Network cable — low-voltage + smart home: code vs good practice

Code: no specific requirement. Good practice: Cat 6.

Ports per room — low-voltage + smart home: code vs good practice

Code: no specific requirement. Good practice: 2.

Code: no specific requirement. Good practice: PoE.

Code: no specific requirement. Good practice: conduit + pull string.

Code: no specific requirement. Good practice: ventilated.

Systems · Chapter 26

Network, cameras, speakers, alarms and shades all run on small wires that are cheap before drywall and expensive after.

NEC Article 800 / 725Maker specs

26.1

Wi-Fi changes every few years; wire in the wall lasts decades. Run it while the walls are open.

Wire the walls; Wi-Fi is the backup.

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