My Residential Structured Wiring Project is coming along nicely but I haven't posted much in a while. I made a video showing how I test and locate/identify the coaxial cables I'm running for video...
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Showing posts with label Electrical. Show all posts
How To Test And Locate Coax Cables
How to Wire a 4 Line Bridge with a 66 Block
Instructions on how to wire a 66 block with as a 4 line bridge for 11 telephone ports. This is a common way to wire residential and small business telephone wires.
There are a number of different...
Hyperikon Ballast Compatible LED Tubes Review
As I mentioned in a previous post I've been working on switching a lot of my lights to LEDs. For standard screw in bulbs it's been very simple. If you have any fluorescent tubes, switching to LEDs...
Choosing Daylight or Warm Color Bulbs
These days when it comes to energy efficient lighting there are a lot of choices. One of those choices is the color temperature of the light. No longer are we stuck with orange for incandescent, green...
Is the Gerber Groundbreaker Multitool Worth the Price?
The Gerber Groundbreaker is more than just a pair of wire strippers. It's a multi-tool that in addition to being a multifunction wire stripper has plier tips, a hammering surface, a utility knife,...
Homemade Wire Caddy
Free plans to build a simple, cheap yet effective wire caddy to help pull and store cables.
While planning my structured wiring project I wanted an way to easily pull cable bundles. When professional...
How Many Cables Can You Pull Through A Hole?
A guide to help figure out how many cables you can pull through a hole to help you plan your structured wiring project.
I'd like to run new cables for TV, phone and network and I came up with this...
How To Wire RJ45 Patch Panels For Home Phone Lines
You can create flexible, multi-line telephone wiring using Cat5 or Cat6 RJ45 patch panels. Here's some tips on how to wire RJ45 patch panels for telephone wiring.
Home networks are becoming more...
Better Box Fan Air Purifier
A better more efficient and odor eliminating homemade air purifier than just taping a 20x20x1 filter to a box fan. Sometimes you need to help clear the air in a dirty environment but don't want to...
