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Data/Telecom/TV Combo Wall Jacks
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| Elliott P 2006-04-03, 6:21 am |
| A simple inquiry:
I'm going to be having an electrical contractor run Cat 6 around my new
house for me. It's easier and faster than me trying to do it. I'm
wondering if anyone knows of any good RJ-45 / Coax / RJ-12 combonation
wall jacks. I hate having 3 ugly side by side wall plates, and I want
to consolidate.
I want something professional not those Home Depot click it together
things. They look silly.
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| Leviton makes combination plates in Decora style, but only two devices to a
plate, so you'd need two gang boxes to have three devices
"Elliott P" <elliott.plack@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1144054479.861914.211320@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>A simple inquiry:
>
> I'm going to be having an electrical contractor run Cat 6 around my new
> house for me. It's easier and faster than me trying to do it. I'm
> wondering if anyone knows of any good RJ-45 / Coax / RJ-12 combonation
> wall jacks. I hate having 3 ugly side by side wall plates, and I want
> to consolidate.
>
> I want something professional not those Home Depot click it together
> things. They look silly.
>
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| >Leviton makes combination plates in Decora style, but only two devices to a
>plate, so you'd need two gang boxes to have three devices
Leviton also makes a whole line of plates with up to six jack inserts,
also in the decora style for anything you could want to run.
Just look around under telecom supplies.
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| Robert Gammon 2006-04-03, 10:21 am |
| Elliott P wrote:
> A simple inquiry:
>
> I'm going to be having an electrical contractor run Cat 6 around my new
> house for me. It's easier and faster than me trying to do it. I'm
> wondering if anyone knows of any good RJ-45 / Coax / RJ-12 combonation
> wall jacks. I hate having 3 ugly side by side wall plates, and I want
> to consolidate.
>
> I want something professional not those Home Depot click it together
> things. They look silly.
>
>
Start looking at Electrical Supply catalogs, not home depot. Think of
the things you have seen in business installations, then spec a similar
config to the contractor.
Leviton does make several styles, but they are not the only source for
this sort of product.
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| grabbitt 2006-04-03, 10:21 am |
| http://www.icc.com/
"Elliott P" <elliott.plack@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1144054479.861914.211320@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>A simple inquiry:
>
> I'm going to be having an electrical contractor run Cat 6 around my new
> house for me. It's easier and faster than me trying to do it. I'm
> wondering if anyone knows of any good RJ-45 / Coax / RJ-12 combonation
> wall jacks. I hate having 3 ugly side by side wall plates, and I want
> to consolidate.
>
> I want something professional not those Home Depot click it together
> things. They look silly.
>
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| "Elliott P" <elliott.plack@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1144054479.861914.211320@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>A simple inquiry:
>
> I'm going to be having an electrical contractor run Cat 6 around my new
> house for me. It's easier and faster than me trying to do it. I'm
> wondering if anyone knows of any good RJ-45 / Coax / RJ-12 combonation
> wall jacks. I hate having 3 ugly side by side wall plates, and I want
> to consolidate.
>
> I want something professional not those Home Depot click it together
> things. They look silly.
Check www.sandman.com
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| Dmitri 2006-04-03, 2:21 pm |
| Elliott P wrote:
> A simple inquiry:
> I'm going to be having an electrical contractor run Cat 6 around my new
> house for me. It's easier and faster than me trying to do it. I'm
> wondering if anyone knows of any good RJ-45 / Coax / RJ-12 combonation
> wall jacks. I hate having 3 ugly side by side wall plates, and I want
> to consolidate.
> I want something professional not those Home Depot click it together
> things. They look silly.
Most manufacturers make keystone-type faceplates that will let you have up
to 5 RJ45 and 1 coax jack for the total of six devices in a one-gang
faceplate. Check Leviton in a Home Depot, obviously, but if you want a
little better quality, ask your contractors to use Hubbell or Commscope.
They should be able to get those jacks (almost) as cheap as Leviton from
the same supply houses, especially Hubbell.
One other suggestion: do not use RJ12(11) jacks at all. CAT6 won't
terminate on such jack - too few connectors - and you can easily plug an
RJ11/12 plug into a RJ45 (8 pin 8 positions) jack anyways. Simply go all
RJ45 for all your twisted pair.
Good luck!
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| I think that's the stuff, the OP doesn't like
"Abe" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Leviton also makes a whole line of plates with up to six jack inserts,
> also in the decora style for anything you could want to run.
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> Just look around under telecom supplies.
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| Glen@ExpressQuoteOnline.com 2006-04-04, 10:21 am |
| When installing structued cabling (Cat 5 or Cat 6) in your home, you
definitely want to consider consolidating the plates as much as
possible. The Home Depot click it together style (I believe you are
speaking of the Quickport jacks by Leviton) is one manufacturers
version that will allow you to mix and match for many different
combinations.
While their are many manufacturers of these types of products, most
manufacturers are using some sort of click together units to allow for
more universal use. For example, you can install a jack that has a
computer connection, a tv (coax) connection and connections for
speakers or even a baby monitor camera if you like.
As for the cheesy look, all the manufacturers products look fairly
similar. (They were originally designed for offices). But from my
experience, if you use all white jacks, and identify the ones for
computers (RJ-45) - they will tend to blend in to the wall better and
not be such an eyesore.
Hope this info helps.
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| Elliott P 2006-04-05, 12:21 am |
| Thanks everyone you've been a huge help. Here is good website for tips
for future reference: http://www.swhowto.com/index.htm
Now, I'm going to go with something like ICC which I liked. Question,
if I used Cat 6 for both data and phone, is there any color standard
for the jacks? Some places have blue phone lines for instance. Also, is
it optimal to put a wireless access point in the basement, attic, or
somewhere on the ground floor?
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