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I am interested in having my house wired for complete home automation(Audio, Video, Lighting, Security and HVAC). Does anyone on here have history doing this. It will be for new construction.
Ray
Ray, I am building a house and it has a cool feature, it’s not automated but very convenient. I have a panel where all the phone lines, cable lines, and cat 5 lines come in to for the whole house. The panel also has room for a modem and a router, from there I can plug and unplug all the cable or phone outlets to suit my needs. For instance, cable tv in whatever room I want, roadrunner high speed internet, dsl, separate phone lines, etc.
My in-laws just had a new house built with a somewhat advanced electrical/audio/video/network wiring plan. The best thing they did was take lots of pictures before the drywall went up. The drywall crews covered up about half of the jacks & it would have been a nightmare trying to figure out where the connections were from the diagrams.
They also put in plenty of rack-space and some extra conduit in closets behind key components – entertainment center, TV in master bedroom, office; and there’s a pretty complete panel that connects it all in a utility/storage room.
Harry
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