Tigerdmd Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Looking for some ideas on how to get my cables outside from my home office. Right now I'm just thinking about a junction box right through my wall. Any good examples?Thanks. Pics would be great if you have them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasmadrive Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 using wireless. I use both ELLs for the LOR stuff, and a wireless bridge for the E1.31 stuff.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KStatefan Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I have a box outside with two of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-klb- Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I don't have photos, especially as the outside is so well buried behind a shrub that I can barely get eyes on it. But at the fire house, we have a 6 inch square box surface mounted on the outside, glued to a 1.5 inch conduit through the brick and block. On the inside, one of the 6x6 metal access plates that opens with a quarter turn of a screwdriver. The outside box is deep enough that as long as we have drip loops on all the cables, we have not had any water intrusion even though all we do is take the lid off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-klb- Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 At home, I run a cable out the back wall of our room over the garage, through the tiny attic, and into the garage. Then during the season, the cable just runs out the door, and around to the front of the house. No need to worry about cable run lengths for most houses if you are using one of the USB adapters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viennaxmas Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 http://forums.lightorama.com/index.php?/topic/28461-getting-the-cat-5-outside This thread has a bunch of pictures too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffF Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I drilled a 1/4" hole, put the CAT5 wire through it, added a little silicon sealant, and called it done. That was 6 years ago. The wire I found and picked up because it had a very thick casing... not sure it's actually outside rated but I check it every year and it's still not brittle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6ccc Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I have conduit just about everywhere. Part of that is because I am using LOR for year round landscape lighting, so I have to make it "permanent" as opposed to a short term. Everything I ran for this past Christmas except the pixel tree and star was permanently installed. For the E1.31 for the tree and star I have a LAN jack just inside the attic so it takes about 20 feet of AC power cable and Cat-5 to the tree. Both come through 2 inch holes drilled through the wall that have a 6 inch stub of conduit that is capped for the off season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I just run the network cables through the bottom of the window, then block it with soft foam. Works great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipperyclam Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 I have an outdoor box with an in use cover outside with a pc of conduit running into the basement by my computer with a pigtail inside that plugs into the computer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drivemewilder Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Like George, i run the cables out the bottom of a window. I use a foam noodle from a swimming pool. Cut a groove on the top side for the window to slide into. Provides a nice cushion for the cables but keeps the elements outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Leonhardt Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 I have my LOR computer out in the garage, that's the one I run my shows from. Cables are then run under the garage door to the controllers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightsinMaine Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 I run 5 cat5 wires out my dryer vent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottam67 Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Similar to Larry, I run my cables from the garage to the display. But my show computer is in basement, so I run cables from there to garage and use the box pictured to make connections when needed. Works well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgrant Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 I'm using the ELL's for the LOR network but now I have to figure out how to get the E1.31 line out there. Haven't decided the location for the pixel tree I'm fabricating yet so that makes the determination on how to do this. hmmm, have to wonder if there is a wireless option. I have an unused wireless access point. Can E1.31 be used over TCPIP wireless? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gc75067 Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 I have my LOR computer out in the garage, that's the one I run my shows from. Cables are then run under the garage door to the controllers. same as Larry.. during the month of the show my laptop sits in the garage with a cable going under the garage door 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobschm Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Laptop is in the basement. Cat5 goes thru the sill into the garage so it's never in the weather. LOR boxes are on the wall in the garage. Wires to the lights go through a mail slot I installed next to the garage door. Had to label it "not for mail" cuz I kept getting junk mail in the garage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale W Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Like George, i run the cables out the bottom of a window. I use a foam noodle from a swimming pool. Cut a groove on the top side for the window to slide into. Provides a nice cushion for the cables but keeps the elements outside.You can also use the foam pipe insulation. It will create a nice seal if installed properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drivemewilder Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 You can also use the foam pipe insulation. It will create a nice seal if installed properly. Yep...i just happen to have a pool and several of those noodles not being used during the winter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmac Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I'm using the ELL's for the LOR network but now I have to figure out how to get the E1.31 line out there. Haven't decided the location for the pixel tree I'm fabricating yet so that makes the determination on how to do this. hmmm, have to wonder if there is a wireless option. I have an unused wireless access point. Can E1.31 be used over TCPIP wireless?Don't waste your time on wireless options I wasted 2 months of my life last year researching and there seems to be nothing that can keep up with the packets of info we send out to say a pixel tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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