How to make a cable entrance in the data closet?
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Posted by Boleslaw Ciesielski on April 12, 2005, 8:55 pm
Please log in for more thread options I hope this is not a (too) stupid question. I am running some wires in my 2-story house and setting up a "data closet" in a closet :-) The closet is on the second floor, so there will be a a whole bunch of cables coming down from the attic inside the wall and then to the patch panels etc. But how do I make a clean entrance for the cables from the wall to the closet space? Do I just make a big hole in the wall and have the cables go through it? It's a standard drywall. Are there any products made for this purpose? Maybe a kind of grommet or something? I would also like to be able to add more cables later. Thanks for any ideas, Bolek | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Bob Vaughan on April 13, 2005, 1:15 am
Please log in for more thread options I would run several conduits down thru the wall to a large junction box mounted flush with the wall. you can then use a cover with one or more grommeted cutouts along the bottom edge to bring the cables out of the front of the box. The conduits should have plastic bushings at both ends to protect the cable. I don't know how many cables you are going to pull, but I would start with at least 3 2" conduits and a 10"x10"x4" pull box. Leave at least one conduit empty (except for a pull string) for future expansion. -- -- Welcome My Son, Welcome To The Machine -- Bob Vaughan | techie@.stanford.edu | kc6sxc@w6yx.ampr.org | P.O. Box 19792, Stanford, Ca 94309 -- I am Me, I am only Me, And no one else is Me, What could be simpler? -- | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Robert Redelmeier on April 13, 2005, 2:58 am
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> But how do I make a clean entrance for the cables from the wall
> to the closet space? Do I just make a big hole in the wall and > have the cables go through it? It's a standard drywall. I wouldn't use a patchpanel, or rather, I'd make a patchpanel from keystone jacks in 6up wallplates, trimmed into a double or triple gang electrical box with the back/side cut out. Very neat finish. If you really want the patchpanel (often mounted vertical), you can make a neat wall penetration with a clamp-on LV Caddy box and an empty Decora wallplate. The standard for wiring new homes is to use a Leviton or other lockable patch-box surface mounted directly over a hole in the drywall. I think Home Depot carries these. -- Robert | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Boleslaw Ciesielski on April 13, 2005, 12:52 am
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Thanks to both of you (Bob and Robert). Have one question though. > The standard for wiring new homes is to use a Leviton or other
> lockable patch-box surface mounted directly over a hole in > the drywall. I think Home Depot carries these. I am not sure how this looks like and how to find it. Can you point me to a picture of something like that? Perhaps at http://www.leviton-lin.com/catalog/default.aspx ? Thanks, Bolek | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Michael Quinlan on April 12, 2005, 11:28 pm
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If the cabling is just for data networking (i.e. no voice, video, etc), I would stick with the multiport faceplate idea. You can get double-gang faceplates that will accommodate 12 inserts. If that's not enough, you can add more later. If you're considering a Leviton structured media cabinet (or similar), you can also mount them "in" the wall, so that the front is flush with the wall. Here's a link to the page for the 14" cabinet. http://www.leviton-lin.com/catalog/BuildPage.aspx?BuildPageID=568 | |||||||||||||||||||
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>my 2-story house and setting up a "data closet" in a closet :-) The
>closet is on the second floor, so there will be a a whole bunch of
>cables coming down from the attic inside the wall and then to the patch
>panels etc.
>
>But how do I make a clean entrance for the cables from the wall to the
>closet space? Do I just make a big hole in the wall and have the cables
>go through it? It's a standard drywall. Are there any products made for
>this purpose? Maybe a kind of grommet or something? I would also like to
>be able to add more cables later.
>