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New Construction - Best practices for wiring?
We're building a new house and we have the flexibility to run the electricity in any way we want. What are the optimal parameters for how to wire the house to maximize the performance for powerli...
Thanks again for replying.
To be clear - we MUST (according to code) have electrical jacks every 10 feet or so. They will be there anyway. The question is not 'Should we have electrical outlets?' the question is 'Should we have ethernet jacks?'
The answer for me is "If we can get good networking performance (solid reliability + 100BaseT or better) then I'd rather NOT have extra jacks all over the place, especially if I have the extra flexibility of using every power outlet as an ethernet jack"
Do you, by any chance, know the answer to my question from the OP?
In general, the most direct path through a common circuit breaker panel is common sense. But, I would obviously wire according to power needs over data needs.
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