Learning Network Cabling - Dealing with the Ceiling (Chase Pipes and Sleeves)
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- Опубликовано: 15 дек 2023
- This is about your network cables, your rack, and your ceiling. How do you get all your cables down from the ceiling space without making a mess of the ceiling tiles or drywall? I cover some examples from recent videos that I shot where people asked how I made the chase pipes and what products I used. Intended for beginners who are looking to see how we make these things. Share your methods in the comments if you know of other ways!
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For all the speaker wire I ran for my ceiling-mounted speakers, I used the thicker raceway from Menards. My wife says I did a really good job, so it passed that test.
For Ethernet in my network closet, I used PVC piping and then a bike hook to hold the wire up a little higher before dropping it in the rack. Unlike you, I have all my extra cable bound up on a shelf in my rack, but that's because I have my rack on wheels to move it around and manage it. The under-stairs closet in the basement is very space-constrained, so that's important to me. In the future, your videos showed me I should be putting all the bundled wires up against the wall to reduce the mess.
Glad I found this video!!! Thank you very much for all the great info. Very professional and easy to understand.
The pipes falling off had me rolling 😂
Thank you for this fantastic practical knowledge.
great video! Thank you for sharing
For a home network I have seen PVC pipe used from the ceiling to the rack in the closet.
I use schedule 40 plumbing or electrical rated PVC for my sleeves. There's small nipples that are male threads on one side and you run a bushing down on it to hold it in place. I try to go at least 2 inch for that option.
I really love your videos. My field engineering position at my job recently required us to start cabling regardless of our experience doing it. Anyway, your videos really fill in the gaps that I wasn't taught during my light training, thanks for making these. I noticed you mentioned software and I also saw slide shows. If you can share them, it would really be helpful. Also, my reason for commenting was that when I have a cable rack installed and I never installed the pipe to start, now after watching your videos, I want to go back and add them to all my projects and clean up the look. Do you mind going into details about how to add the pipe after the cable and rack are already installed and operational?
Briefly speaking, you'll want one of these at 2inches or there is a bigger one at 4inches, but this will surround your bundle of cables and you'll screw the halves together. www.discount-low-voltage.com/STI-FSR200-Split-Firestop-Sleeve
It would be great to do a materials cost breakdown for a (very) small office install and compare that to what you'd recommend a home owner/builder use (pvc vs. emt, big bridle rings vs. something smaller/cheaper, etc.).
You can ask ChaptGPT 4 that it can answer it
What might look good in a residential setting, and how much you ensure there’s a fire block or air seal?
Have you tried a pipe cutter? the type with two rollers a pizza cutter style blade. Makes 90 degree cuts every time.
Anyone know the name of the plastic busing that is used to create a soft edge on EMT? I've seen the electricians use this for all our data drops but I don't know what it's called.
I think you are looking for these maybe: amzn.to/3RKKPMf
“Bang On” Bushing
Ez path seems like the cleanest but I still feel like the perfect product doesn't exist
I would hope that you are Reaming the burrs on the inside of the raceways.
As long as the cut is fairly clean, the plastic bushings are plenty adequate.
I wouldn't call it better, but I used a Southwire Meray Stingray (used more for pulls, less for permanent install) in a location where I know I'll be pulling more runs soon. I left it clipped into the T-bar corner above the rack, and the ceiling tile guy cut around it. Then on the wall I used a cable raceway I can easily pop the cover off of to run the cables down the wall.
For an install where I know I'll be passing more wires over the years, I like this even though it doesn't look quite as nice as the pipes or specific products you showed here.
That's not a bad idea...we left one behind for a few weeks due to a delay in work and I had the thought that if it were white plastic it wouldn't be so bad.
Don't bother with the bushings and the screw on connectors. Just buy a box of the white nylon bushings for the EMT. Saves on money and gives the save look.