Hi I'm Running CAT5e through my home this week. The house is 90% solid wall so I'd rather install surface mounted back boxes for the rj45 modules and faceplates. My question is, what is the shallowest depth back boxes I can get away with as I don't want them to be too unsightly.
Surface Mount Back box For RJ45
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What are you running the cables in? I've got D-Line trunking with back boxes of I think 28mm, the trunking fits in with the back box perfectly through a semicircle T-shaped connector into a semicircle in the back box so it keeps things much neater. It's a while since I ran any cables so I'm not sure if it's still available but well worth a look. I think various depths were available which could prove handy for different modules as I do remember some being a bit of a challenge to line up cables (so get a lot of tiny cable ties). I bought mine from Screwfix and it really was money well spent, the only issue I found was with the trunking was with the adhesive backing which stuck to the wall for about ten minutes before falling off so screwing it into place was easier, especially seeing as the back boxes were screwed into place anyway.
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I just received 2 of these this afternoon.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ESDRG2A/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It looks like they require the shallowest box available (16mm)? Theres basically nothing proud of the rear of the plate. No idea if they're any cop, as i haven't installed them yet.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ESDRG2A/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It looks like they require the shallowest box available (16mm)? Theres basically nothing proud of the rear of the plate. No idea if they're any cop, as i haven't installed them yet.
I don't need any trunking. Behind the tv's there are single back boxes for the coaxial. I want to feed the cables down the conduit with the coaxial cable. I then want to fit a shallow double surface back box there as I want at least 3 ethernet and 1 coaxial port. A couple of the tv's just have a hole drilled through to the conduit instead of a back box so I want to fit surface boxes there also.
Thanks, I will look into these. Do you know any sellers on amazon or ebay selling quality low profile modules with faceplates or 16mm back boxes.
I think you're going to struggle with a 16mm box once you have to get the cable in there as well. Maybe look at surface mount outlets rather than buying a backbox and modules, e.g. https://www.excel-networking.com/pr...tegory-5e-plus-surface-mount-box-2-port-white
Ah, that makes a bit more sense now. In that case I'd just channel out the wall behind and keep it neat and tidy with no surface mounted back boxes, that way a decent depth knockout box could be used and it would look even neater. If that is quite literally a cable sticking out of the wall it sounds like a complete bodge to begin with!
I think 16mm might be a bit challenging too, I've used a variety of RJ45 modules before and the shallower modules I've found are not to the best quality. If there are 3 Cat5 and 1 coax even if it is a 2 gang back box if it is coming through some conduit the point of entry into the back box might make things difficult too, even if the other end of the conduit is accessible to pull back up the space in the back box might make punching the cables into the modules a bit tight, along with the coax which can also be difficult to bend around other cables & modules.