lukeredpath
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I'm about to order the materials to construct my false chimney breast (build thread: Surface mount chimney breast build thread). I'm having a bit of a dilemma over the best route for cabling.
This is currently my best effort:
Red = power from FCU on alcove wall to flex outlet.
Blue = HDMI (and potentially any other data cables I might run, CAT5/6, Kinect lead etc.)
Green = Speaker cable for centre and front right.
Power cable has been deliberately run to stay in safe zones. I'm not fussy about data cables - I know where they will be.
My main concern is being able to pull through new cable in the event of failure. This means using conduit, but I'm limited in terms of space. The gap at the front will be the depth of the stud - 63mm. The corner stud will give me approx. 25mm gap around the corner that cables can be pulled around.
This means I could probably fit 25mm flexible conduit but I've heard this can be a bit of a nightmare to fish through, especially HDMI cables. I'm wondering if it might be enough to run conduit from the exit in the false wall recess (I was going to use something like a network rack brush strip like this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Metal-Parts-Brush-Strip-Management/dp/B00EE2W3WS) down and towards the front left corner, then pull the cable from the conduit exit, round the corner and out the brush plate. My thinking is as long as I can get the cable through to the corner, I should be able to reach through the side (by removing the brush plate) and pull the cable through. I can also leave draw string to help with this.
I might even run a few lengths of separate conduit in case I need to run extra cables.
Does this seem like it would work? Any other ideas?
This is currently my best effort:
Red = power from FCU on alcove wall to flex outlet.
Blue = HDMI (and potentially any other data cables I might run, CAT5/6, Kinect lead etc.)
Green = Speaker cable for centre and front right.
Power cable has been deliberately run to stay in safe zones. I'm not fussy about data cables - I know where they will be.
My main concern is being able to pull through new cable in the event of failure. This means using conduit, but I'm limited in terms of space. The gap at the front will be the depth of the stud - 63mm. The corner stud will give me approx. 25mm gap around the corner that cables can be pulled around.
This means I could probably fit 25mm flexible conduit but I've heard this can be a bit of a nightmare to fish through, especially HDMI cables. I'm wondering if it might be enough to run conduit from the exit in the false wall recess (I was going to use something like a network rack brush strip like this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Metal-Parts-Brush-Strip-Management/dp/B00EE2W3WS) down and towards the front left corner, then pull the cable from the conduit exit, round the corner and out the brush plate. My thinking is as long as I can get the cable through to the corner, I should be able to reach through the side (by removing the brush plate) and pull the cable through. I can also leave draw string to help with this.
I might even run a few lengths of separate conduit in case I need to run extra cables.
Does this seem like it would work? Any other ideas?
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