Mar 29 2009
Central Distribution - Completed
Today involved a lot of wires. Corrected one problem involving the telco system, relocated the entire television distribution system halfway across the basement and then relocated all the old wiring to the new location (thankfully I had left plenty of slack when I made the temporary arrangement) and then crimped, stripped and drilled like mad.
The final product is pretty slick. All the stuff tucked nicely out of the way and next to main electrical service, everything in the house wired to the nines so I don’t really see much need for expansion (although we have some room for it with one extension for both the telephone and television unused).
I’m proud of the finished result, but I am glad it’s done.
And best of all it works.
It was awesome to play with ya.
Yessir … that looks pretty good. Time to build an extension on the house - you need more rooms to run cable to … LOL!!
BTW … I picked up the parts for your AC ’service’ receptacle, and I can hook that up for you whenever you like. Or, if you’re so tired of looking at that board, it can keep
Piet: Amen to that. Have been watching the error log on the modem carefully since resetting everything before our gaming session yesterday. Am pleased to report that there have been “NO” dsl drops or error messages recorded in almost 24 hours (a record), despite the fact that we were gaming and I started the PS3 downloading that new map (700 Meg? You left that part out) while I went to sleep.
Pretty good. I guess we can assume that the problem was largely due to the old wiring.
That said, I’ve got the line statistics from the modem and they don’t seem “great’ according to some quick online reading, I’ll hold off for professional interpretation if someone is more familiar with these things and the “norm”.
Dad: Ayup. I happen to think it looks darn perty.
Read my lips…No more cable.
-GRIN-
Anytime is fine over here, we can do it on a weekday evening or just wait until the weekend. Does any time work best for you?
Very nice and professional looking, Erik. Better you than me. I do as little of that nonsense as possible anymore (I usually use contractors so my wife doesn’t worry about me blowing a gasket), though I get stupid and go for it occasionally when my patience runs thin with shoddy workmanship.
CM: Thanks!
Ya know this whole thing came about because I wanted to yell at Bell for all the line noise. I figured if the problem was in the house they were going to charge me near to $100/hr to slap something together (much like the original wiring photos where they installed a second line) and it was STILL going to work poorly and I’d be a few hundred lighter for the trouble.
I look upon these projects as an educational experience. I have a basic understanding of something going in but learn more as I go, as an added bonus I have confidence in the system from that point forward as I know there were not any shortcuts taken.
What shocked the hell out of me was the price of that hardware from local suppliers!
I went to price a hub/block and got $89 as a price, the “all in one” distribution hubs from Rona and Home Despot were in the neighborhood of $150 (almost exactly like the one I ended up using, except mine cost $20 shipped).
Same with the DSL splitter, I was told it was a “special order” part, and I could have one for $100. What a bargain (not), again obtained for in the neighborhood of $20 shipped.
Now that I’m tallying things up I guess I really should close out that project, and itemize the costs.
Blowing a gasket? Nah… (hehe, should have heard the profanity echoing from the basement while I was working on this.. it’s good to vent now and again).
Hey Mon,
If you ever return to the wet coast, you can always get a job with us installing camera’s on all the buses — it’s not bad at $36/hour and it’s an exempt job (no union affiliation). These guys are also the “secret squirrels” of the department — that’s why they’re exempt. You’d fit right in Mon!
Patrick,
I’m generally much happier writing specifications or inspecting the finished work. How’s the job? I haven’t seen you in a vehicle for ages.