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IP over AC: Mmmmmm Ppppfffftttt SssshhhhhhhWOOOSH

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I needed better home internet, so I used a plastic bag and a long string. Please DON'T try this at home. It works here, but there are a lot of ways you can screw up your house doing this. Be sure to check out the subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TryTryAgain/ Music in this video: I Dunno by grapes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) http://ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626

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    @AlphaPhoenixChannelالعام الماضي FAQs and Corrections:
    1) Don't try this at home!
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    @finjcamالعام الماضي Fun fact: IPoAC stands for something else too!
    It also means IP over Avian Carriers, a (obviously not serious) protocol that takes advantage of id="hidden1" class="buttons"> the flight speed of birds like carrier pigeons, combined with the storage density of things like 1tb microsd cards. In certain circumstances, it would be faster in theory than most modern IP implementations.
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    @insanecreeper9000العام الماضي I fully expect an investigation of seriously implementing IPoAC using pressure sensors and modulating fan speed in the future.
    Maybe we should call Tom7?
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    @MacGuffin1العام الماضي I was expecting an April Fools Day joke about modulating AirCon fan to TX and RX data. 1035
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    @zaneworldslayerالعام الماضي My favorite part about back of the napkin equations is making up the variables you don't know! 81
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    @magingace5199العام الماضي HVAC Design Engineer here! I typically see supply fans push between 1 to 4 "in w.c." (inch water column) which is between 0.036 and 0.144 psi, id="hidden3" class="buttons"> so your assumption of 0.1 psi is perfectly valid! Might be a little high for residential applications but I doubt there is a significant difference between 2 and 5 lbs :D ....وسعت 35
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    @dmytrochaika7570العام الماضي In the current world where every channel is expected to have fancy professional lighting, cameras, set design, etc., I absolutely love how this channel keeps the spirit of the good old YouTube alive. 69
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    @klikkoleeالعام الماضي make sure you use a plenum-rated cable! otherwise it's a fire hazard. Air handling spaces can stoke fires and move combustion products around, so cables id="hidden5" class="buttons"> in air handling spaces need special insulation that is extra fire resistant and which doesn't off-gas as much when exposed to fire. ....وسعت 150
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    @KalebSmartالعام الماضي I actually did this with a telephone cable for my uncle in 2020. I ended up using plenum cable so I wouldn't be inhaling toxic fumes if the cable ever caught on fire. It worked surprisingly well, though! 160
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    @sam-ur7rzالعام الماضي As a last resort not a bad idea, but definitely use plenum cable if you can just to reduce the risk of fire and to withstand the humidity/temperature deviations. 102
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    @eeee69العام الماضي First reading the title I was expecting AC to be alternating current (send data via AM/FM?), and then for this to turn into an electroboom-esque video id="hidden8" class="buttons">
    I like that instead of putting "don't try this at home" you put "IF you try this at home" it's much more inviting
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    @dietbr00ksyالعام الماضي Love the project! Look into plenum rating for cables. May want to replace that one if it's not plenum rated. We use this technique in electrical for id="hidden9" class="buttons"> conduit runs utilizing a shopvac usually. So fun to see it done with A/C ducts. We call the bag on the sting a "mouse". ....وسعت 17
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    @JorgReinhardtLinuxAdminالعام الماضي thing about April fools videos, is that you just pretend to do the bizarre thing. you know that, right? 19
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    @cheater00العام الماضي that's a nice idea. but also, I have to tell you, it's easier to catch the cable in the scenario you provided at the beginning, than you think id="hidden10" class="buttons"> it is. You basically use a hook made out of coat hanger wire. and/or magnets. that's all. You put a metal (magnetic steel) plate on the end of whatever pilot you're feeding through, and use a strong magnet to locate it. It's not hard at all! And you get to play with strong magnets! ....وسعت 62
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    @HotClownالعام الماضي do you ever feel / like a plastic bag
    flying through a vent / wanting to route some net
    I was expecting this to be about how those little id="hidden11" class="buttons"> IP over power adaptors work (or in my case, don't work), but this is great too
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    @bengineer8العام الماضي I thought this was going to be IP over the power lines based on the 1st words of the title but was pleasantly surprised to see something even better. 5
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    @107thFruitالعام الماضي @AlphaPhoenix Network Engineer here; running copper, or even fiber cable this way is actually not as uncommon as you might think. When ducts are used as id="hidden12" class="buttons"> paths for cables that pass through plenum, you want to use plenum grade cable which have a flame retardant sheathing. This is especially important in commercial jobs for building codes.
