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Yea - I looked at that (and ones similiar to it from other brands), but decided to go the cheap route since my only intention is to make it easy for a new homeowner to have working phone lines if needed.

I'm not sure I understand your hesitance, or perhaps I didn't explain my thought-process well enough... Nothing changes at the patch panel today - only addition is patch cables (from the panel) to the bridge board. 1) Pole to Demarc (future decision) 2) Demarc to RJ11 (or RJ45) port...

I went ahead and got one of these: http://www.amazon.co...36260807&sr=1-3 I think it's a good compromise, as I was going to order at least 3-4 of those, but this way I can at least easily bridge 9 drops and the future homeowner can change which ports they want active at any time that way. All...

Well, this is only like 10% of the wiring, there's cat6, rg6qs, mini-coax, security wire, speaker wire, etc running everywhere :) If I could pre-wire for it, I did... I just have an answer for how I want to terminate everything else... just never had to think about telephone until now, and of...

I was considering at least having a bridge where up to 10-20 lines could always be patched from... something like a pair of these: http://www.smarthome.com/8631/Leviton-47689-B-Bridging-Module-with-110-Connectors-and-Bracket/p.aspx or this...

A few years ago, I built a house and did all the low voltage myself. Even though I never had the phone company hook me up to the PSTN (I use voip and cordless phones), I did wire cat5e all around the house for voice/phone. Now, I'm getting ready to sell the house and I need to get everything...

Just thought I'd come back after I installed the three way switch and let folks know how I accomplished it. Basically, the second assumption was correct. It's important, as other have noted, that you have the 3-way lights wired in the most simplest form - Power Supply --> Switch 1 --> Switch 2...

Yes, that was my assumption... that the primary switch will be tapped INTO the the existing neutral line that goes to the fixture. :) From the limited testing I can do by finding the line voltage, and seeing how the existing three ways are connected AT THE BOX... (as well as my request to the...

Hi guys, I hope you don't mind if I jump in here, as I've recently purchased a few sets of these 3-way dimmer sets. I too am a novice when it comes to wiring, but have installed/replaced many standard 2-way and 3-way switches in the past without much problem and I understand the basics of home...

I did a little more research specifically on the EOL stuff. It's starting to make (a little) more sense to me why you would/would not use them. Primarily they are used to detect tampering of the line to a sensor, correct? It looks like ELK can use either EOL or non-EOL. Putting the 2.2k...

So - don't worry about EOL? :) How "screwed" would I be if I don't put in EOLs, and then find out they're needed a year down the road?

Happy to introduce myself. I'm a big fan of searching and reading beforehand so I can answer my own questions, but sometimes a little reassurance is helpful - even if I've read the answer a dozen times - so I appreciate the warm welcome :) As far as research - I think my mistake was that I...

Yea - I've been thinking about minicoax - but it seems a little bit more expensive and harder to find from an on-line storefront. It is appealing though as you can snake it much, much easier. I just can't seem to come to a decision on how to transport the component video. Thanks!

I think part of my problem is that I won't be able to put it all in at once. I suppose I could order all at once, but part of the beauty of the conduit was that I could come back and do some of it later. I'm sure keystone is good... I saw their website a month or so ago. If I remember...

Hey everyone! Just want to briefly introduce myself, say hi, and ask for your advice/feedback on my pending plans to wire my house. I'm building a 2 story house + walkout basement. Approx 2800 sq ft + about 1300 in the basement (which will be finished later). I'm planning on running all of...