How to indicate intra-apartment connection
#1
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How to indicate intra-apartment connection
I want to run a coaxial cable from my living room to another room. Each end of the cable will terminate at a surface mounted receptacle to which I'll attach a patch cable. I want to indicate that the receptacles lead to another room so nobody thinks they're connected to the cable company. I'm thinking of putting a symbol on each surface mounted box and maybe something in plain english somewhere, but I need help with the symbol. I looked at a table titled "Electrical Symbols and Abbreviations In Accordance with American National Standards Institute" but there's no clear answer, at least to a novice. I was thinking maybe the symbol for "special purpose outlet" or "interconnection box" is the right one. Is there any symbol for this?
#2
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Maybe things are different there, but even if you found the right symbol, no one around here would know what it meant!
Here's the Plain English I would have appreciated:
#1. From Cable Co.
#2. To Other Room
In other room:
From Living Room
You can have this engraved, make a p-touch label, or just print it and put scotch tape or packing tape over it. Even Sharpie is better than nothing!
Here's the Plain English I would have appreciated:
#1. From Cable Co.
#2. To Other Room
In other room:
From Living Room
You can have this engraved, make a p-touch label, or just print it and put scotch tape or packing tape over it. Even Sharpie is better than nothing!
#3
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Yeah, I just have to think about how to make that look as good as it could look. Maybe a ring around the plug that I could write on. It could be attached with the nut that's used to attach the plug to the box or wall plate.
#4
If you have access to a label maker, you could simply make a stick on with TV or Ext. If you have the kind that uses clear self adhesive tape it would look like a factory job.
#6
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I'd like to make this happen:
Maybe I'll print it on a label. I hope it doesn't look like I have a cable ready sofa bed.
Maybe I'll print it on a label. I hope it doesn't look like I have a cable ready sofa bed.
#7
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I accidentally found keystone plates with label windows! My local big box store doesn't sell them. "Each 2-port wall plate accepts snap-in connector modules and includes screws and screw-cover label plates."