RE: Huge amounts of Cat5!

["Paul Gale" <groups2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's a bit of both really - I've now lived with my main house Cat5
install for 4-5 years and run everything through it. I soon learnt that you
can never have enough (even though I'd planned for what I thought was more
than enough in the original install). It only takes one decision to more
your main TV viewing area to somewhere else and you could instantly be
looking at an extra 10-15-20 cables to that point, depending on how much
kit you have and the extent of your HA. I did this - and have been short on
Cat5 to my new "AV Room", so am taking this opportunity to
upgrade a bit more.

Of course - it's a balance between cost and having enough though - although
with this build, I sort of buried my head in the sand when it came to cost
a while ago - who knows how I'm going to pay for it all ;)

RGB LED wall wash samples arrived today - will have a play later but they
look good so far :)

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Raymond Kelly
> Sent: 31 October 2007 09:26
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Huge amounts of Cat5!
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> Hi Paul,Yep your nuts.
> You've got me thinking that I'm not putting in enough!!
> Have you planned what goes on the end of the cable, or or is it
> futureproofing
> Just to give us a feel how many sockets will be in one of the loft
> rooms
> along with what you will use them for.
> In my larger loft room I've put 4 X double leccie + 4 X cat5e, 4 X
Coax
> + 1
> Wire sensors temp + humidity + openair mic + CBUS as well of course.
> My compliments on your Web site
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> On 31/10/2007, Paul Gale <groups2@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >   We've just finished 3 weeks (2 electricians) of first fix in my
> loft
> > conversion - I've just worked out we've got through 14 boxes of
305m
> of
> > Cat5e - just over 4.2Km. Add that to the existing house 3.5Km of
> Cat5e! Do
> > I get a prize yet? All the tradesmen that have visited think I'm
> nuts!
> >
> > I've updated my gallery with some pics - starts to get a bit more
> exciting
> > now as we get further on with the build and some of the gadgets
and
> HA stuff
> > starts to go in (or at least get wired for).
> >
> > http://www.siliconpixel.com/gallery/main.php/loft
> >
> > Paul.
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