One of the ways of open laying of wires in apartments and houses - Cable Channels. They are used in cases where the hidden gasket for some reason is impossible or undesirable.
Definition, Building, Purpose
Cable Channels are plastic or metal boxes for hidden or open styling of wires and cables. Can be used both on the street and indoors. Call them more cable trays and boxes, sometimes add the word "eletter"
Consist of housing and lid. The cross section is mainly rectangular and square, but there are other, more specific (about them will also be discussed further). The housing can be solid, maybe perforated. Perforated housings are rarely needed for better ventilation and faster cooling.
Cover and Case Channel Cable connected using the lock - snap. These cable trays are convenient - you can open at any time, check, pave a new or remove unnecessary wire. When buying, pay attention to the structure and quality of the values of the locks - the convenience of use depends on them. The best, at this stage, is considered a double castle. It provides sufficient fixation and allows you to repeatedly open / close the lid.
Some types of cable channels can be divided inside by partitions
The inner space of the cable channel can be separated by partitions. This is done in order to be able to divide the power (wiring) and a minor (television, Internet, telephone, etc.) Cables. It is desirable to lay them separately so that they do not interfere with each other. Some firms have developed a design so that partitions can be installed independently. They are sold separately and wear on the protrusions on the inner wall of the hull (an example of such protrusions in the photo on the right).
Material - metal or plastic. If you choose the plastic cable channels, please note that it should be a non-flammable or non-supporting burning (read in the description). Ideally, if he is still not enough to give smoke - just in case.
Views and sizes
Types of channel cable differ from each other in the main form, only some use special materials - for example, transparent plastic or aluminum and its alloys.
There are different models for different cases.
Plinth Cable Channels
If you want to hidely pave the cables and do not beat the walls at the same time - look at the plinth cable channels. These are peculiar plastic plinths, in the internal cavities of which the wires are stacked. There are in different places, suitable for design in different styles.
Plastic Cable Channels Plinth Type
Manufacturers whole systems of plinth cable channels except long trays produce a number of additional devices that allow the design of any form. These are outdoor and internal angles, different shapes. Taps, plugs, assembly and multi-module boxes, for which you can install switches and sockets.
There is also an option with setting out sockets right at the plinth level. For the elderly, this option is not the best, but for young people a low slopes are not a problem. But it does not attract attention.
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Rosette can be installed right at the plinth level
This type of channel cable is available in different color variations - from white, gray and black to the color of imitating wood and metal surface. The disadvantage is quite a high price, although it is not compared with payment for the stroke of the walls.
Available SL Hager products - 20 * 50 mm, 20 * 70 mm, 15 * 100 mm, 25 * 100 mm. Legrand (LEGRAND) has two series: mini size - 20 * 12.5 mm, 32 * 12.5 mm, 40 * 12.5 mm, 32 * 16 mm, 40 * 16 mm, 60 * 60 mm, 60 * 20 mm, 75 * 20 mm. The second series - DPL has the following dimensions: 35 * 80 mm, 35 * 105 mm, 50 * 80 mm, 50 * 105 mm, 50 * 150 mm, 65 * 150 mm.
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Outdoor
This type of cable boxes is different and the form with the installation method. It is installed on the floor, because on the one hand has a rounded shape, thereby not interferes with moving. Available from shockproof plastic or aluminum. The form at the same time is the same.
Floor cable channels do not interfere
Floor trays for cables are used as part of the system - when you need to post the wiring to the table or the lighting device, which is far from the walls. It successfully replaces carrying and extension cords.
How are the sizes of floor cable channels
You can find the following sizes on sale:
- 50 * 12 mm;
- 75 * 17 mm;
- 92 * 20 mm;
- 160 * 65 mm;
The color scheme is not distinguished by a variety: there is usually gray, white and black. The joints of two bands, the angles and turns can be issued using the shaped products of the appropriate size. First, the lower part is mounted, the conductors are stacked, after which the lid is snapped.
Mounting Rules Floor Cable Channels Legrand
Then the accessories are installed in the right places - angles, joints. They are made in such a way that they are simply snapped by providing reliable fixation. It even saves the degree of protection (usually IP40).
Parapety
The parapet cable channels (called them still trunk) on the structure are similar to the plinth. Slightly different form, but mainly the fact that they are mounted above the floor level. Also consist of various elements that allow you to collect any configuration.
Parapete plastic trays for cable
Used mainly in offices or enterprises. If there are similar designs in private homes or apartments, then try to choose in the color of wall decorations. Usually closed the routes connecting the external and internal blocks of air conditioners.
Dimensions may be:
- width 80 mm, 100 mm, 120 mm, 150 mm;
- Height 40 mm, 55 mm, 60 mm.
Each type of section is a set of shaped elements - external and inner corners, plugs, splitters, etc. There may be several colors, but the main is white and milk. The rest are pretty hard.
