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    Nosey neighbor?

    Have you tried just telling him "Hey I added a camera that only covers the road so we can catch any kids who come in trying to steal from our cars" or something like that. Sometimes it can go a long way. You might even crop out his house and print the picture off or send it to him via...
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    Network Mapping / Design

    Lol I didn't mean to hit submit. I edited and updated the post. Thanks!
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    Network Mapping / Design

    Hey yall, I have a lot more experience in installation than design of networking. This is for my personal home and I wanted yalls opinions. Finally getting things ran and done in my house. 10 years after moving in. I have ATT Fiber 1GB Plan. Fibers ran all the way into my closet with the att...
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    Trench fiber, cat6 etc

    I haven't closed the trenches up yet. Planning on doing that Saturday. Wasn't going to throw conduit in but idk thinking about it now. Lol
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    Unshielded CAT5 cable in EMT conduit outside?

    Just use DB cable.... it's 24 awg with a tougher jacket. $85 for 500ft. Cat5e direct burial is available at most stores for small price, i got mine at home depot. I just threw some in the ground recently. I too use to install cctv and still, for a few cameras cat5e is fine. More than fine...
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    Trench fiber, cat6 etc

    UPDATE, I wasn't about to trench for power like I did the water. lol
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    Trench fiber, cat6 etc

    I do not. They're not allowed where I'm at in the city. We have an acre, no hoa but the neighborhood behind us is newer, smaller lots with hoa. I've had the city contact me when I started the coop because of a complain filed. I then had to submit a site plan, plot plan, design plan and pay a...
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    Trench fiber, cat6 etc

    I think I'm just gonna run 3/4" pex for the fiber in white so it's not blue or red. Then throw down the conduit for the power. Idk direct burial wire sounds alot easier than pvc conduit
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    Trench fiber, cat6 etc

    What size for fiber?
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    What's your opinion on cameras *inside* the home?

    We have a few, Each of the kids rooms upstairs ( Both are single digits old ) and the common play area upstairs. The only other one is in the kitchen but wife turned it away because she doesn't like "feeling watched" even after nearly 2 decades. I don't have an issue with it, but i get when...
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    Outdoor ethernet cable questions

    Co Correct, the only thing that would corrode is in the connector. If they cut it half way or even a few inches behind the connector then they will get fresh copper and not have an issue. I'm 90% sure that's the plan. If we couldn't tuck it away we would do the same thing just to keep the...
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    Outdoor ethernet cable questions

    Previous installer here. 1. I wouldn't worry about the length, the final installer should cut it to length needed and put a new end on. 2. It shouldn't be exposed to the elements especially if they aren't going to cut it to length and put a new end on it. If it were my home, I'd wrap it...
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    Trench fiber, cat6 etc

    Thanks guys. Just needed to get something in the ground and working. I'll maybe trench a fiber in conduit this summer. Just have an issue with a neighbor I need to get covered. ( Concerned he'll kill the chickens )
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    Trench fiber, cat6 etc

    I stopped over thinking it and dropped a dual cat5e direct burial cables from home depot. Above that I dropped in a 1/2 pex line for water. It's 9-12 inches deep on average where I checked. Ideal world it would be 1 inch conduit with 2 fiber lines. But that's totally unnecessary. Will...
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    Trench fiber, cat6 etc

    UPDATE: See the video at the bottom of this post. Spoiler, I rented a trencher So I'm running data to the chicken coop where I'll have a poe switch for cameras around the coop one tree house. I didn't want to spend $250 on a trencher so I borrowed a friend's line hand trencher for cables...
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