Project: CAT 6 Wiring

A project for HPC I by John Kosty during Fall 2014.

• To have whole house coaxial and cat6

In order to successfully accomplish/perform this project, the listed resources/experiences need to be consulted/achieved:

1. 110 Punch down Tool
2. RJ45 Termination Tool
3. Wire Stripper
4. Keystone Jacks (12 per type per floor)
5. Keystone Wall plates
6. Low Volt 1 Gang Boxes
7. 1000 FT Cat6 (Blue)
8. 1000 FT RG6 (Coax)
9. 1000 FT (Telephone) Cat6 or Cat5E
10. Patch Panels
11. 1u Surge Protector
12. 1u 24 - 32 Port Switch
13. Many type F Connectors (Coax)
14. 8 Way coax splitter

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T40Z1W6kmmw
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_6_cable
3. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Wire-Your-House-With-Cat-5-or-6-For-Ether/

• Wireless is extremely inefficient, and I will be living in a poorly grounded home.
• Running cat6 to every wall in every room will give me options for my setups
• Will be running coax and telephone with the cat6

• This is an unfinished project due to the nature of it.
• This project is done as a log instead of a step by step
• Project is assisted by 81 year old grandfather

• Today grandpa bought a roll of RG6
• we ran from the old TWC termination to the Cabinet.

• The plan is to have one branch from the coax splitter run to modem, and the other will go to 8 way splitter

• The items I ordered from monoprice came today
• I was suprised at the quality of what I had Bought
• I had figured that 1 dollar versions of things would suck, but they did not
• I did my first punchdowns today, and they turned out great

• The three keystones fit in the plate, but I had problems with the rj12 one
• Order is RJ12 on the top, then RJ45, then coax
• RJ12 is just too fat of a keystone
• I have no idea why it is that way. It takes less wires than an RJ45

• The panel was much sturdier than I had imaged it would be
• Grandpa is going to make the mounting system for me.
• My goal is for it to look something like this

• Last night dad bought my second patch panel.
• This panel will run into the basement for the most part

• Big update
• Almost everything inside the cabinet itself is done

• The cable from the outside has had its wires ran to the 8 way splitter, and to the modem location

• Stress relief bends

• The 8 way splitter in position and mounted.

• 8 way splitter all wired up

• Panel 2 has been installed and it has had the 8 way coax splitter wired into it

• Grandpa installed a 2 socket power outlet above the center of the cabinet

• Having two sockets will allow me to have two 1u surge protectors. One for each side.

• Grandpa separated the right and left bottom shelf from being accessible, so I had him add a box for me to run 2x cat6 and 1x rg6 to it

It was quite interesting running wires. Unfortunately I lost the majority of the step by steps. I will continue to add more to this as time goes on. The project will be done some time during 2015.

• Coax to every room
• 2x cat6 to every room, 1 ethernet, 1 telephone