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| Pete Keillor |
 Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:15 pm |
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I'm replacing some RG-59 with RG-6 in a finished basement for the
wife's new tv. The basement looks like it was finished in about the
last 10 years or so. I tried to pull in the RG-6 with the old stuff,
which drops down the wall between the studs, but when I pulled on it,
it was stuck.
Whoever put it in had just poked a hole in the sheetrock, so I marked
and roto-zipped out a hole for an old work box. When I looked up
inside, the RG-59 was stapled to the stud in three places, about what
I suspected. Is there some reason to do that other than make life
difficult?
It was no problem to drop a weighted line down once I had the hole, so
not too bad, just a little sheetrock repair in the hole in the chase.
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| Pete Keillor |
| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:17 pm |
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Oops, meant to send this to rcm, not this group. If you care to,
please reply on rcm.
Pete
On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:15:49 -0400, Pete Keillor
<keillorp135@chartermi.net> wrote:
Quote: I'm replacing some RG-59 with RG-6 in a finished basement for the
wife's new tv. The basement looks like it was finished in about the
last 10 years or so. I tried to pull in the RG-6 with the old stuff,
which drops down the wall between the studs, but when I pulled on it,
it was stuck.
Whoever put it in had just poked a hole in the sheetrock, so I marked
and roto-zipped out a hole for an old work box. When I looked up
inside, the RG-59 was stapled to the stud in three places, about what
I suspected. Is there some reason to do that other than make life
difficult?
It was no problem to drop a weighted line down once I had the hole, so
not too bad, just a little sheetrock repair in the hole in the chase.
Pete Keillor |
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| Michael A. Terrell |
| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:23 pm |
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Pete Keillor wrote:
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Oops, meant to send this to rcm, not this group. If you care to,
please reply on rcm.
I always stapled it at the box to keep the drywallers from pulling it
loose and crushing it with the drywall. The staples were close enough
to the box to pull out later, if the wire needed replaced. I switched to
conduit about 15 years ago, for CATV and telco lines.
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| Ignoramus16148 |
| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:09 pm |
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Pete, my only mildly related suggestion would be to pull CAT6 Ethernet
cable along with the TV cable. (assuming you do not have it
already). Besides being able to have a great local network, it will
increase the value of your house.
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| RoyJ |
| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:03 am |
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I put in the blue plastic flex conduit for my catv/networking/phone
cables whenever I rewire. Saves having the conversation again in a few
years when something else becomes the defacto standard for these sorts
of things.
Pete Keillor wrote:
Quote: Oops, meant to send this to rcm, not this group. If you care to,
please reply on rcm.
Pete
On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:15:49 -0400, Pete Keillor
keillorp135@chartermi.net> wrote:
I'm replacing some RG-59 with RG-6 in a finished basement for the
wife's new tv. The basement looks like it was finished in about the
last 10 years or so. I tried to pull in the RG-6 with the old stuff,
which drops down the wall between the studs, but when I pulled on it,
it was stuck.
Whoever put it in had just poked a hole in the sheetrock, so I marked
and roto-zipped out a hole for an old work box. When I looked up
inside, the RG-59 was stapled to the stud in three places, about what
I suspected. Is there some reason to do that other than make life
difficult?
It was no problem to drop a weighted line down once I had the hole, so
not too bad, just a little sheetrock repair in the hole in the chase.
Pete Keillor |
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| Bob La Londe |
| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:09 pm |
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"Pete Keillor" <keillorp135@chartermi.net> wrote in message
news:slngu3t3p0m9tn6f7hlrddr6eg9vc0u2ug@4ax.com...
Quote: I'm replacing some RG-59 with RG-6 in a finished basement for the
wife's new tv. The basement looks like it was finished in about the
last 10 years or so. I tried to pull in the RG-6 with the old stuff,
which drops down the wall between the studs, but when I pulled on it,
it was stuck.
Whoever put it in had just poked a hole in the sheetrock, so I marked
and roto-zipped out a hole for an old work box. When I looked up
inside, the RG-59 was stapled to the stud in three places, about what
I suspected. Is there some reason to do that other than make life
difficult?
It was no problem to drop a weighted line down once I had the hole, so
not too bad, just a little sheetrock repair in the hole in the chase.
Pete Keillor
Well technically, unless the wire is rated riser then it is supposed to be
supported atleast every 48 inches. Realistically the main reason to secure
during construction is to prevent it from hanging out and getting pinched by
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| kfvorwerk@gmail.com |
| Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:01 am |
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On Mar 25, 3:03 am, RoyJ <spaml...@microsoft.net> wrote:
Quote: I put in the blue plastic flex conduit for my catv/networking/phone
cables whenever I rewire. Saves having the conversation again in a few
years when something else becomes the defacto standard for these sorts
of things.
Pete Keillor wrote:
Oops, meant to send this to rcm, not this group. If you care to,
please reply on rcm.
Pete
On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:15:49 -0400, Pete Keillor
keillorp...@chartermi.net> wrote:
I'm replacing some RG-59 with RG-6 in a finished basement for the
wife's new tv. The basement looks like it was finished in about the
last 10 years or so. I tried to pull in the RG-6 with the old stuff,
which drops down the wall between the studs, but when I pulled on it,
it was stuck.
Whoever put it in had just poked a hole in the sheetrock, so I marked
and roto-zipped out a hole for an old work box. When I looked up
inside, the RG-59 was stapled to the stud in three places, about what
I suspected. Is there some reason to do that other than make life
difficult?
It was no problem to drop a weighted line down once I had the hole, so
not too bad, just a little sheetrock repair in the hole in the chase.
Pete Keillor
If it's conduit pull a length of string through too for the next wire
you don't know about yet.
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| Rob Fraser |
| Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:37 am |
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"Ignoramus16148" <ignoramus16148@NOSPAM.16148.invalid> wrote in message
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Quote: Pete, my only mildly related suggestion would be to pull CAT6 Ethernet
cable along with the TV cable. (assuming you do not have it
already). Besides being able to have a great local network, it will
increase the value of your house.
i
Agreed!!!
I built a house in Burbank and ran cat5E to each room, multimode dark
fiberoptic (unterminated) and the telco as well as paired quad shield for
the satellite and cable TV and wired speaker wires in place on pinch plates.
All the rooms had Belkin commercial data plates and termination for the TV,
internet, phone, as well as the central intercom and alarm panic buttons-
and a huge panel and 100mbps switch in the basement by the alarm panel and
punchdown block(s). When I sold my house the buyer was an engineer and it
added comfort for him to know he had room to grow as I also left three
Teflon chasers in each run of conduit as well as a video panel for the CCTV
and lockbox for the DVR. and a UPS 1400R It cost me pennies to make a lot
more stout selling point the guy loved it and was the eventual buyer of the
home.
Respects,
Rob
Fraser Competition Engines
Chicago, IL. |
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