SWFL Mike, that's a great description, easy to envision.


This is about the nicest, homiest touch I've ever seen here on rc. Rock on, Mac!



This is absolutely not off topic! I was going to bring this up but you beat me to it.

SB Smarthomes' photos brought up the question to me: Are the existing cable lengths going to force you to run the cables in less than optimal ways? Are you going to somehow extend some cables?


I think maybe you omitted how you handle HDMI signals. What you describe isn't optimal for that. You're telling us one of two things: that you want to run HDMI balun signals through splices, which is recommended against, or that you're putting the baluns on the wall and then running longer HDMI cables than would otherwise be needed from the wall to the rack to the components.

These are all good things if the installation method itself doesn't mess with system performance. It could be sort of a "the operation was a success but the patient died" kind of situation.

Nice work, Paul

This is what i have done the few times i did rolling racks. I don't like the cable being moved/twisted. After visiting the same projects for 20 years i see cables getting damaged from the racks being moved...and not just by us. If it were just technicians moving it i wouldn't worry as much because most of us are smart enough to be careful.



I was hoping to find something that would better secure the bundle but i guess its just not possible. I'm having a black canvas sleeves made with a neoprene layer. Im going to keep the bundles coming in around 15 cables each. Hopefully this helps.

These racks are fantastic and probably the only ones i like that move.

We did this when we used slide out racks.


About ten years ago i led an uprising against racks that move. I burned villages and slaughtered...not really...i just whined a lot until we stopped using moving racks.

This was the last time i had to deal with a rolling rack (another replacement system project). Speaker cables came out of the middle of the wall. Everything else came out near the top of the wall. I brought each bundle directly across and attached them to the inside rail of the rack.



This control room closet had another storage closet directly behind it. They could have made it one large room or had another door or removable panel for easy rear access. I have another project thats a total nightmare...it also has another closet directly behind it.

He stated that for category cable used for HDMI, he does not terminate those to the wall and thus those are brought into the rack.

As far as running HDMI HD-BaseT through keystones. I have done that several times using shielded cable with shielded keystones with no issues. Or a shielded keystone at the panel and shielded connector to plug into HD-BaseT received at display.

Having to deal with longs runs of category cable, for a future HDMI use, is many times problematic.

We only do DWR or fixed racks on the floor. Rolling racks never again. We cut the casters off RCS racks and throw them on a wood platform.