Mini
The reduced version of the parapet cable channels in which some conductors can be paved - television, telephone, for the Internet.
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Such options in apartments and homes are used more often.
When using this product, the angles are not made by non-special fittings, but mooring the box at the desired angle (usually 45 ° only taking into account the inner or external).
Dimensions may be:
- Width 10 mm, 12 mm, 16 mm, 20 mm, 25 mm, 40 mm, 60 mm, 80 mm, 100 mm.
- Height - 10 mm, 12 mm, 16 mm, 20 mm, 25 mm, 40 mm, 60 mm.
Combinations of these sizes give a large number of options. There are wide and low, there are narrow and high, so there is a choice and you can pick up.
Corner
Corner cables due to their design can be installed on the wall of the wall and the ceiling or instead of a plinth. With a careful execution of the angles (they should also be cut off with a hacksaw under the desired angle) they look like a decorative element.
This type of cable channels are mounted in the corners - at the height of the ceiling and wall
The disadvantage is not so much space in them as in the plinth, and the walls are thinner, so the likelihood of damage when laying below. The most common sizes are 40 * 40 mm, so that many cables do not put in them.
For LED tapes
This is a kind of angular version of cable trays. They differ in the fact that the lid is made of transparent or translucent plastic.
Some types of trays for LED ribbons
Mounted under the ceiling in the corners, on the bottom panel of kitchen cabinets or in the cabinets themselves and cabinets. The wiring does not parse in them, because the organization of the internal space is completely different - they make the platform for which it is convenient to mount the ribbon from the LEDs. Its position is chosen on the basis of the required direction of the light flux.
Metal trays for cable laying
This type of product in private houses is used mainly to lay the wiring in combustible walls - during the construction of frame houses or panel. Inside the wall and ceiling overlap there are trays, they stretch cables in the right places, it is removed through the walls of the walls or the ceiling.
Examples of metal trays: solid, perforated, wire
Also, some types (wire cable channels) are used when the tension or suspended ceiling lighting device is used. With their use, the time is sharply reduced by installation, because instead of installing a large amount of fine fasteners, you need to attach several suspensions for trays, and then put all cables in them.
Sizes of metal cable trays:
- Width from 50 mm, 80 mm, 100 mm, 150 mm, 200 mm and further to 600 mm in increments of 100 mm;
- height - 50 mm, 80 mm, 100 mm;
- The length of one piece is 3m.
So it turns out to pick up for any number of conductors.
Montaja rules
The installation order depends on whether the shaped products - angles, branching and plugs will be used or not. If they are, the manufacturer gives clear recommendations about how much the distance should be left for proper installation. They should be held with an accuracy of a millimeter. Then everything looks neat. About the basic rules of installation cable channels of the conventional type Talk below in more detail.Article on the topic: Ceiling from GLK in two levels
How to choose Size
If you decide to breed the wires into the cable channels, first need to decide on what size they need. The dimensions are selected on the basis of the number and size of the conductors who need to be paved and add some reserve to the future - so that if necessary, one or two wires can be laid.
When choosing a size, it is necessary to take into account the number of cables that will need to be laid
The number of conductors to the cable channel is not normalized. The main thing is to be able to close the lid without problems. The restriction may be the need for separate placement of power and minor cables. In this case, select the section so that there are at least a small distance between the cables groups.
Order and features of installation
According to the rules, the wiring is stacked horizontally and vertically, inclined installation is permissible only on the stairs. In other cases, the rules are not retreated with open wiring. To obtain a flat slice when installing plastic cable channels with thin stacks, use scissors for metal or others, but the cutting edge must be acute. Aluminum and metal trays are cut off with a metal with a metal. Thick plastic can also be cut to the same tool - there will be a smooth edge and the profile will not be replete.
If you need a segment of a certain length - to remove the socket, for example, it is necessary to cut in that order: to snap the lid, align the edge, apply marks to the lid and the case at the same time. After you can cut separately. With this order, the length of both products will be the same.
Note, when the angle is passed, the lid is not cut into two parts, but only cut the side walls - so that it can be bent. Do not forget that when around the outer angle, the cover should be longer than the tray in this case it is better to place the places of cuts after the body cable is fixed.
Rules for mounting plastic cable trays
Not a wooden surface Cable Channel is mounted on nails with a wide hat (you can use screws), on plaster or drywall walls - on the screw. For mounting on brick or concrete walls requires installation on a dowel. The fastening step is about 60-70 cm, in the field of the end of the profile and the joints of the joint fasteners are set at a distance of 3-5 cm from the edge.
If two pieces of channel cable are joined, the cover must be positioned so that the joints of the housing and the lid do not coincide. Otherwise, the junction will be too noticeable and irregularities can form, which will emphasize the place of the junction.
Order laying of wires
In the mounted housings, we put the conductors. To the walls of the channels of the channels did not resist, install the supporting jumpers with some step, after which they snatch the lids. On this wiring gasket in the cable channels can be considered over.