Timeline for Proper craftsmanship to mount Wi-Fi AP and ethernet cable to ceiling?
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| Jan 22, 2019 at 11:33 | vote | accept | whiskeychief | ||
| Jan 22, 2019 at 11:32 | history | edited | whiskeychief | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 15, 2018 at 9:59 | comment | added | whiskeychief | @Tyson I assume you meant “while” (via dictation)! Thanks all for the good discussion. | |
| Oct 14, 2018 at 0:23 | comment | added | Tyson | @EdBeal I agree that in an uninsulated wall a LV ring is fabulous! Ceiling with loose fill insulation above, old work keeps the insulation from falling out every time you need to take the device loose. Also wall they do exist, it’s harder to find 4” round LV trim rings, there are many thousands of choices in 1 and 2 gang rectangular. | |
| Oct 14, 2018 at 0:14 | comment | added | Ed Beal | @tyson a low voltage "ring" 100% is as good as an old work box at much less it all depends on the cover plate, to get technical and in my experiance with the low voltage "ring or opening" they are more secure as the screws go through the sheet metal on both sides of the sheetrock not just 2 tiny arms at corners of a plastic box unless you want to spend 5x? As much on a quality metal old work that has wings to support the box then add a bushing so the cable is protected and the seal in both the ring is the same as an old work box it depends on the cover. | |
| Oct 13, 2018 at 17:54 | comment | added | Tyson | @EdBeal we used old work specifically because it’s attic above with blown in insulation. Low voltage rings don’t contain that as well. The AP looks rather nice with no exposed cable, I have the same one as the OP is proposing. | |
| Oct 13, 2018 at 15:10 | comment | added | Ecnerwal | I would not pull an extra cable to the location in a house. Done right, the AP has no visible cable when installed, so what you do above it (as LV cable) does not matter. If you have dreams of absurd $700 APs, they do make versions that will take two cables and use them both, but in a house - unlikely. | |
| Oct 13, 2018 at 15:07 | comment | added | Ed Beal | For this low voltage I would not use a old work box (not required for cable/WiFi) I would use a low voltage ring cut the hole get a cover plate with the appropriate size hole then put the rj45 plug on quick cheap the hole is sealed somewhat so heating and cooling are not affected. If you want to move it later you can slip the plate into the attic and put a solid cover plate. | |
| Oct 13, 2018 at 13:04 | comment | added | Tyson | Old work 4” round. I can’t remember if the holes in the bracket were correct or if we had to drill our own, but the device fits rather well on 4” round. | |
| Oct 13, 2018 at 12:54 | comment | added | brhans | IMHO "proper craftsmanship" would be your option (c). It's the way I like to think I'd do it ;) but I've never seen it done that way ... | |
| Oct 13, 2018 at 12:11 | answer | added | batsplatsterson | timeline score: 3 | |
| Oct 13, 2018 at 11:39 | history | asked | whiskeychief | CC BY-SA 4.0 |