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The misses a good cleaner? 
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Also had a good go at wiring the rack today. Almost had to call it off due to the snow, but thankfully it held out long enough to get a bit done.
As we only have 6 IR sensors in the house, I didn't need to do much to finish the top patch panel. That explains why ports 7 and 8 are not used.
Ports 1 - 6 are for IR, ports 9 - 16 are analogue phone extensions.
Tip. If you are ever doing any form of wiring get yourself a basic tester. It will pay for itself in minutes, and will save you hours of frustration later on when it comes to fitting all the equipment.
Using the correct colour code is vital if you want the cabling to actually work. I found that placing the cable on the port "number" was a good guide for working out how much cable could be untwisted before punching down. You don't want too much, but at the same time, I found any shorter and it would cause the cable to pull when tidied up and zip tied.
As we only have 6 IR sensors in the house, I didn't need to do much to finish the top patch panel. That explains why ports 7 and 8 are not used.
Ports 1 - 6 are for IR, ports 9 - 16 are analogue phone extensions.
Tip. If you are ever doing any form of wiring get yourself a basic tester. It will pay for itself in minutes, and will save you hours of frustration later on when it comes to fitting all the equipment.
Using the correct colour code is vital if you want the cabling to actually work. I found that placing the cable on the port "number" was a good guide for working out how much cable could be untwisted before punching down. You don't want too much, but at the same time, I found any shorter and it would cause the cable to pull when tidied up and zip tied.
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Is there a special tool for punching the wires down?
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Caporegime
Show us the rest of the house! Do a walk through video 
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Looks like you did a great job there, well done mate.
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oohhhh sharp edges on the cut cable ties there, you wanna be trimming them back smooth
Love the build too!
/edit, I did the washing up today, and from every house I've lived in: Haven't you put the sink in back to front?
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Looking very, very good. You should be proud, with both the building itself and the tech. My workplace doesn't have such an advanced network, and we're a computer shop. Although we're just expanding it, slowly.
Can you give any idea on how much this project has cost 'all tolled'? Sorry if this has been asked before, I may have missed it. It's a dream of mine, like many others to build my own place Maybe one day.
Can you give any idea on how much this project has cost 'all tolled'? Sorry if this has been asked before, I may have missed it. It's a dream of mine, like many others to build my own place Maybe one day.
Soldato
I'll do something like this one day!
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Can go either way. Plug the other hole up.
As its been said before, what an EPIC build. Takes some guts to do a project like this let alone with a baby due / born.
Full credit to you! Hope you've had a very happy christmas and many happy years living there!
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yeah, it it's what feels natural, unless they're both leftys?
meh, minor detail when looking at the rest of the show!
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EVH, this is one of the best "my house build logs" I have ever saw. keep up the good work and keep the images coming!
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Can go either way. Plug the other hole up.
As its been said before, what an EPIC build. Takes some guts to do a project like this let alone with a baby due / born.
Full credit to you! Hope you've had a very happy christmas and many happy years living there!
Thanks! Baby is doing well. Hope to have more pictures soon. A video walkthrough if it pleases Tunney.Epic epic techy porn, I like
The draining side of the sink is on the right because it's directly above the dishwasher. The thinking was, rinse the plates then put them in the dishwasher.. seemed natural? I dunno, won't be doing much washing up myself!
Thanks. Had a bit of a delay getting the tech together because of Christmas and the bad weather slowing down deliveries.
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