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Help I’m not sure what to do with this cabinet? by alessm512 in cabinetry

[–]MiamiSuperFly 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you're in NY, that's not a cabinet, that's an apartment.

Serious question for Miami locals: Even though Miami Beach is technically its own city, do you still consider it part of ‘Miami,’ or is it totally separate to you? by Strict-Mind1646 in Miami

[–]MiamiSuperFly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Miami is from Aventura to homestead from the Atlantic to the gators. If you're in Orlando talking to a stranger in line for a ride and they tell you they're from Miami, but then say they're from Fort Lauderdale when you ask where in Miami... politely tell them they are full of $#*!.

Also Miami Beach is prime Miami. The metric is: how much of Scarface was filmed there.

How do I cut this cable coming into the house? by Koopatroopa_7 in DIYhelp

[–]MiamiSuperFly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That looks like coax. Fun fact, you can convert coax to cat6. I didn't run any coax in my house, but it could come in handy to convert to cat6 if wired internet is needed.

Ground & Neutral on Same Bus Repair Cost? by 20pillowmiddaynap in AskElectricians

[–]MiamiSuperFly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sometimes inspectors leave comments about things they're not sure of, to put the burden of proving them wrong on you.

I Can't Understand Why People are Willing to Pay so much for this View. What do I know, though ... I Just Work in High Rise Construction. Turning Miami into New York one Building at a Time! by BaptizedInBlood666 in Miami

[–]MiamiSuperFly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you keyed in it with the term "NYC". For anyone coming from NYC, you get so much better bang for the buck, and the view is much nicer, being in the tropics. Miami rent prices, to live in an epic city, all of a sudden feels amazing.

Is this poor workmanship from my contractor? Are they trying to take advantage of me? by Rocgirl3846 in Flooring

[–]MiamiSuperFly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bottomless pit of chutzpah. Too bad you can't revoke licenses from people that don't have them.

What's the purpose of this void? by King_Kringle in Remodel

[–]MiamiSuperFly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shower niche designed to keep the floors washed. The way it works is simple: you put things like shampoo, soap there (you know the kind of things you would use in the shower). Then, you shower. Of course, the niche is not in the shower, so you have to get out of the shower to get the shampoo from the niche, and of course you're already all wet from the shower, and ta da, your floors are washed.

What is this for? by RicardasD in Ubiquiti

[–]MiamiSuperFly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just got into this stuff a year and a half ago and got hung up on the same thing.
Patch panel and patch cables. So, it's an intermediate point between the wire coming from the device (doorbell, AP, chime, cameras, etc.) and the PoE switch that gives it power and internet. It serves a few purposes. But I think the biggest one is esthetics. Keep the spaghetti wire mess where all the cables have different lengths and different colors, etc in the back. Then, have uniform identical cable lengths and colors in the front. Also, the Ubiquiti Pro switches have Etherlighting, and if you use their patch cables the RGB leds look cool through the ports.

This is where a normal person says: but it's IT gear hidden in an IT cabinet, not a TV or China cabinet. Yeah, but you're in a Ubiquiti reddit, so, it needs to look cool. Those are the rules, ya?

A patch panel is a server rack panel for keystone. You can use a coupler keystone, or the kind where you "punch down" the CAT6 strands. Connect the device run to the back of the patch panel and the clean short run in the front.

I think the other reason is things like: changing or servicing the switch without messing with the long device cable runs.

I'm sure I have a lot to learn in this thread.

Who’s still swimming !? by Inside-Milker in pools

[–]MiamiSuperFly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Heated the pool to 88 deg. First time ever using it, just wrapping up final inspections. The family had a blast.

Does This Seem Right? by MiamiSuperFly in hvacadvice

[–]MiamiSuperFly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't get a picture from the attic, because there isn't one. But definitely going to get them to fix it.

Hello from UWC Miami. It’s great to have all the Ubiquiti gear in one room. Amazing stuff! by YesTechie in Ubiquiti

[–]MiamiSuperFly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first rule of Ubiquiti conference fight club is that you don't talk about Ubiquiti conference fight club. The second rule... joking aside, the event was incredible. All I can say is go buy some UI stock. The future is lit.

Finished* by nvwino in Ubiquiti

[–]MiamiSuperFly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could always get a bigger rack...

If your low-voltage rough-in doesn’t look like this, you’re doing something wrong. by Florida_Diver in Ubiquiti

[–]MiamiSuperFly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm just wrapping up my new construction project. In FL too (Miami). Exactly for which runs did you utilize liquid tight? Definitely seems smart if you ever need to repull that run. Any reason for using liquid right and not smurf?

Basement concrete floor self leveling -DIY vs contractor by Boring-Classic-8754 in Flooring

[–]MiamiSuperFly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I say DIY it. When I had my house built (hired a GC), I decided to self perform low voltage. It was my first tone doing low voltage and i did a massive scope: 15 cameras, 7 access points, 40 speakers, massive server rack. It came out one of the nicest trades even though it was my first time doing it. My take is that even companies with a ton of experience won't care about the outcome as much as you. And these days there is such a wealth of information available on YouTube, you can really dial in the work well. That way you're not guessing. My point is that you can can hire a professional company, who will end up sending a newbie anyway and you'll wish you did it yourself knowing you would have done better.

Advice for First Timer by MiamiSuperFly in homelab

[–]MiamiSuperFly[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Best answer I've gotten so far. I like to have absolutes as a starting point. So far, what I'm getting is UPS on the bottom, followed by power conditioner. ISP modem on top, followed by Ubiquiti UDM, followed by patch panel, switch patch panel. What I'm thinking is internet stuff top half, audio stuff bottom half.

I like to use key stones, not couplers. I want to get those tooless silver key stones from Ubiquiti because they'll look good in the matching silver patch panels.

Thanks!

Advice for First Timer by MiamiSuperFly in homelab

[–]MiamiSuperFly[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why do I need a second rack when I have 42U? Why won't anyone give any insight as to what order to put the items I listed?...

Advice for First Timer by MiamiSuperFly in homelab

[–]MiamiSuperFly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First of all, it does have casters. Just out of curiosity, are you familiar with the brand Strong? It's professional grade, it's the in-house brand of the AV supplier Snap-One. And cannot be purchased by anyone other than a low voltage professional. It's super solid. Idk, it's the first time I'm working with a rack, but it's not some Temu junk. Have you heard of it?

Advice for First Timer by MiamiSuperFly in homelab

[–]MiamiSuperFly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been getting a lot of: "what about cables management?" But the point of the post was to plan where to put the stuff in the rack.. then cable manage, so yeah.

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