[geeks] Home Wiring - thoughts?

[Lionel Peterson]

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From: "David L Kindred (Dave)" <d.kindred at telesciences.com>
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Subject: RE: [geeks] Home Wiring - thoughts?


>>>>>> "Lionel" == Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at verizon.net> writes:
>
>    Lionel> I am preparing to move to a new house in a few months, and
>    Lionel> the finances are such that I have gotten approval to "wire"
>    Lionel> the house professionally* - ....
>
> Consider analyzing each room for what I call "isolated wall segments",
> i.e. wall areas separated from other walls by doors, archways, closets,
> etc., that would make it nasty to run cables along the floor to reach.
> Then put a full set of drops on each of those segments.  Even small
> segments may warrant a set of drops, as they may be a very likely place
> for a printer stand, or a phone table, whatever.  Make sure you have
> power in the vicinity of your data drops, one without the other may be
> quite useless.

Great tip - thanks!

> Another reply mentioned speaker wiring, at very least rooms where you
> might consider having surround sound systems need to have speaker wiring
> between any isolated wall segments.

Yeah - th current owners assert tha their family room is wired for surround 
sound - that means it has wires sticking out of the wall opposite the TV :^(

I don't know where I can/will put a "home theater" - the family room is too 
well lit (a *wall* of windows ;^)

Thanks,

Lionel