Re: Running wire for security cameras, and tips on fishing wire?

["Russell Brill" <russwbrill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Huh???????????????????

"Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Don't laugh I knew a guy that used to post wire homes with a circular saw
> with several blades on the shaft, and slot the entire exterior wall of the
> house around the perimeter!
>
>
> "Frank Olson" <Use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> message
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> | BIOSMonkey wrote:
> | > I would like to install about 4 cameras around my house, not
> necessarily
> for
> | > security but to see who's at the front door, monitor the kid's
> playground, etc.
> | >
> | > My plan is to install these cameras, run them to the equipment room
> under the
> | > stairs in my basement, then get channel modulators to insert them into
> my cable
> | > system (or maybe run them into a quad generator to create one
> channel).
> | >
> | > Without knowing yet what kind of cameras I will get, what wiring
> should
> I run?
> | > Just a coax and 2 conductor power?  For cameras with other features,
> such as
> | > motion trigger, or audio, do I need more conductors?
> |
> | RG-59U, Some Cat 5, and a two or four conductor 18AWG will just about
> | cover everything that's out there.
> |
> |
> | >
> | > Also I am at a loss to figure out how to easily fish these wires
> through
> my
> | > outside walls to the basement.  Obviously I want them to be hidden and
> | > inaccessible to someone with wire cutters, but I don't see how I can
> run
> them
> | > down inside the siding with the boards and insulation on the other
> side.
> How do
> | > you guys do it?
> |
> | That part I like...  We use a chain saw.  We rip a wire way channel down
> | the inside wall (make sure you wear a good quality dust mask and
> | protective clothing to avoid injury from flying splinters, odd bits of
> | nail and insulation).  It's also a good idea to use a well insulated
> | chainsaw in case you hit a live 110 or 220 VAC wire.  Lay your wire in
> | the channel you've just created and staple it all down.  Stuff some
> | insulation on top, and nail on a thin strip of drywall.  Don't forget to
> | tell you wife that you're leaving it like this so that you can open the
> | wireway anytime you need to service it.
> |
> | Seriously, you'll need to get yourself some basic tools as well as some
> | more specialized ones like a 6 foot flex-bit, and a good quality fish
> | tape.  Judging from your comments you have good access to the basement
> | (that it's largely unfinished).  Drilling or fishing down an outside
> | wall is never easy, but is possible.  You have to be careful about
> | displacing insulation or damaging the vapour barrier.  A fire-stop can
> | make what looks like an "easy run" a tad more difficult too.
> | Maintaining separation from higher voltage AC wiring also has to be
> | considered.  Sometimes it's easier to go "up" into the attic and then
> | down an inside wall to the basement.  Without actually seeing what you
> | want to do or the way your home is constructed, it would be difficult to
> | comment on which technique is going to work best.  If you've never done
> | this before, it would probably be a lot easier (and wiser) to have a
> | "Pro" run the wire for you.  He'll have all the gear necessary.  You'll
> | have to pay out some bucks but you'll have fewer headaches.
>
>