Significant Advantages Of Installing Bundled Wire In New & Remodeled Homes

I don't know which manufacturer first invented bundled cable for residential and small commercial use, but it was a great day for America and the rest of the industrialized world when they did. It was like the old proverbial phrase, "It's better than sliced bread."

Many of you are thinking privately to yourself now, "Wow this guy really likes his bundled cable!" But it's true, this new way of cocooning multiple cable types in one outer wrap made wiring houses and small businesses so much less laborius. It opened up many other options in the real number of electronic systems that could be installed due in large part to labor savings. However, it also reduced the overall cost of the cable as well.

Ponder the Labor Savings

Think about what it takes to pull a single cable through the walls from the most distant zone in a house all the way back to the electronics distribution panel. First you have to select a path in the framing studs of the home, then drill holes large enough to encompass the particular wire you are pulling. When that is finished you set the cable up on a roller or pull it out of a box through the walls to the panel.

Yes, if you are going to install three types of wiring at once the trick is to just drill somewhat larger holes in the framing then tussle with each wire as you pull it through the walls. All the while special attention has to be given to the progression to avoid kinking or tangling of the cables. When you are all complete you have three completed cables pulled for that bedroom.

Do It the Simple Way

Now picture yourself drilling a 5/8" hole in the center of the framing studs. Set up a 500 foot roll of bundled cable to be pulled off the roll. First of all when you pull the cable it is much thicker and comes off the roll without kinking or tangling. Those two challenges are a thing of the past. You can be sort of rough while pulling it through the walls because the outer coating is thicker than smaller cable. Compromising the cable by twisiting it too much is not going to happen with bundled cable.

Now Look What You've Done

When you are finished you will have successfully installed two Cat5 twisted pair wires, two quality RG-6 quad shielded coax cables, and two multi-mode fiber optic cables. Into one room with one pull you have pulled enough cable for three telephone lines, one fax line, one computer terminal, video entertainment, a video camera, plus enough fiber optic cable to handle any technology that will come along in the next 25 years. Now you know why I am so excited about bundled cable.

Well if you have pulled one bundled cable to every room in your house, now you can install an electronics distribution panel in a centrally located room and choose the systems you want. What follows is a laundry list of technologies people commonly incorporate in their homes.

Telephone system Front door and whole-house Intercom

CCTV system for lifestyle and security cameras

Cable TV to each room

High-speed Internet access in each room

Access control

Whole-House Stereo

Install Your Own System

Of course, what I have outlined here is a simple commentary on installing a structured wiring system. However, it is not rocket science, intimating you could install your own system saving yourself lots of money. This simple explanation I have given today is not going to be enough coaching on installing your own system. What you want is a in-depth instructional manual that provides exhaustive information on which system to install along with specific connector type and model information and specific coaching on standard and optional electronic hubs. With that degree of direction you truly could purchase the necessary components, then install the system yourself and in the process save yourself a pile of greenbacks.