Hi,
I'm in the process of doing a bit of rewiring, and as part of it, want to relocate my wiring to a more central location. My house is a bungalow, so easy enough to do a lot of the rewire, and I am hoping to locate a 19" wall mount cabinet in the attic. Couple of concerns and advice would be apprecaited however:-
1) I aim to rewire all my cat5, including ethernet etc into the cabinet in the attic. This also means putting in a 24port switch.
2) I also plan on relocating my main router/ata into the attic also, and a few wireless AP's
3) I may relocate my tv distribution here also, using a standard skyeye compatible amp.
4) Finally, might put in a remote extension of comfort alarm for additional inputs etc.
So, my concern is related to heat:- With the above active hardware located inside a 19" cabinet, would heat be excessive in the summer ? I have not measured, but if I do go to measure, I'll have to wait until next summer before making a decision. So is a typical irish/uk attic going to get excessively warm or cold for active hardware ?
If its possible, I might even look at relocating NAS box and putting in a UPS in the longer term.
Would appreciate any advice, in addition to a good source of affordable 19" cabinets and accessories also ?
Thanks,
Eamon
I'm in the process of doing a bit of rewiring, and as part of it, want to relocate my wiring to a more central location. My house is a bungalow, so easy enough to do a lot of the rewire, and I am hoping to locate a 19" wall mount cabinet in the attic. Couple of concerns and advice would be apprecaited however:-
1) I aim to rewire all my cat5, including ethernet etc into the cabinet in the attic. This also means putting in a 24port switch.
2) I also plan on relocating my main router/ata into the attic also, and a few wireless AP's
3) I may relocate my tv distribution here also, using a standard skyeye compatible amp.
4) Finally, might put in a remote extension of comfort alarm for additional inputs etc.
So, my concern is related to heat:- With the above active hardware located inside a 19" cabinet, would heat be excessive in the summer ? I have not measured, but if I do go to measure, I'll have to wait until next summer before making a decision. So is a typical irish/uk attic going to get excessively warm or cold for active hardware ?
If its possible, I might even look at relocating NAS box and putting in a UPS in the longer term.
Would appreciate any advice, in addition to a good source of affordable 19" cabinets and accessories also ?
Thanks,
Eamon
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