Lucent Homestar System

[Patrick Fern]

I'm planning (for the first time) to wire a new addition of my home to
accomodate future needs. I',ve looked into the Lucent Homestar wiring
system and read the whte paper. Has anyone out there had personal
experience with it? How does it compare in cost to a do-it-yourself
installation, purchasing the star controller, wall plates, cabling, etc.

Any first-hand feedback is most appreciated. P

[Brant]

Patrick,
The HomeStar tech page is:
http://www.lucent.dk/netsys/homestar/tech_overview.html

Beyond that, it just sounds like a fancy way of doing what Amp (& a bunch of
other mfgs) is doing with "Structured Wiring"

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[Patrick Fern]

If I choose not to install the cabling infrastructure immediately, I'd like
to at least install conduit and pull the cabling later, installing my own
DIY system. What size conduit should I use, assuming I would probably want
to pull two runs of Cat 5, speaker cables, etc. (What else should I pull?).
Do I use simple PVC tubing to a central wiring closet? Is anyone aware of
a FAQ that covers this kind of pre-installation information?

Thanks again

Patrick

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[rich]

Also schrieb Patrick Fern:

>If I choose not to install the cabling infrastructure immediately, I'd like
>to at least install conduit and pull the cabling later, installing my own
>DIY system. What size conduit should I use, assuming I would probably want
>to pull two runs of Cat 5, speaker cables, etc. (What else should I pull?).
> Do I use simple PVC tubing to a central wiring closet? Is anyone aware of
>a FAQ that covers this kind of pre-installation information?

Do yourself a favor if you can't pull the cables, and put in 1" or 2"
conduit. But you don't need to run conduit to your homerun hub. Doing
this means you'll need sweeping bends of conduit which can be a PITA to
put in. Here's what I'm doing.

On each interior wall of the rooms that are gonna use it, I'm running a
piece of conduit from the location of the floor jack. If I'm on the
2nd floor, I'll run this conduit up into the attic. If I'm on the
first floor, in the kitchen, perhaps, I'll run it down into the
basement. This way I don't need to worry about getting clogged up on
bends, or cable jams somewhere deep in a wall. Most cable will be
visible and accessible.

"room that is going to use it" == all bedrooms on 2nd floor, and great
room, kitchen, office/den and garage on first floor.

There will be a chase going from the basement to the attic, too, so that
the cable will go up from a bedroom, into the attic, along a wooden
frame, down the chase and into the basement where I will be having my
wiring closet (at the termination of the chase.) It'll also be my phone
and cable demarc as well, if it works out okay.

Hope that's clear enough.

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If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

[BiffB]

Use "smurf" tubing. It's what we're using to install to "futureproof" homes
for fiber optics. On the other hand, it is SOOOOO much cheaper to go ahead
and prewire. Make a videotape as to where the wires were run.
Brant

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