On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, Mark Polhamus wrote:
> Eben King wrote:
> > Yeah, but how do you get the pull cord there in the first place?
>
> Eben, I think you missed something at the beginning of this thread.
> The proposal is to use existing coax wiring to pull in new cat5 wiring
> -- and also a pull cord at the same time so it will be there ready for
> the next cabling upgrade.
Yes, I missed that. I got the bit about pulling through Cat5, but missed
the cord. Thanks. I still wonder how, in the general case, to get cord
through the conduit initially, but since that's not relevant here, it's
not too important.
> I've also seen a suggestion for using pull cords in new construction. Wires
> have to be inspected, but pull cords don't ;)
Heh. Sneaky.
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