Carlon Resi-Gard Flexible Raceway Systems Cost Estimation Sheet - Low Res - Manual

WHY INSTALL FLEXIBLE RACEWAYS?
How many years ago was just Plain Old Telephone
Systems (POTS) the standard for the phone lines? What
about Category 3 Cable? How long did Category 4
last? Now what do you install – Category 5? Category
5e? Are some cable companies pushing Category 6?
Category 7? What about fiber? Fiber may be a few
years away, but it’s coming. Carlon’s question to you is
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HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT WILL BE REQUIRED 5
YEARS FROM NOW? 10 YEARS FROM NOW? How are
you protecting your homes against the technology
changes of the future? How are you future-proofing
your home? Installing bundled cable or CAT5e to every
outlet in the house isn’t the answer. What are you
going to do when CAT5e is substandard? This is the
first reason why Flexible Raceways should be installed.
FUTURE PROOFING
Even though you may run cable to each room in the
house, changes will occur. Cabling standards will
change. Homeowner technology requirements will
change. Planning ahead for these changes is easy by
installing Flexible Raceway. Installing raceways
throughout the house will give you the opportunity to
easily remove the outdated cable and replace it with
new cable without tearing up the walls.
Even EIA/TIA-570-A states, “Within buildings, consider-
ation should be given to establishing spare pathway
capacity for future media additions or modifications
that would be difficult or impossible to cable.”
PROTECTION
Protection is the second reason why a Flexible Raceway
system should be installed. Installing cable takes a lot
of time and money. By installing it in Flexible Raceway
it’s protected against other trades accidentally
tampering or damaging it. (Resi-Gard has been tested
to UL 2024 as a General Purpose Raceway.)
IDENTIFICATION
Just as Carlon ® Blue ™ is known synonymously
throughout the electrical industry as carrying high
voltage conductors, low voltage cabling is commonly
associated with the color Orange. Installing your cable
in orange Carlon Resi-Gard Flexible Raceway will let
everyone know that low voltage cabling is in that
raceway.
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HOW MUCH FLEXIBLE RACEWAY SHOULD YOU INSTALL?
Just as EIA/TIA-570A defines several Grades of Residential Cabling, Carlon
understands there is not an all-encompassing Resi-Gard solution that covers every
home. Carlon answers this question by establishing Levels of Future-Proofing,
Protection, and Identification to help you decide.
LEVEL 1 - MINIMUM
At a minimum, Carlon recommends installing 2-inch Resi-Gard Flexible Raceway
from the distribution box area into the attic of your home, otherwise known as a
vertical “main” chase. This chase creates a pathway inside the wall that allows you to
easily distribute future cables. Depending upon the quantity and size of the cabling
being installed and the number of distribution panels, more than one chase may be
necessary.
LEVEL 2 - MODERATE
Moderate coverage includes a main chase from the basement to the attic and one
Resi-Gard Flexible Raceway run to every location where you think you may want to
upgrade your low voltage cable in the future. For example, every room where there
is a computer with an Internet connection. Therefore, as technology changes, those
cables already have the pathway in place, so they can be easily upgraded. Carlon also
offers a line of boxes and brackets that allows Resi-Gard Flexible Raceway to attach
directly to them.
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