Great pics of a wiring closet
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WayneW
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It doesn't look like a datacenter, no equipment, at least not yet. But we think it is a home.
I suspect that one color of the coax is for security cameras and the other color is for cable/sat/whatever distribution.
I noticed that the Elk XEP Ethernet module is not hooked up to Ethernet or the M1 serial port yet.
I suspect that one color of the coax is for security cameras and the other color is for cable/sat/whatever distribution.
I noticed that the Elk XEP Ethernet module is not hooked up to Ethernet or the M1 serial port yet.
I am trying to get more info.
Well, I got some more info from the guy in charge.
Additional can's you can't see...
Fire system in alarm trips an addressable relay module that produces an input into the lighting system that trips a scene which lights all exit paths out of the home, opens the two gates to the property, turns on all perimeter flood lights and flashes the address post at the curb for emergency response "easy locate" and we can probably throw in a ELK disarm and shutdown any running audio systems, e.g. music, tv's etc.
- This project represents 6+ weeks of pre-wire @ 7-days a week and 12-14 hours a day by 2 people (this also means 12 weeks to trim 10+ miles of cable).
- All cable runs are in cable support trays in the attic and off the joists.
- Room size is a dedicated area of 5' x 12' with (8) 20A dedicated circuits.
- All the structured can's 110VAC plugs are wired directly to a UPS system and not hot-wired direct to the electrical.
- All the structured wiring can's are GE with a special order clear cover to display the finish detail of the work. It's art when done right!
- The can's in the photo's are only one wall worth and these specific ones are not accessible from behind though the two other walls are accessible via a walk-in attic area.
- All the can's are tubed together using Carlon (Lamson) Residential Low Voltage Tubing, from 1" to 2". They are tubed via an additional structured can mounted in the ceiling and some can's as you noted are tubed together.
- Go to --> http://lamson-home.com/SCMS_ResiGardFlexibleRaceway.html
- GRAY cable can is 50 POT's drop's.
- Yellow cable can is 50 KSU drop's
- BLUE cable can is 100 Network drop's.
- WHITE coax is 35 cable drop's (RG6 Quad swept @ 3Ghz)
- BLACK coax is 35 cable drop's (ditto above)
Additional can's you can't see...
- 32 Camera drops via RG6, 95% copper, hi-def feeds and fiber drop's
- house service is 30mbs via FIOS directly into the head-in closet.
- CentraLite Elegance 148 load lighting system... all lights and a handful of plugs are all home run to the garage distribution panels. You need to be very qualified to install this correctly... though a simple and VERY reliable system.
Go to --> http://www.centralite.com/products/Elegance/index.aspx
They also manufacture a smaller but limited system called LightJet that too will interface with ELK or almost any other brand of HA via RS232 and ASCII commands.
Go to --> http://www.centralite.com/products/LiteJet/index.aspx
Go to --> http://www.centralite.com/products/JetPak/index.aspx for specific ELK pkg - Fire System / Commercial addressable... 40+ ID specific detection devices, smoke, heat, CO etc. with 5 LCD annunciators ( http://www.silentknight.com/htmfiles/fire/5860.htm ) placed in key areas throughout the home coupled with concealed "until needed" horn/strobes @ 185 candela (will visually wake you from a complete sleep) not to mention no more changing 9VDC batteries.
- The audible / visual devices are housed in a Concealite enclosure, this is way overkill and VERY expensive but also very cool.
Go to --> http://www.concealite.com/. Sit on the home page for a moment and watch the gif's run (mouse roll-over to get them going), click on the Conceal-Alarm icon on the right for specifics.
- Emergency Lighting / System located throughout the home in specific traffic areas, 2-hour run time... same product as above "ConceaLite" click on Emergency Lighting gif for specifics.
- A/V Systems / (5) areas are for dedicated surround systems and (8) other areas will be served via ELAN System-12 and 6" VIO touch screens. All equipment will be located in this closet via (2) 19" rack systems.
- Either system will use a combination of IR, Touch Screens or pocket PDA for source selections, etc.
e.g. - All rooms in the home only have the hi-def display... no gear, no duplicating.
Go to --> http://www.elanhomesystems.com/product/int...ces/via/via.asp
Go to --> http://www.elanhomesystems.com/product/con...sseries/s12.asp
- Systems this complex also come with full cad prints (they have an in-house cad department), one layer per system and all identified via generic numbering for the rooms so a future owner won't have to guess as to what goes where...
Fire system in alarm trips an addressable relay module that produces an input into the lighting system that trips a scene which lights all exit paths out of the home, opens the two gates to the property, turns on all perimeter flood lights and flashes the address post at the curb for emergency response "easy locate" and we can probably throw in a ELK disarm and shutdown any running audio systems, e.g. music, tv's etc.
Guy Lavoie
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electron said:
Thanks for posting that. All traces of any guilt feeling are now long gone!
It must be real expensive. The hours alone from that description comes to 1,092 hours assuming 2 people, 7 days a week at 13 hours a day.Steve said:
You fill in an hourly rate you suspect they charged and multiply by 1,092.... it would be over $10k just for prewire labor, if the rate was $10/hour, and I am definitely not saying that this was done at a $10/hour prewire rate (just an easy number to work with).
That doesn't even include equipment. If it was 10 miles of cable, and lets just say it was just cat5e, that is 52 boxes of 1,000 feet (roughly) of cat5e... Of course there is also coax involved...
