{"id":289,"date":"2012-12-03T18:19:55","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T18:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.formstonecastle.com\/?p=289"},"modified":"2012-12-03T19:02:24","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T19:02:24","slug":"planning-electronic-connectivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.formstonecastle.com\/?p=289","title":{"rendered":"Wired Connectivity Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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All but two of these are already antiquated; how long until they too are useless?<\/p><\/div>\n

I call wall plates like these memorial plaques. \u00a0They are used to remember technologies of the past and are helpful in estimating the date of the most recent renovation \u00a0(RJ-11 phone jacks: pre-2005, S-video: 1990-1995, Composite HD: 2000-2007, Ethernet 1998-2008, etc). \u00a0For this reason, I’m trying to convince myself that I don’t need to plan anything at all. \u00a0How much longer will I need even a cable TV \u00a0connection with everything streaming over the Internet and WIFI these days?<\/p>\n

Fortunately, we’re putting the TV right over an old and unused air duct to the basement. \u00a0I can run wires through this to the basement where I can set up a media server, DVD player, game console. \u00a0No need for wall plates at all plus it keeps any hidden on a shelf in the basement.<\/p>\n

Its not that simple though. \u00a0I need sensors for our heated floors. \u00a0Since I’ve never done this (DIY thermostat or hydronic heat) before, I’ll only have a few days to figure out if they’ll work before I need to cover them up for good. \u00a0There are also other projects that might not be done for a while that will require wired sensors or power. One is the temperature controlled glass tile back-lighting in the shower. I’ll need to wire up my temperature sensor on the pipes before I cover them up or I lose my chance. \u00a0Central 12v power distribution for gadgets? Speaker wires?… Speakers themselves? (a smart house should have a voice.) \u00a0Microphones (a smart house needs to hear your commands.) \u00a0I’ll think this over long and hard before we put of the last of the drywall.<\/p>\n

*There is one non-electrical thing I can think of needing still: a filtered water line to the bedroom. \u00a0This would be great for a glass of water while in bed, or even better, a bedside coffee maker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I call wall plates like these memorial plaques. \u00a0They are used to remember technologies of the past and are helpful …<\/p>\n

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