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Those are OK, but they make some that stick up inside the wall that look a whole lot more refined. You put in an old work LV bracket and screw it on like a cover plate. Example here.
People do weird things in houses; sometimes it’s hard to say. Hope it works out.
If you want to replace it with one with a recessed design, and that will allow larger stuff to run through it, this would be an option
Honestly I just ran an extension cord along with all the other wires, plugs into the same power strip behind the entertainment center as everything else. I cut a hole in the drywall and placed a cord through panel.
There's a storage closet on the other side of that wall that doesn't have drywall, so I had easy access to everything.
Not sure if that helps you haha but that's what I did.
Good luck with your setup!
Cord through wall panel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00193U3O0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_HzKdFb8HSZG3M
This is what I use. You can get a single, double or triple gang depending on how many wires you have. It comes out of the wall through this and right into one of my Patch Panels. I have 2 of the Single Gang version as I filled up one and a couple of years later ran some more cable and so needed a second one.
I also use these when running cable in my wall like HDMI from down low to behind my wall-mounted TV to hide the cable. I have the top opening pointed down and the bottom opening pointed up.
It's an RCA plug/cable, usually reserved for audio these days. Since there's only one plug (i.e. no Left/Right), maybe it was intended for a subwoofer?
That sort of recessed outlet is for low voltage wires like for audio/video and usually comes in pairs, so you might be able to find the other end somewhere. If it's not obvious, it could be in an A/V cabinet or closet.
If nothing else, it could be useful for pulling other wires through the wall if that's what you or someone in the future needs.
I just haven't made an outlet in the wall yet.
I'd have to drill the hole in stud footer at the space better the walls and feed the hdmi through, more of a 30 min to hour job a bit messy and I'd also have to put one of those cable wall plates in https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00193U3O0
So somewhat of a commitment in that regard
If the property is yours and if you're ok using a saw, you can snake the wires behind the wall and get two of these for the entry and exits.
I used a pass through wall plate (I think it's called?). They come in different colours, but here is an example on amazon.com... https://www.amazon.com/DataComm-45-0001-WH-1-Gang-Recessed-Voltage/dp/B00193U3O0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1492543914&sr=8-2&keywords=pass+through+wall+plate
Hope that helps Mantis4g63 :)
Ack on the no running high voltage cables inside the wall that aren't properly terminated. Regarding low-voltage, I did consider using something like a 1-Gang Recessed Low Voltage Cable Plate, potentially mounted behind the Dot.
DataComm Electronics 45-0001-WH 1-Gang Recessed Low Voltage Cable Plate - White https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00193U3O0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_eqmnFbAEY6C7M
I use these to penetrate walls and to get cables up to wall mounted flat screen TV's.
https://smile.amazon.com/DataComm-Electronics-45-0001-WH-Recessed-Voltage/dp/B00193U3O0
https://smile.amazon.com/Maxmoral-Voltage-Mounting-Multipurpose-Telephone/dp/B07S1LW15X
If by complete, you mean pre-terminated, the only issue I can think of is that it may be harder to run the cable. If you have to go up an insulated wall, getting the connector through that will be difficult. Assuming you can do the physical pull without damaging it, though, it will work just fine.
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As for making it look nice, you could look at something like this https://www.amazon.com/DataComm-45-0001-WH-1-Gang-Recessed-Voltage/dp/B00193U3O0/.
As mentioned, your pictures aren't visible, at least as of right now.
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You can bring cables through finished drywall a few different ways:
Low-voltage trim ring: https://www.homedepot.com/p/100160916
combined with a brush plate: https://www.homedepot.com/p/207161871
or a sweep-plate: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00193U3O0
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If you have a standard 19" rack-mount type patch panel,
you'd use something like this to mount it to the wall:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008F0XY7I
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If you need it prettier, you'll have to pick up some drywall skills,
and box it in to hide everything.
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However, at that point, you're better off putting in
a structured media center, and calling it good.
I don’t think $5 a piece is awfully expensive.
I personally hate using those because they’re restrictive and prefer the brush plate.
I ran my cables out through the drywall and into my Patch Panels. I cut the hole in the wall for a low voltage Box, really just a ring going around. And then a low voltage cable plate. Something like This! I have 2 of them as I have a lot of ethernet cables. I have enough slack out of the wall. I installed Keystones to the ends of them and then installed them into my 2 24 port Keystone patch panels. Just snap the Keystones into the patch panel after you installed them, It's a snap!!! You can color-code your Keystones if you want, put blanks in the empty spots and it looks nice. Mine are all black. You can get Passthrough Ketstones so if you have a few devices sitting in a rack shelf, you can run the short ethernet cable from behind and into the back of the patch panel. Then you can just use short cables for everything from the patch panels to your switch, etc. That really cleans up the look.
