Wiring House For Cable Tv And Internet: Know The Easy Tricks

Epshita Lamia zaman
5 min readNov 8, 2020
Wiring house for cable tv and

The present generation is the generation of technology. We can’t think of leading our days without the touch of technology. Tv and the internet play a significant role in our day to day life.

We can’t think of passing our day without them. There is no house where you will not find a cable tv and internet. A big part of our life is associated with them.

After buying a new home or shifting to a new house, one question can pop up into your mind that how to wire the house for cable tv and the internet. If you are facing this problem, then this article is solely for you. I have discussed wiring house for cable tv and internet, and I hope you will benefit after reading this out.

Cable tv and internet

Far from existing a simple retransmission service, cable came to be assumed an essential form of communication in its own right. Its advancement led to profound changes in the all-around television trade.

In the early 2000s, nationwide cable networks created a wide variety of original programs.The cable can provide both the internet connection and television network at the same time. This allows the service provider to bundle the two services together and entrance the cable internet; you require a cable modem and a cable modem cessation system.

While moving to a new house or buying a new home, we need to wirehouse for cable tv and the internet. If you are facing such a problem and looking for a solution to this, you can check out this article. Here I have described the wiring house for cable tv and internet.

Tips

Prepare your home for transmission wiring. Here, I’ll describe how to install CAT-5e and RG6 coaxial cables to update the telephone, TV, Internet, and other transmissions. It’s easy to install, and the expenditure is modest when you do it to yourself.

Required Tools

  • 3/4-in. spade bit
  • 4-in-1 screwdriver
  • Drill/driver — cordless
  • Drywall saw
  • Electrical tape
  • Fish tape
  • Level
  • Pliers
  • Stud finder
  • Tape measure
  • Wrench set
  • Required Materials
  • Cable staples
  • Low-voltage remodeling boxes
  • PVC cement
  • PVC conduit male adapter
  • PVC conduit

Steps

1.Utilize drywall saw to cut out the drywall between two wall pillars. Quit the cuts at the top plates at the roof and 2 in. above the floor’s baseboards. (Cut a small assessment hole first to locate wires within the wall to avoid damaging them.

2.Screw the diffusion box to the sides of the studs at a satisfying working height. Ensure the box projects past the drywall 1/2 in. to allow for the access panels’ consistency.

3.Drill a 2–1/2 in. hole through the top and lowermost plates to access the attic and cellar for cable runs.

4.Install 1–1/2 in. male adapters with locknuts. Cut two 12-in. extents of 2-in. conduit and cement 2-in. male adapters to one end. Drop one from the attic and prod one up from the cellar

5.Hold a low-voltage refurbishing box against the wall between two shafts, so the center of the box is 12 in. above the floor, and draw around the chest and holding wings. Then cut out the entrance with a drywall saw.

6.Use unique staples that hold the CAT-5e cable

7.Fish the cables from the slots into the diffusion box in pairs of coaxial and CAT-5e. Mark the ends of the wires with colored electrical tape for the outlet location. Operate the fish tape down into the outlet stud cavity through a 3/4-in. Hole drilled through the attic plates, then tape both of the marked cable ends to the fish tape. Pull them up into the garret and then push them down to the measurement box. Retire about 3 ft. of extra cable at the measurement box. Cut off the outlet end of the wires about 12 in. past the spaces and mark the lots with more colored tape

8.Install the remodeling box, thus cutting the end of the CAT-5e wire about an inch with the electrician’s scissors and removing back the insulation. Pluck out the internal line and use it as a zipper to peel open about 4 in. of cable. Prune around the base of the insulation with scissors to reduce it. If you cut it with a fork, you might nick the lines.

9.Gently Separate the colored pairs and bend them into the matching terminals. Grab the stripper tool around the coaxial cable with approximately 5/8 in the line projecting past the device. Spin it around the rope several times until the sound of cutting metal stops, then remove the equipment.

10.You may need to define the cutting depths of the little knife saber inside until it strips the cable, as shown below, right. Expose the three layers of the line by cutting with your fingernails to uncover the inner signal wire, white insulation, and metal shielding.

Coaxial cable connector and jack. Lift on the F-connector until the white insulation is tight against the back of the connector, and again crimp it on with a crimping tool. Snip off the copper wire, so it discharges 1/8 in. past the end of the F-connector.

11.Snap the jacks into the cover plate. Ground the pane, Naps in the telecommunication module and cable splitter, and organizes the phone and coaxial lines within the box for easy linking using loose-fitting Velcro straps. Leave an extra circle in the main coaxial cable line from the street for a future password exponent — route coaxial cables in from the box’s cover for susceptible splitter hookups.

12.Punch down the main phone line into the telecommunications module. Crumple an F-connector to the main coaxial cable and pull taut it onto the center splitter port. Crimp F-connectors onto the ‘in’ coaxial wires and screw them to the splitter terminals. Cap any unused terminals with terminating resistors. Strip the CAT-5e cables, punch them into the terminals on the voice and data module, and then clip off the additional wires with the electrician’s scissors.

13.Connect jumper cables, Install a cover panel.

Final word

Though these ways may look a bit hard, you can wire your house for cable tv and internet accurately if you follow the techniques accurately. But make sure to understand every step properly before accomplishing it.

Here I have described step by step about wiring house for cable tv and internet. I hope you Won’t face any problem with it after reading this article.

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