[mythtv-users] Support for WMM extensions/ QoS
Brian Wood
beww at beww.org
Wed Jan 13 17:57:14 UTC 2010
On Wednesday 13 January 2010 10:43:13 am Donald J. Organ IV wrote:
> how would you guys recommend dropping wire in wall that looks like this
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> ________________________________
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> | | /* empty space /* | |
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> | |-----------------------| |
> | |
> | |------------------| |
> | |
> | | /* TV */ | |
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> | |------------------| |
I'd use an electrician's fish tape, which is stiff enough to go either up or
down, though down is generally easier. A steel tape is strong enough to go
through insulation if it's in place, the plastic fish tapes are too floppy to do
that in many cases.
I assume you will install a wall plate of some type, so that takes care of one
hole, probably at the bottom. I'm not sure what your situation is at the top,
I try to avoid drilling the top plate if I can.
Pull at least 1 more cable than you actually need, and leave a pull string of
some type in the wall, tied off at the top somehow. No matter how many times I
have told myself I will never need to pull anything more, it always turns out
I wish I had left a string.
Pulling cables is an art, and it depends a lot on the specifics at the terminal
points, and local codes in some cases, though low-voltage cables are not as
regulated as power wiring.
Is the TV set actually mounted *in* the wall, or *on* it? If it's in it you
might want to remove it to provide better access to the wall interior.
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