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Running wires up an existing small hole in ceiling????

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billf:
Widening out an existing hole may be tough depending on what kind of wire is there currently.  How about drilling a small hole right next to the current one to verify the existing wires are not in the way, then widen the new hole to the size you require.

protokatie:

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--- Quote from: ChadTower on September 11, 2008, 03:24:31 pm ---
Specify the wire type... that's pretty damn important before you go cutting around them.

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Yeah...good point! Always forget about that part!

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Outside of safety (IE dont go cutting around mains lines), but there is also an issue of cross-talk. Too many "moderatly" shielded data cables running next to each other can cause problems that down the road may be hard to diagnose. I'd go with billf and make a second hole, so you have some distance between the wires. (Also the two holes can be combined at a latter point in time if need be)

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