As part of my new camera deployment, I'm ripping out the spaghetti pile of cat3, silver satin, Cat5, and various coax cables and replacing it with new Cat6 and RG6/U. I'll be pulling about 45 Cat6 and 15 RG6 cables through the attic to a structured panel in the only room on the second floor.
I'm struggling with what fittings to use on the drywall to pull the cable through. It will be in a few bundles through some form of ports in the sheetrock. They will terminate inside the room on a patch panel. What do you guys recommend? I'm planning to pull a lot of the cable this weekend so I need to figure this out soon so I can get parts here. For some reason, I'm stuck on stupid and can't make a decision on what to do here!
I've seen the following:
1. Single to triple gang plates that have a brush opening. Each one looks like it will hold about 10 Cat6 cables per gang.
2. Single to triple gang plates that look like a scoop. I haven't seen one in person so I haven't been able to estimate the cable density.
3. What I'll call 'sphincter' plates - they have a rubber grommet in the middle that looks like low cable density.
Please help me get over my analysis paralysis here
I'm struggling with what fittings to use on the drywall to pull the cable through. It will be in a few bundles through some form of ports in the sheetrock. They will terminate inside the room on a patch panel. What do you guys recommend? I'm planning to pull a lot of the cable this weekend so I need to figure this out soon so I can get parts here. For some reason, I'm stuck on stupid and can't make a decision on what to do here!
I've seen the following:
1. Single to triple gang plates that have a brush opening. Each one looks like it will hold about 10 Cat6 cables per gang.
2. Single to triple gang plates that look like a scoop. I haven't seen one in person so I haven't been able to estimate the cable density.
3. What I'll call 'sphincter' plates - they have a rubber grommet in the middle that looks like low cable density.
Please help me get over my analysis paralysis here
