The water intake for my sprinkler system currently goes into a cove next to my property. My neighbor's kid somehow managed to kick it while swimming, requiring a couple stitches to close the cut. Neighbor has requested that I relocate the pipe, and is willing to help financially with the effort. Since I have to rent a trencher anyway, I decided to move the intake to the location of my future dock/boathouse. And since I will already have a trench, why not install the cables for power, LAN, etc that will eventually be needed.
It's 501' (the way the cable runs) from the house to the dock location. Add another 50' to get where the switch is in the basement, and 100' for the dock. So 651 feet, which is just a tad (cough, cough) past the max for cat 5e/6). I'll have the 2" poly pipe for the sprinkler in the trench, along with the feed for the electric subpanel. Plan to put a receptacle every 100', so drop another electric cable in. I have a 18/4 wire for the weather station sensors running across the ground in the woods now, so I'll move that into the trench also. Dock would include a weatherproof storage area where everything would terminate. Probably will build a quick and dirty shed on land for the moment to keep everything out of the weather until the dock gets built.
I want get some type of data access out there. Will need some type of automation to turn the sprinkler pump on/off. Possibly extend my Z-wave network using a Z-net. Or use some type of smart bulb, which would require WiFi. Maybe even some type of barebones security system and use the network to tie into the house.
1. Would this be a good place to run fiber? Beyond how to spell it, I know NADA about fiber. I know I'll need converter at each end (either separate or built into a switch). A very short search on Amazon found some premade direct burial fiber https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01J66FRC4/ref=ask_ql_qh_dp_hza?th=1
Fiber would get around the distance limitations of cat5, and also provide a little extra protection from nearby lightning strikes.
2. Or is there a better way to do it? Stick a EERO in a waterproof enclosure halfway out, and another on the dock?
3. I'm leaning against adding an additional pipe with pull string as future proofing, but I could be convinced otherwise.
4. Anything else I might want to throw in while I have the trench open?
It's 501' (the way the cable runs) from the house to the dock location. Add another 50' to get where the switch is in the basement, and 100' for the dock. So 651 feet, which is just a tad (cough, cough) past the max for cat 5e/6). I'll have the 2" poly pipe for the sprinkler in the trench, along with the feed for the electric subpanel. Plan to put a receptacle every 100', so drop another electric cable in. I have a 18/4 wire for the weather station sensors running across the ground in the woods now, so I'll move that into the trench also. Dock would include a weatherproof storage area where everything would terminate. Probably will build a quick and dirty shed on land for the moment to keep everything out of the weather until the dock gets built.
I want get some type of data access out there. Will need some type of automation to turn the sprinkler pump on/off. Possibly extend my Z-wave network using a Z-net. Or use some type of smart bulb, which would require WiFi. Maybe even some type of barebones security system and use the network to tie into the house.
1. Would this be a good place to run fiber? Beyond how to spell it, I know NADA about fiber. I know I'll need converter at each end (either separate or built into a switch). A very short search on Amazon found some premade direct burial fiber https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01J66FRC4/ref=ask_ql_qh_dp_hza?th=1
Fiber would get around the distance limitations of cat5, and also provide a little extra protection from nearby lightning strikes.
2. Or is there a better way to do it? Stick a EERO in a waterproof enclosure halfway out, and another on the dock?
3. I'm leaning against adding an additional pipe with pull string as future proofing, but I could be convinced otherwise.
4. Anything else I might want to throw in while I have the trench open?
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