cable raceway

It's impractical, if not impossible, to tear open the walls for accommodating more wires that have sprung up because you have bought new computers or speakers or DVD players or printers or copiers or plasma TVs for your home and/or office. Suddenly your decked up interiors are infested by crisscrossing cables running all over the floor or dangling from the roof along the walls. Your safe and aesthetic rooms have become life threatening and ugly. At the same time, loose wires are at risk of damaging from continuous stomping, rodent attack, and exposure to unfavorable environment. Enter cable raceways, which are designed to provide a safe tunnel for wiring and at the same time add glamour to your interiors. With cable raceways, there is no need to drill concrete blocks to make room for wiring or remodel your drywalls. Also, you can easily locate and access the wiring points for future rework or upgrades.

There are many different types of cable raceways in the market. How do you decide what is best for you? Instead of suggesting that one raceway is better than the other, this article identifies the various conduits suited for a particular requirement so you can use the information to make your pick.

From a one-piece latching raceway to wiring solutions to complete wiring kits, CableOrganizer.com has a wide variety of raceways suited for different purposes. Your first task is to identify problem areas in your workspace. The ultimate problem to solve is the cable clutter, of course. What is the source of this problem and how far is it spread? What are your immediate and long-term requirements? Your answers will be on the lines of "housing for flat panel television wiring, conduits for wires emanating from PCs or speakers or other digital devices, raceways that hold dense cables and latch on to the wall, something that is easily locatable and accessible for cabling changes in future, and so on."

To manage the rogue wires on the walls of your living room or office, you can choose between a One-piece Latching Raceway or a Pan-Way LD Surface Raceway, Cable Management Kit, and Wiremold Surface Raceways. They are easy to install and use, respond to Latex paints, and have an attractive design. They are made of flame resistant, UL VO-94 compliant PVC. Pre-applied self adhesive tape on the rear helps these devices to hold the heavy wiring onto the wall surface for years. An exhaustive set of accessories are available to handle the raceway at the ends and along the corners. The surface raceways are used in schools, hospitals, and offices to conceal the cables emerging from the telecom closet towards workstations. The anodized wiremold aluminum raceways are suitable for both low voltage and power cords and allow you choose receptacle spacing.

If you hate serpentine cables dangling from your flat panel television, Wiring Solution is what you need. The nifty device gobbles up to 10 home theater cables without distracting your attention from the television screen.

A Solid Wall Wire Duct is useful where break-outs are not required or side wall is not accessed very frequently. Made of self-extinguishing PVC, these conduits can withstand temperatures up to 140ºF (60ºC).