I cannot tell you how many clients neither consider where the structured wiring panel is going to be placed or understands its importance in making their home a more productive, convenient and better place to live. We review blueprints everyday and due to the fact that architects rarely plan for a panel, I always have to ask the architect, the builder or the homeowner where they intend to put it. The response is always similar; the infamous blank stare or those answers that make every true custom installer cringe, “How about in the garage?” or “We thought it would go in the laundry room.”

Just as the human heart serves as the primary organ in the body, the structured wiring panel too shares that role in a house and it needs to be regarded as such. It requires a small degree of care and a reasonable amount of placement consideration. As the hub of the home, it belongs inside the home. Architects, builders and homeowners all need to understand the importance of this so it will deliver the necessary data to the home’s drops just as the heart pulses and delivers oxygen and blood through the veins to the organs.

One must carefully consider a panel’s size and location. Architects, builders and homeowners all need to realize that the panel may only house a small sampling of equipment now but you may require additional functionality in the future. The closet needs to be temperature controlled and the environment should be free of dust, direct sunlight, moisture and any other temperature variances that cause damage to electrical equipment.

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posted by Editor at 2:23 am & filed under Hardware & Cable, Home Automation Systems, Structured Wiring |