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Ok so the switch is not just a splitter for a feed from the router it allows everything to talk to each other. That makes more sense. The cctv cameras will request ids that the dvr will recognise and assign to the cctv software. The data points will just request IDs and allow devices to link...

So I have done more reading to try and get this through my head. Does everything connected to a switch get assigned an ID so I can then allocate to separate devices? Otherwise how will the cctv panel know not to try and talk to the data points? Sorry I am not very it savy but I do know how to...

If i get 1 switch then surely everything is then connected together? Do i not need the cameras to connect back to the CCTV control unit and then the data points back to the broadband router?

Is there such a thing as a switch that would link and power all my cameras and the data points in one. My basic understanding was that a switch acted like a splitter box where you had 1 feed in that then powers multiple points from it.

@rsgaz you sir are an absolute legend. It worked a treat and has meant i don't need to punch holes in my newly plastered walls.

I was planning on having the hard drive located in the loft so it is not right there to be removed if i was ever robbed? The CCTV is POE so does that mean i need a switch for the CCTV and a 2nd one for the data network? Can you recommend decent kit options for me to go for. Is one brand better...

I have been running data cables throughout the house as i have been refurbishing/building it. The plans was to have a data cabinet wall mounted within the garage where everything will be routed through. I have a very basic understanding of data cabinets and how the various bits work but cant...

Thanks. Thats what i had thought just wanted to check.

In the garage. Was planning on having it hard wired into a spur not on a plug.

Sorry Gas boiler

Hi do you normally have a dedicated supply for a domestic boiler or just pull off as part of say a garage circuit?

I looked at the combined cables but surely they are useless at the other end as the data element needs to go to 1 place and the power another? Are they only good if you have both power and data at both ends?

That's the wire I tried. Would pass the 2nd bend. Will get the vacuum out tomorrow

Wow! I will give that a go cheers. If it is successful thats the greatest get out of jail ever

I ran some 25mm flexi conduit for 2 outside lights before I lined and plastered the wall. I didn't leave pull wires in them as thought they weren't needed for such a small run. I didn't realise the inner face is not smooth and where the conduit bends at a right angle to go through the wall I...

Hi I have a EV charger to be installed. The cable will pop through the external wall drop down a conduit approximately 1.5m long then run under the floor void back to the CU. Charger requires a 6mm twin and earth and I want to run a cat6 with it. If the sleeving is removed to the section run...

Thanks for all the help. Sorry to have caused so much trouble. 2 rings both of 2.5mm to split the load between 1) kitchen/utility and 2) island. Hopefully this will have all bases covered.

Hi the cables are run within a traditional timber floor clipped to the joists with PIR insulation above but not in contact with the cables. They are then run up pvc conduits to final connection points at various heights. If the electrcian splits the kitchen and the island on 2 rings they would...

Thanks for the advice on the containment etc. I had a chat with the electrician and he acknowledges some of the concerns raised regarding loads (mainly the hot tap). He sticks by the original plan of 1 ring main for kitchen/utility/island, but is happy to put the island on a 2nd ring main if i...

Its a new install in a refurbishment/extension. Ovens and hobs are on separate supplies. The chances of everything being used at the same time are fairly low.