This is the low voltage Box. You can get them at Home Depot. Monoprice and many other places. These are the same boxes you would mount Keystone into wall plates in your walls when running ethernet cables around your house.
Again, it's YOUR setup. You can do anything you want. My first setup in my house, I had everything on a couple of shelves in my closet. My cables cable out of the wall with RJ-45 plugs on them and then right into my 24 port switch. It didn't look as nice, but it was a start. My second upgrade, I cut off the jacks and installed Ketstones as I was mounting up a 8U rack at the time and wanted to clean things up and so the Keystones plugged into the patch panel. Over time I added more Ethernet cables around my house. Needed a second patch panel. I just went through a 3rd system upgrade with a 12U rack and tossed my old ASUS router and went with an Unifi Gateway and other Unifi hardware. It was a 3rd and Major Upgrade in my Small Closet. I had to drop all the jackets down a foot as the rack took more space. I like it as it's not only a 12U, but can be adjusted from a Depth of 12" to 20" My old 8U rack went to 14" max depth. My New rack, I set it to a 16" depth. Giving me a couple of extra inches in the back, but enough space to install hardware in the front. Also much better made. It's like a tank and has quite a bit more weight to it. It also can hold a lot of weight unlike others in this range for wall mount racks.
You got to do what works best for YOU. Everyone's situation is going to be a little different. Is it going to be a floor mount where you can roll your rack around? A Wall Mount? Do you have a ton of room to work in or cramped into a small closet-like myself? How many cables do you plan to run around your house? I figured Cat6 is cheap. I have a bunch of ports here and a few there, etc and all go to a single large switch. Or you have 1 port in each room and if you need more, run a small switch in those rooms. You can go either way. All these choices are yours to make. Down to what hardware do you plan to use. I started getting what I needed for this 3rd major upgrade 6 months ago. Figuring out what hardware I needed. Do I need to change racks, etc? It does help to plan ahead. Figure out what you need to make it happen and then start collecting the things you will be needing to do the job. You should see my cables dangling from the wall after removing the old rack and 3/4" plywood to install a longer piece of 3/4" Plywood to mount my larger rack onto. A bunch of cables dangling with Keystones attached on the end. It was simple to snap them all back into the patch panels in the correct spot and mount the patch panels onto the rack. That was the first thing I did. First thing I mounted. Right above them a 1U shelf. Where I have my Cable Modem and HDHomerun's etc. Those Ethernet cables go behind the shelf and plug into the back of the passthrough Keystones. Instead of having cables coming from the sides of my rack or the top down into my switch. For me, that just looks ugly. So I have ZERO of that. Just 12" cables going from one port in the front to another port in the front. I may switch some to 6" cables. I don't think it's a big deal, but you never know. Every cable in the front being exactly the same does have a nice look. Though I do have 1 10G cable in the front. It's on the side of everything else and so still looks pretty clean.
I'm just really picky. Every upgrade is just another excuse to clean things up even more. I have the extra ports in my switch plugged up with some caps to keep the dust-out and give it that tiny extra bit of being perfect. They're cheap and I heard about them from others. So I got some from Amazon. I do have to say, it looks very impressive for a Home Network. It's also OVERKILL for a Home Network. I look at it as a Hobbie.
I even have all my wired and wireless devices Labeled in the Unifi controller. With Icon's for everything. There are still a couple of MAC addresses I'm not 100% sure on. I think smart light switches. Not sure what is what. I have an idea on how to figure that out when I have a chance. Seeing what devices is being used the most. What traffic is being used the most?
I do have to say I'm a little shocked by what My Dad, who lives at my house was watching on his iPad!!!
Could try one of these
Could try one of these
It's to allow you to run low voltage cables behind the wall from one location to the other.
Similar to this: https://www.amazon.com/DataComm-Electronics-45-0001-WH-Recessed-Voltage/dp/B00193U3O0
Some people will run an extension cord for power through these as well, but that violates building codes -- for that you'd need as setup like this: https://www.amazon.com/Datacomm-45-0023-WH-Recessed-Pro-Power-Straight/dp/B00193QP92
I had to snake my cable down through a wall so I needed to cut a larger opening. They do make low voltage wall plates for data cables but I couldn't find them locally. They also don't look as nice as this but they work to pass through that large section of the cable.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N060OI2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Something like this I take it?
