I mounted one of my BetaBrites in the kitchen, and thought I would post a few pictures. I chose to use 2 wall boxes behind the unit instead of just a single one, or even just a small hole for the wires for a few reasons.
We look up at this sign all the time now. It updates once per minute with the time, and the current temperature from our own Davis weather station.
- This is the top of a wall on the first floor in the middle of the house, with a second floor above. Pulling wires to this location was extremely difficult (think 2 days labor) without tearing the house completely apart. By having the larger wall box holes, it facilitated the pull, and made it possible to pull wires down this wall behind a refrigerator, as well as into one utility room where I have never been able to pull data cables before. This opens up other retrofit home automation abilities in the future (controls in the utility room and a water leak sensor under the refrigerator for example).
- The "silver satin" flat data cable is not in wall rated, so a wall box is called for, where it can be changed over to in wall rated CAT cable. The same is true of the power cable. Note that it is converted in the box to an in wall rated power cable.
We look up at this sign all the time now. It updates once per minute with the time, and the current temperature from our own Davis weather station.
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