little annoyances

[wkearney99]

So I figured on running two conduits to a wall plate, one 2" and another 1".  I ordered a trim ring for them: http://www.discounthomeautomation.com/OEM-4-Gang-Mud-Ring-with-1-2-Inch-Conduit-OEMR421
 
You'd think when they designed that trim they'd have made it so you could go with the conduits on either side.  Nope.  Flip it over and the orientation of the conduits is still the same. Yeah, the picture does show this.  Of course I had them drilled wrong....  

 

[Del91574]

Reducing washers and a holesaw is going to be your friend here.

 

[wkearney99]

It wasn't that much work to just bore new holes.  All done now.  Just have to find an EIGHT GANG wall plate for it. 

 

[BraveSirRobbin]

http://www.amazon.com/Leviton-80408-W-8-Gang-Wallplate-Painted/dp/B000U3FYF8

 

[wkearney99]

I'm not yet sure exactly how I plan on having cables enter/exit.  I may do a whole brush opening.  Or I may have a custom one made.
 
But for final inspection that one would work nicely with a set of 8 blank Decora inserts.  There's another one that's quite a lot less expensive though:
http://www.amazon.com/Pro-Wire-CVRPLT-8W-8-Gang-Cover/dp/B00009ZLLQ
 
Or this:
http://www.discounthomeautomation.com/OEM-Systems-Custom-8-Gang-Decora-Wallplate-OECVRPLT8?sc=25&category=590810
 
But I may end up going mix-and-match with stuff like these:
http://www.discounthomeautomation.com/Leviton-Decora-Sectional-Wallplate-End-Section-LVPSE26?sc=25&category=590810
http://www.discounthomeautomation.com/Leviton-Blank-Sectional-Wallplate-Center-Section-LVPSC14x?sc=25&category=590810
http://www.discounthomeautomation.com/Leviton-Decora-Sectional-Wallplate-Center-Section-LVPSC26?sc=25&category=209635
 
But unfortunately it doesn't appear there's a middle section of this kind:
http://www.smarthome.com/85523W/Leviton-40813-BW3-Port-Sectional-Wall-Plate-White/p.aspx
 
The wall port for this has the 2" cables on the outside and the 1" cables in the middle.  It's in the middle locations that I'd prefer to have the network jack connections.  I'll have HDMI, USB and VGA cabling coming up the 2" conduits and do not plan on terminating them at the wall plates.  Just run straight to devices up on the desk next to it.

 

[wkearney99]

Otherwise I'd just use a blank Decora opening with a 4 or 6 port insert:
http://www.discounthomeautomation.com/Leviton-Quickport-4-Port-Insert?sc=25&category=209635
 
And then use something like these in the others:
http://www.iec.net/wdh041000.html
 
But from what I've read online it might be less expensive to get one of this and use just the inserts:
http://www.amazon.com/Vanco-Decor-Style-Brush-Plate/dp/B006G1AP0W
 
Then there's this one:
http://www.legrand.us/onq/wall-plates/cable-access-plates/wp1014-wh.aspx
 
Looking like the 8-gang decora opening plate and then inserts is the likely route I'll take.