Pulling cat6 everywhere in my new house... what electrical boxes do I use?
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I'm building a home and doing the low voltage wiring right now, pulling cat6 to every conceivable necessary location, but wondering what type of electrical box to use to mount the ethernet plates? I know how to terminate the raw cat6 wire and hook into an outlet plate, but I'm not sure what type of electrical box I should use. Can anyone provide some insight? I've been reading online and it says I can use open-backed boxes, but I don't seem to find anything like this at my local Home Depot
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You've gotten some great suggestions. As someone who does this for a living, might I suggest installing enclosed boxes on exterior walls. Half the municipalities I work in require it, but I do it on all homes regardless because it just makes sense.
I use flashing tape (like the kind used on your home wrap or around your windows) to seal the back and sides of a deep 4 square box (or 4 11/16" box for HDMI) and then install those on all exterior walls, including walls shared with the garage. Interior walls get a Garvin SLR1 or SLR2, which allow for easy horizontal or vertical mounting with a metal ring.
Just my two cents!