sherbert79
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Hi All
I am about to embark on wiring my new house with Cat6 cable for CCTV (HikVision) and TVs,Printers, Computers etc etc. The thing is, I am a complete novice at this type of thing so have been reading up on things and trying to get my head around what I need to do......but as always I have a few questions if you could give some guidance?
So my plan is to run the cat6a POE cables from the under stair cupboard up in to the loft and then from there to each location of CCTV camera, I will then run two cat6a cables to the office (pc & printer) two to the lounge (smart tv & spare) and two to the kitchen (smart tv & spare). My question is, would I be best capping all these cables off at a wall box or would I just wire them in to a patch panel which in turn would feed my POE switch and then my DVR for the cctv?? I’ve seen a post somewhere that if you use the wall box solution then the only real cable that would be open to damage would be the patch cable from the wall box to the patch panel and this is easier to replace than the cable in the wall? Also, my new house is timber kit construction, do cat6a cables give off a lot of heat? I’m just a bit worried of running a bunch of cables through timber and insulation if it’s going to be giving off a bit of heat!
Thanks in advance for any help and I’m open to suggestions of other solutions!
Scott
I am about to embark on wiring my new house with Cat6 cable for CCTV (HikVision) and TVs,Printers, Computers etc etc. The thing is, I am a complete novice at this type of thing so have been reading up on things and trying to get my head around what I need to do......but as always I have a few questions if you could give some guidance?
So my plan is to run the cat6a POE cables from the under stair cupboard up in to the loft and then from there to each location of CCTV camera, I will then run two cat6a cables to the office (pc & printer) two to the lounge (smart tv & spare) and two to the kitchen (smart tv & spare). My question is, would I be best capping all these cables off at a wall box or would I just wire them in to a patch panel which in turn would feed my POE switch and then my DVR for the cctv?? I’ve seen a post somewhere that if you use the wall box solution then the only real cable that would be open to damage would be the patch cable from the wall box to the patch panel and this is easier to replace than the cable in the wall? Also, my new house is timber kit construction, do cat6a cables give off a lot of heat? I’m just a bit worried of running a bunch of cables through timber and insulation if it’s going to be giving off a bit of heat!
Thanks in advance for any help and I’m open to suggestions of other solutions!
Scott