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The way I setup my LEDs is I wired the lights directly to the battery with an inline 5A (I believe....might be way too high, could be around 2A, I don't remember, just calculate what your lights will draw) fuse on the ground.

Here is what I used (not the same brand etc etc, I got mine at a PepBoys for double that price because I was impatient), and it worked great!

EDIT: this will provide you with constant power, which is what I wanted because I can switch the lights on without having to turn the key. Great ambient lighting for relaxing in a lot at night.

This will help you clear up most of that and these will take care of most of the rest.

If those are random cables going into the wall, then get a keystone jack or something.

These velcro straps used to be $5 and some days are cheaper and will help organize them no matter what you throw them in. They have the little loop so one end always stays attached to the cable. The first link would be the nicest solution although the most expensive. Clear bins that could stack also work well as you can get different sizes. I currently use a mix of the bins and a cheap drawer shelf like this along with some larger boxes for bulky/outdated cables. I would suggest going with thinner versions of that instead of your last link. Your mileage may vary but normally they will be cheaper in store.

Try these. I have a huge box of assorted cables and these work great to keep em organized.

Oh for the love of.... That's not even that big of a mess. 2 hours tops and a bunch of these and these and that'd be all fixed up in no time.

I expect an update by the end of the week.....

http://www.amazon.com/Fluke-Networks-26000900-PRO3000-Analog/dp/B000FTADX0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413425579&sr=8-1&keywords=fluke+tracer One of these is usually a good tool for finding things

These may be of some help.

I would just buy a wall wart style like this

Agreed. Before you start cleaning, install a bigger box: http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B0009KIN0A.

Yes, but the tester is $10,000, so DIYers don't have one.

Major plant install usually requires testing before the installer gets paid, so things get pushed back.

... Using your toner, clamp the red lead to one of the wires and ground the black lead. Instead of being tracing cables from inches, you can trace them from about a foot away (I can hear it through most walls/floor tiles). The Harris tracer also has a bare lead so you can clamp your butt-set to the tracer tool to further amplify the signal.

Here's a generic version of what I'm talking about. Looks like Harris stopped making them (or they don't sell them on amazon):

https://www.amazon.com/Accuracy-Generator-Inductive-Amplifier-Adjustable/dp/B07XJ22TY8/

That's why we use these.

You should get one of these

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000BQN4T2/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1370105318&sr=1-1&pi=SL75


Allows you to use the houses outlets with your generator.

It likely goes to one of these and then the switch: https://www.amazon.com/HP-Jetdirect-J3263-60001-Exeranl-Adapter/dp/B0009HMXHW/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1503019272&sr=1-2&keywords=jetdirect

These things: http://www.amazon.com/Velcro-Reusable-Self-Gripping-Inches-91140/dp/B001E1Y5O6

Use them.

These

Dude.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001E1Y5O6/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I use these on everything. My home usage cables and my work A/V cables.

Here is the mobile version of your link

Wow.. I wish I had known about this think 10 years ago.. So many broken clips and red palms.

Amazon

I paid a local A/V company $1000 to install and patch 48 cat6 runs in my new house. Today they came out to terminate the runs to the patch panel. They cut way too much of the jacket off the cables.

I have several questions for the experts here.

1. What should I expect from this network? This is not a datacenter, it is my home so most of the time network traffic will be limited to 4-5 devices streaming Netflix or the TiVo mini units streaming across the LAN from the main unit.
   
   
2. How can I test the cables? I was looking at this item
   http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006HYWD
   and also planning to do a simple file copy test from one laptop to another to measure transfer speed. My main concern is dropped packets and/or data corruption.
   
   
3. What are my options for fixing this and any idea how much a real professional would charge me to repatch all 48 runs? I anticipate a battle with the company that did this getting my money back as there was no discussion or mention of cables passing certification and I'm not sure what my legal options are if came to that.
   
   Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
   

You need to get yourself one of these bad boys

I get them through my company catalog, hopefully you can too. This thing will send good tone through your grammas corpse.

OP! That tester you are looking at will only check that the cables are installed without flipped or crossed pairs, and that there isn't a break somewhere. To do an actual performance tests on the cables you'd need this, or something similar...and you'd probably never use it again in your life. As it's more than ten times the cost of your install, I'd say it's not worth it.

That said, don't buy that POS you're looking at. Buy this. Paladin sucks. Buy the Ideal kit and it will serve you well until the day you die.

Ok, so looking over your pictures I have good news. You should be able to call a company that does actual communication's wiring and simply have them move that rack mount up 1.5 feet or so and re-terminate, and be done with it. It's at most 4 hours of work for a skilled tech. I could do it in less than 3. So..that's about $400 max, perhaps way less depending on where you live.

If that is a bit of a steep price you could buy this (DON'T BE CHEAP, GET THAT KIT!) and do it yourself no problem. You could then also pop open the face plates and repair the jacks if need be, because they are probably not terminated properly either based on what I see here. I could be wrong. Can you post an image of a jack side termination?

Now, is any of this strictly necessary? Probably not. The outer jacket on standard cat 6 is not doing very much over that short of a distance. Your twist density is maintained, and that's what's paramount. That said, properly terminating a patch panel can be an enjoyable and rewarding experience, and I think you should give it a try.

Also, residential runs are short (short = high performance), and cat 6 is excessive for most users needs. Cat 5e preforms at gigabit, do you have anything with a more than gigabit network port? Neither do most of the commercial customers my industry sells shielded cat 6a installs to...but that's another topic entirely. Anyway, proper terminations on both ends and nothing majorly screwy going on with the install as a whole and you have an excellent (excessive actually) home Ethernet system for the life of the building.

BTW, was this a commercial install it would have cost you a minimum of *$***7200** where I live...so you are getting a hell of a deal, even with residential cable being cheaper and these AV clowns having fucked the dog on the panel termination, kind of. But if they didn't kill the cable with metal staples for some reason, or bend the ever loving hell out of it for some reason, it should preform as is and if not with at best a days work a professional can bring it up to spec, maybe two days if you do it yourself.

I keep looking this over. It's a huge wall of text that says everything is probably fine, but you should fix it anyway. That is my final answer.

That's quite a mess. Get yourself a tv stand with shelves and get those consoles up off the floor. Have the imac centered on one desk and move the monitors to the other desk w/ the pc on the floor next to it. Pick up all the loose crap laying around too.

Velcro ties for the cables. Get 100 for 7 bucks from amazon http://www.amazon.com/Velcro-Reusable-Self-Gripping-Inches-91140/dp/B001E1Y5O6 . Use zip ties and adhesive zip tie mounts to hold the bundled cables in place.

General strategy is unplug everything, lay out the devices where they will end up then plan out your cables.

Saw this post in r/geek today and immediately thought it was a thumbnail from r/cablefail.

I have the shop version... a hanging retractable extension cord in my garage, but this would be really handy in the living room. Too bad there's not a US version.

edit: source RECOILING SOCKET IN THE WALL

edit: Or maybe it is cablefail... most of the comments on the other thread seem to think it's the worst idea ever unless you like fire. Though having one of these retractable cords in my garage, I dont see why not. I think my living room could use a small 6ft one.