Re: Cat-6 Installation Advice

["BruceR" <brNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Your home is non-plenum so no need for plenum rated cable. 500' spools
are available and typically cost about 70% of the cost of a 1000' spool.
If you run the cable 6" above ground and the electrical is 12" you have
a problem. Keep parallel runs at least 12" apart and when crossing a
power line do so at a 90 degree angle.
If you're going to make your own patch cords use EZ-RJ45s. They are the
best thing since sliced bread as you don't have to trim the conductors
like you do with standard plugs.  Best cable tacker is the PowerFast
brand, you won't knick wires with the staples.

From:scary_penguin@xxxxxxxxxxx
scary_penguin@xxxxxxxxxxx

> I'm finishing a basement, and leaning towards installing Cat-6 to four
> data points.  My current plan is to run the cable about 6 inches off
> the ground (to stay below electrical outlets, to attach the cable to
> the back side of the stud wall by some suitably gentle method, and to
> run the cable alongside coax and phone cable where they're going to
> the same place).
>
> 1) Despite the fact that I'm not going through the studs, the back
> side of a stud wall (between the stud and the foundation) is
> "non-plenum," right?
>
> 2) Most people sell 1000' spools, but I only need 500'.  Is there a
> search that I should use to find 500' spools of bonded-pair cat6?
>
> 3) Am I planning anything dumb?
>
> Thanks,
> Jon