jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I watch a lot of DIY channels on YouTube. One the good ones is Everyday Home Repair. In talking about electrical outlets, he mentioned the "Black and Decker Complete Wiring" book. I have at least one of these. I didn't realize that B&D updates its books to keep up with electrical codes. I just ordered the new one. I don't do much wiring, but I like having a book that shows the legal way to do things.

Coincidentally, the plug and/or outlet for my electric clothes dryer shorted out, so I'll replace everything from the box to the dryer.

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Decker-Complete-Photo-Wiring/dp/0760371512/ref=sr_1_2?crid=W3FEZ9DFKGFJ&keywords=black+and+decker+wiring&qid=1706788524&sprefix=black+and+decker+wiring%2Caps%2C86&sr=8-2

BebuLamar

Now I have to figure out how to wire CAT6 cables in my house. I want to reduce the use of WIFI and more on hard wire connection. I want to connect my TV to the internet via CAT6 cable instead of WIFI.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I have everything connected by wire. The only Wi-Fi is Roku and Chromecast because they have to be Wi-Fi. They work okay, though. I replaced my older cables with Cat6 last spring. I found that's it's helpful to label the ends of the cables or use colored cables and keep track of what cables go where.

BebuLamar

My problem is with running cables in the wall. I don't really know how to do that.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

If you have an attic or basement run the wires either over head and drop them down or under the house and pull them up.

BebuLamar

I have what you may call attic that is the space between the ceiling and the roof. There is no space under the floor. Houses in Texas are built on a concrete slab with no craw space or basement.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I have no basement, and just a crawlspace above. When the roof was replaced a few years ago, they filled it with insulation and eliminated access to it. I had already run TV cables up there. I have a downstairs closet that is right below an upstairs closet, so I could run a cable from one to the other. Wi-Fi works okay upstairs, though.

chrissybabe Loc: New Zealand

If you move into a new house make sure it is fully wired for network cables. We had a big earthquake and I rewired the house with CAT5e (works at 1GB as long as the length is not great). All cables go back to the same place which has a 24 port 1GB switch. Cables in walls were a piece of cake since most relevant walls were being re wall papered so I just cut holes in the drywall, mounted the outlet blocks and glued back the pieces I cut out. Not a big deal if your walls are painted.
A drop from the ceiling usually requires 4 holes, 1 at the ceiling level, 2 at the dwang positions on the way down and 1 near the bottom where the output box goes. Not for the faint hearted cutting holes in the wall. If you have the room you can arrange 1 drop to be accessed from both sides of the wall. If you have a flat roof and concrete foundations then you are a bit stuffed. Same, to a degree, if you have a two storied house. I wouldn't buy a two storied house myself especially if you could see a roof painting period coming up (in NZ anyway) because OSH demands a full scaffolding to access the roof and this usually costs more than the painting. Often you see a replacement roof go up because it is cheaper than repainting. Two storied works also if you are the owner from new and know that you will be out of there before repainting is required.

Bret P Loc: California

Running cable an existing wall is really difficult.
Might need to remove door jams if there is a handy door or make BIG holes in the wall so you can get a drill inside the wall and use a long extender (I think they go to 15ft or so) with a hole drill attached to cut thru the studs. Then you can pull wires with the extender as you go.
And you need to know what is inside the wall so you don't hit wiring or plumbing, using dectectors, some of the new ultrasound ones have a monitor that shows what's inside. And more big holes if you need to navigate around pipes or conduit.

Another option is nice-looking, flat conduit (wire guides) that you run along the baseboards. Not as elegant but not too bad.

They also make tranmiters/receivers that plug into an electric outlet, one at each end, if you have 120 outlets that are handy to router and wherever you want the ethernet. Those transmit ethernet over your house wiring.

When I added a new electric circuit for my back room air-conditioner, the contracter ran conduit outside the house, would have cost a fortune to go thru the walls because no crawlspace or attic.

Country Boy Loc: Beckley, WV

I don't remember when/how I got it but I have a copy in PDF that is 10 or more years old. Wish I could get that updated but they only offer paper.

Country Boy Loc: Beckley, WV

I don't remember when/how I got it but I have a copy in PDF that is 10 or more years old. Wish I could get that updated but they only offer paper.

rcarol

I have found it far easier to install a mess router than pulling Cat X cable.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Definitely, and the TP-Link Mesh was a major improvement.

rcarol

I purchased the Eero mesh router and I’ve been very happy with it.

Bill_R Loc: Southeastern Wisconsin