• Cable chasing (Was: More on wifi range - Pi PICO W Oil level sensor)

    From Daniel James@3:633/10 to All on Thu Dec 11 10:15:56 2025
    On 11/12/2025 08:48, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
    The contractor brought in to fix it spent 20 minutes looking and then
    said 'Fuck that - get the Kangas' and simply chipped new channels for *everything*. Laid in pipe conduit and got wiring.

    That was the sparky's method when we had our (1830-ish, solid brick
    walls) house rewired a few years ago -- smash out channels in the
    bricks, lay the cables, plaster over ... and hope the walls still have
    the strength to hold the roof on.

    Fortunately we had CAT-6 cables (and some coax TV aerial cables) as well
    as mains power put in, so most of what we want works more-or-less where
    we want it.

    --
    Cheers,
    Daniel.

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    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)