Re: About to build house, advice needed.

["BruceR" <razrbruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can never have too much wire!  In my home I ran a minimum of 2 cat
5e + (usually) 1 RG-6 cables to every wall in every room, to every
closet, and to upper wall (near ceiling) wherever a plasma screen TV
might be mounted - including all bedrooms and the kitchen.  I ran 16ga
speaker wire to everyplace I might want a speaker as well as to
potential volume control locations.  I also ran alarm wire to doors and
cat5e to control locations. Except for the TV, speaker and alarm wiring
I use cat5e for everything else including security cameras. Baluns are a
cheap and effective way to carry CCTV signals to locations where I don't
have RG-6.  Don't forget to run a cat5e and an RG-6 to the bathrooms for
TV's and throne phones.
 Although more and more can be done with wireless I still like to have
the hardwire installed.

 John wrote:
> Hi, all.
>
> I've been researching a lot and reading this group's archives.
> I'm about to build a house and want to wire it up to "the nine's"
> I'm looking at whole house audio, distributed ir and video, alarm
> system, outdoor audio, x10 or insteon, and anything else you guys can
> think of.
>
> My thoughts currently are HAI Hi-Fi for the whole house audio, 2
> cat6/2 rg-6 to each room.
> I'm kind of lost at all the options.  Power catches on the doors?
> Outdoor video surveillance? HAL 2000 voice control?
> I don't have to use all the options right now, just need to know how
> best to wire it to help me install this stuff in the future.
>
> All help appreciated.  Thanks.
>
> John