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<font size=3>Make sure your wiring closet has a place for an exhaust fan.
If you place servers in an an enclosed space you will need a way to get
rid of the heat.<br><br>
-- Mache<br><br>
At 09:32 AM 12/1/2008, Matt S. wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:58
AM, <jarpublic@gmail.com> wrote:<br>
>> And just as important as putting in the conduit - get plenty of
pull<br>
>> string to put into each conduit. I had a friend put
conduit in his house<br>
>> and he forgot to put in string, so the first cable pull ended up
having to<br>
>> be forced from one end through to the other.<br>
><br>
> I have a buddy that is an electrician. He taught me a nice trick if
you have<br>
> conduit. Just put a plastic bag tied to a small string in one end
and then<br>
> vacuum from the other end. It will pull the bag and the string
right<br>
> through.<br><br>
These are all great tips. Keep them coming! I'm sure it'll help
not<br>
only me, be a lot of other myth users.<br><br>
I will definitely make sure to run conduit with all the tips above.<br>
Also, I had already planned on running at least 3 cat5/6 lines to
each<br>
room, 1 for phone, 1 for network, 1 for future/other: I also
plan on<br>
running at least 1, but probably 2, coax runs to each room.<br><br>
As an FYI, here's some more high-level basics of the house and what
I<br>
want to do:<br><br>
- 2 story house, with a basement.<br>
- I will have a fairly large open "closet" area under the
stairs in<br>
the basement, which is where I would plan on putting the servers,<br>
switches, routers, patch panels, etc. It will be my "server
closet".<br>
- I will have at least 4-6 frontends, probably not for a couple
years<br>
since I only have 3 TVs right now, but I'm projecting for the
future.<br>
- I also want to have speakers in the ceilings, pretty much across
the<br>
house, for zoned audio - including outside/garage/etc. This is
a<br>
foreign concept to me, I've never personally used or been exposed to
a<br>
system like that other than maybe walking through a few houses in
the<br>
past that had them - but not personal experience.<br>
- I'm considering external security cameras so I can play with<br>
zoneminder and/or misterhouse (home automation). I don't know if
I'll<br>
actually install them right away, but I want to have the wiring
ready<br>
while it's "easy". I know several Home Automation things are
going<br>
wireless now, but I'm guessing even with wireless cameras, I'd have
to<br>
be concerned with power.<br>
- What else am I missing? I'm sure there's other things
audiophiles,<br>
videophiles, home automation enthusiasts, myth users, etc have come
up<br>
with that are "must-haves", things they can't live without, or
are<br>
just really really cool.<br><br>
<br>
Also, any good resources out there like websites or forums? Any
good<br>
books? I appreciate the feedback so far!<br><br>
Thanks!<br>
Matt<br>
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