ben

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From: James Hoye [mailto:james.hoye@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 02 January 2002 18:21
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: Re: [ukha_d] Conduit to run cable outside

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> James Hoye is doing this TODAY!

 

> James??

 

Well, I ran some 20mm galvanised steel conduit >from (access to back of newly fitted dual back box) earlier this year to carry my TV and FM aerial downleads.

 

Thanks to Mark CAT5 Flipping McCall and you lot with all your bargains (DDAR, TiVo, Book PC) I took the plunge and started cabling with CAT5.  I have spent ALL afternoon getting the RG59 downleads out (going to cable tie CT100 to the conduit instead) and running 4 x CAT5 down it.  It was a real sod because it's about 5m in length (no bends thankfully) and I had to feed the bundle of CAT5s down a few inches at a time on my own.

 

Of course, 20mm conduit restricts you to at maximum 4 x CAT5 (fewer if it has bends, believe me), and you need a special threading (as possibly bending) tool.  It looks OK though.  Mark Harrison has used ventilation ducting (bathroom/kitchen extractor fan stuf) and you can get LOTS of CAT5 in it :)

 

James H

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