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Yep, I remember seeing a variant with 2x Cat5e, 2x coax, and fiber. Iirc the argument against them was that they were a pain to install in typical residential f
by zrail 3y ago
Yep, I remember seeing a variant with 2x Cat5e, 2x coax, and fiber. Iirc the argument against them was that they were a pain to install in typical residential framed construction because the bend radius in reality was like 3 feet (probably exaggerated, but not by much).
Having now done retrofit Ethernet install in a 75 year old house, if I ever build a new house it's going to have low voltage conduit from attic or basement to every interior wall and one or more big conduits from attic to a single home run location, itself with a dedicated 20A circuit.
- hinkley 3y agoEvery time I have to touch wiring I think there's someone out there who could get rich figuring out how to make it easier to edit the wiring in finished walls. Though I do know there's a company out there that makes manufactured 2x6 stud (tstuds is one name) that's basically 2 3x2's with diagonal pins between them. Quieter, less thermal transfer, and cheaper to make high R outside walls since the cost scales faster with length than width. Snaking a new cable through an interior walls made of that stuff would just require your typical fiberglass pole, with little to no drilling.