About Pre-Wiring Plans
It is a good idea to develop a pre-wiring plan for your home, because pre-wiring plans for surround sound or home theater use during building a new home or remodeling work can be a very smart and useful investment for your residence. A pre-wiring plan for your home can come with UL rated speaker wires in the walls, spade lug speaker or banana plug connectors and subwoofer pre-terminated cable. This will ensure that your home theater will have no wires and have an authentic "theatrical" and attractive appearance. Does this Spark an idea?
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Considerations
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Before making a pre-wiring plan for your home, there are some factors you should consider. These include the electronics that you want to use in all of the rooms, pre-wiring for your air conditioning system, whether you want built-in lighting or not, where you need extra electrical outlets, locations of ceiling fans and lighting fixtures and many more.
Function
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When designing your pre-wiring plan, you should make an extensive list of all of the equipment that is going to be located in the "media" room (including displays and sound equipment). Lighting control pieces and surge protectors should be included. Then determine the equipment locations. Then run the wiring from the equipment holders to the speakers and display.
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Objective
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The objective of pre-wiring plans is to, essentially, put as much wiring into the walls of your home before the sheet-rock goes up. This is because of the process of wiring is significantly easier when the walls are open. Even if your pre-wiring plan isn't completely determined, it's always a smart idea to get as much of the wiring done as soon as possible.
Warning
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Before your walls go up, it's a good idea to do a final "check out" or once over of the wires you have already placed into the walls. Make sure that all of your wires are correctly labeled and take a look at all of the connections at the head end. Also, in certain areas, it might be beneficial to place some extra pull-cords, because those might be very useful later on.
Handy Tip
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Before the drywall is up, it's a good idea to take many pictures (perhaps with your digital camera). These pictures will be helpful in assisting you to figure out how to fish for new wires. These pictures will also save you time in searching for plumbing and covered wires.
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