Crabshell wrote:
This may be the wrong place to ask this question, but here goes. I need to
wire the house for cable (TV). This is a peer and beam house with
limited attic space -- an attic install would require a hearty, short
person with a tolerance for blown insulation.

Questions:

1) The cable TV installer said he couldn't do the job under the house
because he needed some sort of right angle drill bit. He said I should
call an electrician. What's that all about?

2) I figure I should run CAT 5 cable along side the coax at the same time
to be proactive. Can they coexist side by side without interference?

3) Is it cool to run the lines straight under the house from point A to
point B or should they snake around the perimeter, walls and beams to stay
out of the way? (I like to do things the right way if it doesn't double
the cost.)

4) My house has no ground wires running to fixtures or outlets. Should
this be done at the same time or is that a whole other mess to deal with
later?

Thanks in advance,
Crabshell

As others have written, there will be no interference between Ethernet
and coax. In theory, direct point-to-point wiring will provide the least
signal loss but inside the footprint of a small house there is probably
not going to be much loss anyway. While you are at it, instead of Cat-5
cable you may want to consider Cat-6 to be ready for future needs. Of
course gigabit Ethernet equipment has come down greatly in price already
so right now might be the time to start using it. I'm seriously
considering re-pulling all of my Cat-5 before closing up the last
openings in the basement.

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John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
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