[SEL] O.T. New Home Wiring Questions

[Jim O'Hagan]

Hi Paul,
    Use rings at the room locations rather than boxes.The modular idea is
the way to go, up to 6 terminations at one location. Get a couple of
interface weatherproof boxes from your phone and Tv cable Co and run all of
the cables to them before you brick or close up the walls. The overhead or
underground should terminate at the same location.
  Gota go to work,   Jimmy O'Hagan

Jim O'Hagan
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[mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of Paul Maples
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 6:55 PM
To: Stationary Engine List
Subject: [SEL] O.T. New Home Wiring Questions

Ok you electrical guru's I am ringing your phone again.

I am now 98% through with wiring my son's new home and I am now ready to
start wiring the phone and satellite circuits and here is my questions:

(1) I will be using CAT5 unshielded wire for the telephone circuits and RG-6
Quad Shield for the Satellite circuits.
(2) Is it better to run separate boxes, that is a separate box for the phone
wire and a separate box for the satellite circuits or just run both circuits
in one
     box and install a modular outlet (multi-port outlets) If I use one box
for both circuits I was thinking of getting a modular connector that would
have
     (2) CAT5 jacks, one for the phone and one for the computer and then (1)
RG-6 jack for the Satellite.
(3) I am going to wire the telephone circuits with home runs from each box
to the outside of the house. What type of termination box do I need to use
     on the outside to wire all of the home runs in? Do I need to have this
available before they brick the house so they can mount it in the brick or
do I
     just use a surface mount box after they finish the bricking?
(4) I know that I need to keep the phone wires a minimum of 6" from any
electrical circuit and preferably 12" but I assume it is ok to go past these
circuits
     since they are in the same wall. I don't mean run parallel with them,
just past them in the wall.

I would appreciate any recommendations on wiring up the telephone and
satellite TV circuits.

Thanks,

Paul


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