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00193U3O0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_6usvFb0QBXF7H
You may need to secure an "old-work plate" or "caddy clip" (there's a hundred names for the things) to the drywall before putting on the plastic scoop piece:
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07V7XQJF7/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_cysvFb8P6CTMR
Home Depot definitely carries both
I have used plates like this to trim out the inside when bringing ethernet through walls. Bulkhead connectors are fine, but you have to make more connections in the total run. Use a rework box (or just the frame- like this) to make an opening in the drywall that you can fasten the plate to. That size opening gives you some room to find the cable on the inside of the wall.
If you want to make a bulkhead plate, you could use a metal plate like this, and a bulkhead connector like this. These were just pulled at random off Amazon, so do your research. There were a few comments about the quality of the threads. I think the connector will mount in a 16mm hole, so the 5/8 should be just fine. Be sure to consider the length needed to make a 90 degree bend inside the wall after the connectors.
Could run behind the wall since it is low voltage, but it would be ugly at plug height. Something like this is what I’ve done beside the outlets for wall mounted TVs.
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00193U3O0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_8Av7CbVWA3AQ9
Yes - used this to route in and out:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00193U3O0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
And then mounted a long industrial power strip up under the desk.
Do yourself a favor. Buy This and this and call it a day.
Do not sink drain pipe in your walls. That's crazy.
Also, this solution allows you to run whatever you want whenever you want to without having to much around with wall jacks.
Also, this solution works best when you use both items I've linked and don't try shoving cables through an outlet box.
I don't know of recessed keystone jacks, but I'd look at something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Datacomm-45-0001-Wh-1-Gang-Recessed-Voltage/dp/B00193U3O0
Serious question, you already cut 3 holes in the wall, why not just buy a power strip with a 10' power cord, put this in the wall at the bottom and top: https://www.amazon.com/DataComm-45-0001-WH-1-Gang-Recessed-Voltage/dp/B00193U3O0/ref=pd_bxgy_23_img_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00193U3O0&pd_rd_r=H5C0XD0Q55M8ANHZG4D0&pd_rd_w=8giPC&pd_rd_wg=jjzYH&psc=1&refRID=H5C0XD0Q55M8ANHZ...
Then put a blank behind the sub: https://www.amazon.com/RiteAV-Single-Voltage-Mounting-Bracket/dp/B00HPC6A1Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1488909938&sr=8-1&keywords=single+gang+frame
Then put the power strip up and behind your TV, and bring the power and optical up from the sub to the TV area? That would save ~$60 over the wiremold and give you a power strip for anything else you want to mount around your tv.
I have read that it's a code violation to use one of these for the power wire of your tv. https://www.amazon.com/DataComm-45-0001-WH-1-Gang-Recessed-Voltage/dp/B00193U3O0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1489930462&sr=8-1&keywords=low%2Bvoltage%2Bwall%2Bplate&th=1
But would it be ok if the other side of the was was exposed? On the other side of my wall is a utility room that houses my heater unit. The studs are exposed. So the wire would just be in another "open" area on the other side.
Pics: http://imgur.com/iXjvJ5J
> Are wires supposed to run up to the TV from the thing lower down?
Yes >Should I put in a piece of plastic pipe to make an easy conduit up to the tv now, while I can still get behind there easily?
No need for that.
>What is that wire up top?
As others have said, it looks like speaker wire. Probably don't need it.
I would get one of these for the top orange box., and replace the "speaker" cable with a 10' or 12' cat 5e cable. Plug the cable into the port at the bottom, run it through the wall, and plug it into the TV.
Are you getting all your source material from the network? Do you plan on having cable? Antenna? Xbox? Anything else on this TV? While you're at it, you might want to run some HDMI cables and a COAX cable along with your network cable.
I'd use something like this if I'm understanding correctly:
If you already need to call an electrician to run an outlet, just ask them to make another hole for your A/V cables. If you are lucky they might do it for free. Will the cables just need to go from behind the unit down to the shelf that will hold the Apple TV?
I would ask the electrician to cut some extra holes for you, and you could tidy them up with something like this:
You would mount them to something like this:
I just got done mounting and installing a bunch of TVs and A/V cables for some of our branch offices, and that is pretty much what we did. The passthrough will easily allow the large tips of the cables through.
Of course you could also use a drywall saw and a cable fisher and do it yourself. If in doubt, call an electrician. Good luck!
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