Neat-O: 50K Feet of Cable Inside Log CabinBy Arlen Schweiger
Amenitek redesigns A/V system in an 18,000-square-foot log cabin that features two 7.1-channel surround-sound rooms, three 5.1 surround rooms and 12 zones of audio.What do you get when you add up two 7.1-channel surround-sound rooms, three 5.1 surround rooms, 12 zones of audio and a request to have all the wire hidden among an 18,000-square-foot log cabin?
Well, eventually more than 50,000 feet of cable running from a centralized rack system to 136 Cat 6 drops, 14 coax drops, 15 multi-mode fiber locations and enough 12- and 14-gauge wire to accommodate the speakers.
The cabling length is a rough estimate, but because of the obstacles that come with outfitting a log cabin of that size, many of the Cat 6 runs were over 300 feet, according to Jared Martin, vice president of Pittsfield, Mass.-based Amenitek, which did this installation in the nearby Taconic Hills region of New York.
Chief among the obstacles was actually the evolving redesign of the home’s systems for this project that started several years ago, with the home still two years away from completion.
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