I live in a one-story ranch with an unfinished basement and attic, in the middle of a project where I’ll have access to a bare, un-drywalled wall. I know that eventually I’ll want to run low voltage/Ethernet cable from the basement out to my attached garage, probably through the attic as the garage is only separated from the rest of the attic by Sheetrock.

I just don’t know how much Ethernet cable I’ll be wanting to run.

I think conduit would probably be the best for traversal/future proofing this, but I have no clue what kind to get.

Any suggestions? Things I should look out for?

  • pezhore@infosec.pubOP
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    6 days ago

    Thanks for the heads up. I intend to terminate the Cat6A myself after successfully wiring the rest of the main house. (I overbought a giant spool and have been looking for ways to use it). I have a cable snake that I’ve used in the past - but it’s quite annoying to deal with - sometimes the snake comes loose, it’s a fiberglass/plastic rolled snake so it is hard to get going in a straight line, etc.

    That’s where I’m hoping the conduit will make things easier - it’s a straight line where there shouldn’t be much room for torquing or bending the cable snake.