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Power strips are notorious for burning down houses, although installation inside a box is probably safer than just leaving strips out on floor/near combustibles. I wonder if there's a safer solution than using a power strip. Nearly had a house fire due to a power strip 3 years ago when a downed limb created an open neutral into our house.

Love the video. I'm thinking of doing something similar. However, instead of a router that has to fit outside the box, I'm going to use unifi usg going into unifi poe switch and my ont will have to fit in there. I'm going to use ceiling and wall mount unifi ap's powered by poe for wireless throughout. I'm going to add coax routing for the home in my box. Then at each location where I will have tv's i'm going to use poe powered unifi mini switches behind a small media box behind the tvs.

Are the knockouts at the bottom for power standard size? Can you use non legrand outlets?

My house was built last year and they put a small enclosure, assholes. They also ran 3 cat6 wires and the alarm panel wire, they call it “smart home”.
I was thinking of installing another box (same size) under the current box but maybe I don’t need that much space.

New build I signed up for the package for two cameras, a cable, cable line and an Internet cat wire. Am I paying $430 for the box or can I order these things à la cart and save money and just put them on a shelf with my router my eight point switch on my wireless access point which I’m buying anyway?

so what happens when the people that built your house decide to run all of your catv coax, all of your alarm triggers, and 32 ethernet cables in one tiny wall network panel? i wish i could find these guys in a back alley. to make it worse, they mounted alarm boxes, control keypads and electric outlets in the same wall bay. i'm literally screwed unless someone can think of a way to get the ethernet cables out somehow.

You should never plug a power strip into another power strip. You could of run both cords to the bottom outlet.

How did you place an electrical outlet for the router inside the access panel? Was it a standard size outlet? Trying to place inside a 4" wide wall.

I didn't see it mentioned yet but also it's not great practice to cut a large hole in your sheet rock to push wires through and leave open. You should use grommets and other ways to seal whenever possible. Large open penetrations let all the conditioned air out of the house (unnecessary conditioning costs and makes your house very "leaky") not to mention any bugs etc that are in the attic and other unsealed areas into the house.

So if you want to use wired Wi-Fi it won’t be possible because it’s inside there ?

if one could put the router for the wireless inside the box ,would that be ok ?

Could you have mounted the wireless router inside the box if you had the room for it? Does it affect signal? Or does the wireless router need to be placed outside the cabinet? Thanks!

Dumb question but can I put all wifi devices in a separate room, say my family room near TV? And keep this structured panel all hard wired? I am buying a Lennar home soon. Thanks!

Can the legrand enclosure be installed from inside the enclosure? The instructions looks like it installs under the drywall.

I have one of these boxes in my laundry room IMO it's better to install a traditional network rack. You will outgrow these boxes pretty quickly especially if you want to install standard rack gear. I plan on moving all of my structured wiring to a standard rack which I will hang in the garage.

Information is useful and presentation is nicely done. Background music is an unnecessary distraction, but at least not too loud.

Looks nice when done but really not a practical set up if you have to work inside the panel. As one who commonly has to work in these, I can say I have never seen one that is sized large enough. That’s why they are so often a mess with things dangling from cords, cover won’t fit on etc. What would be better? A large ventilated cabinet mounted on the wall, not in the wall, with shelves and removable panels for easy access to everything.

What did you use to mount your icx switch? I have the same switch? But haven’t found a clean way to mount it yet.

@Ultimate Tech Hub I apologize if someone has already mentioned this topic, however, the reason that you needed to drill extra holes is because you were mounting the plate in "portrait" orientation whereas it is designed to be mounted in "landscaped" orientation. You can actually see that there is about an inch or two on either side of the vertically mounted bracket and you can almost picture the holes lining up during installation, if it had been mounted horizontally, or "landscape" oriented as I mentioned previously. But great job on the clean install.

I have the same modem and it will over heat and throttle internet speeds. I added a USB Fan from AC Infinity and haven’t any problems since then.

Interesting. I've got a 42" Legrand enclosure so perhaps my router will fit in it. I wondered what the tabs on the sides were for, but I see it's designed to be placed IN the wall, so that makes sense. I'm probably gonna hang it on the cinderblock in the unfinished side of my basement. Hopefully the block wall doesn't block/reduce my wifi coverage to the other side of the house. I'll try and make in real clean though. :D

Why can’t you use industrial Velcro to mount your boxes where you want them inside the enclosure rather then mount that special bracket in there and be limited with placement?

I think the add-in bracket goes horizontally. Might be why the holes didn't match up when you mounted it vertically.

I'd recommend moving some of the Smart/IOT hubs out of there and closer to the center of the home. There's a lot of signal density there and could lead to interference.

Just the video I needed! Thank you!

I’m setting up a new office which will have 4 computers , 3 video cameras, a video TV , 2 phones lines and 1 Smart TV
I will be using all Cat 6 wiring and RG-6 coax quad cable, I want great strong WIFI and a very fast internet.
I would like to use the Legrand ON-Q BOX With no visible cables outside the wall but need help with what components I need to install
Thank you

What a mess.... Where are the standards with stuff.... Wires everywhere... SMH

felt like you were really taking shortcuts if you were not willing to terminate properly.

Your cable managment wasnt the best on this. constructive critisims here not being an ass. Just that there was a number of ways to have a nice efficient setup in this cab but you were not willing to put the required work in

why have the ring doorbell powered by a poe injector when you have a poe switch?

Will your devices overheat once you closed the panel?

I think that the reason the holes didn't line up is because you need to rotate the plate 90 degrees. Then the plates in the Universal Mounting Plate should line up with the normal plunger holes in the back of the enclosure (the holes you are using were intended for mounting the enclosure to a wall, not for mounting that plate).

Do you have jam everything into a box? I get that it looks nicer/cleaner to have it all in a a box, but can I just mount all the components onto a wall in my utility room? that way I can space out the components for heat purposes and actually see where the cords are running if I ever need to troubleshoot my network.

I have fewer devices and it's already very hot. Is there a way to expand the box? add a usb fan?

Can you link me to the Velcro you use?

My wifi goes offline being on. Everything seems working but there’s no internet.
Reply if you can help.

Great Job!

Dumb question....Can I/should I punch down the incoming internet service line to my patch panel or just connect directly into the modem? Thanks

How do you open the huge white box ?

Nice. I'm going to have do this same thing when I move into my house in a couple of weeks. It looks like I have the same enclosure.

Is that the 30" or 42" enclosure? The model number in the description is for 30" but appears longer.

Very nice! I am about to start mine. Have decided to put a wall mount rack in the laundry area. Did you have any heat issues?

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Thanks for the video. The only video that made me feel I can do this.

Great video. Watch out the heat build up inside the panel.

You shouldn't run the power cable through the wall like that from the router.

Really nice job fair play.
I wish networking was something as standard in houses here in the UK just so we could have areas like that.

You shouldn't be mounting the my cloud with Velcro because it has a shining hard rive inside, so it ends to be steady and free of shaking from the velcro

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Nice work. If I may recommend one change: the power supply. Putting a UPS on has saved my equipment in the past where I have lost equipment with surge protectors. Very nice work friend.