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Project: CAT 6 Wiring
A project for HPC I by John Kosty during Fall 2014.
Objectives
- To have whole house coaxial and cat6
Prerequisites
In order to successfully accomplish/perform this project, the listed resources/experiences need to be consulted/achieved:
- 110 Punch down Tool
- RJ45 Termination Tool
- Wire Stripper
- Keystone Jacks (12 per type per floor)
- Keystone Wall plates
- Low Volt 1 Gang Boxes
- 1000 FT Cat6 (Blue)
- 1000 FT RG6 (Coax)
- 1000 FT (Telephone) Cat6 or Cat5E
- Patch Panels
- 1u Surge Protector
- 1u 24 - 32 Port Switch
- Many type F Connectors (Coax)
- 8 Way coax splitter
Background
- 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
Procedure
- 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
April 29th, 2014
- 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
May 2nd, 2014
- 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
Panel
- 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
May 3rd, 2014
- Last night dad bought my second patch panel.
- This panel will run into the basement for the most part
May 12th, 2014
- Big update
- Almost everything inside the cabinet itself is done
Cable Splitter
- 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 two
Outlet
- 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.
Router Shelf
- 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
Reflection
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.
Things left to do
- Coax to every room
- 2x cat6 to every room, 1 ethernet, 1 telephone
user/jkosty6/portfolio/hpc2project2.txt · Last modified: 2014/12/18 01:48 by jkosty6