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On 11/23/2013 7:51 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 23 Nov 2013 17:24:46 -0500, KC wrote:

On 11/23/2013 2:00 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 23 Nov 2013 13:34:45 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

Before the drywall in this house was installed, I ran CAT cable from
where the high-speed cable service entered the house to the third floor
bedrooms, the family room and the kitchen.

This is a single story so I have pretty good access to the walls from
the attic
When I was having the roof replaced I snaked conduit down the outside
walls in a few strategic places and that helped a lot.
My wife has a "I don't want to see any wires" policy on everything I
do.
We have done enough renovation here where a lot of the walls have been
open that I got the base infrastructure into the computer room fairly
well established. I am running a Cat5 and some low voltage cabling out
to the new bump out in the screen cage too. I am sure there will be a
PC out there.

The first time I snaked wires from the attic to the basement, I pulled a
few extra lengths of nylon cord though the "channel". Years later I
wanted to add a couple circuits, made things easy...

I rare earth magnet from a bad disk drive and a piece of bead chain
makes a handy snaking tool.
Drop the chain down from the top and fish with the magnet from the
bottom. If you trim all extraneous metal off it will even fit through
a 1/2" KO in a device box so you can fish right into an existing box.
Use a "button" to clamp the cable.

http://gfretwell.com/electrical/fishing%20magnet.jpg

Huh... never busted one open before..

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