    I used to work at a college that had steam tunnels that conveniently connected all of the buildings on campus. We had insulated conduit run through the tunnels with plenum grade fiber.
    As an alternative, for a residential job like this it's possible to leverage EoP (Ethernet Over Power) adapters given the right conditions. However, given how far away your run is the likelihood that you're on the same phase and circuit are pretty much zilch.
    Another option is point to point wireless bridges. If you can have the two antennas in direct LoS of each other you can traverse the entire length of your house easily, and with a newer 5Ghz high gain antenna you could achieve near 1Gbps (likely the same speed as your internet anyways, and sufficient for LAN transfers).
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    @DaimyoD0العام الماضي I thought this was a common practice, because my dad (a network engineer) routed ethernet into my childhood bedroom through the return duct. Not the grocery id="hidden13" class="buttons"> bag parachute part, obviously. Lol
    Also, I was today years old when I realized AlphaPhoenix's logo was a phoenix's flight path in the shape of the character alpha (α).
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    @erictheepic5019العام الماضي As a complete aside to how goofy this video was (I actually forgot it was the first of April until I checked the comments), that attic ladder location id="hidden14" class="buttons"> scares me. I have trouble enough getting myself to go up the wobbly ladder in my house, let alone the added fear of falling down a flight of stairs if I do fall! least getting the Christmas decoration downstairs is easy, so long as you don't mind a few broken ornaments each year.
    A quick edit to append something that's substantially more relevant, but still very tangential; about the pressure the HVAC in your house creates, I once heard a story from someone who did HVAC for large buildings. I forget how it exactly played out, but a building ended up with either exclusively air intakes fans or air outtake fans, I forget which; either way, the fans were creating a significant pressure difference inside the building. So much so that after the HVAC system was turned on, you couldn't leave the building because the door was stuck shut. If you figure it's a door about 2 square meters in area and the pressure is 1 kilopascal, that's like 200 kg of weight being set on the door. The force at the handle is going to be less than that, but I can't bother with doing the integral right now to find whatever it might be.
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    @JudgeDrDالعام الماضي saw your new IP over AC video, couple observations:
    1. you used a flat cable, and a rather long flat cable, you should change that for a conventional id="hidden15" class="buttons"> cable to get the EMI protection that is inherent with twisted pair ethernet.
    2. You ran the cable inside an air plenum, you should make sure to use Plenum rated cabling. If for whatever reason that insulation ever burns, you’re going to have nasty fumes all over your house
    And I know said only a couple, but #3 it may have just been easier for you to run a conduit down the side of your house and in through the outside wall on the first floor.
    Other than that, great video, and be careful next time you close all your air ducts, you could end up blowing an air HVAC duct or damaging your air handler. And for your storage needs, get a Synology Plus series NAS, thank me layer.
    Ps: posted this on Twitter first but then realized I could just comment on YouTube, lol
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    @tad2021العام الماضي To run cables down thru walls there are magnet cable pull lines. The floor transitions would require cutting some holes. 2
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    @gideon7212العام الماضي I actually tried doing this via the intake of my hvac instead a few years ago (I was a kid who was mad at my parents for not letting me drill ethernet id="hidden16" class="buttons"> through the walls) but my bag kept getting snagged on something before hit the filter.
    Also, any good system puts the filter BEFORE the fan, so actually it wouldn't jam the system fan with a grocery bag and gives you a convenient way to get the cable out
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    @ArkiosRokuyonالعام الماضي Honestly, I expected you to show a LAN to Wall Socket plug system, which we use in our house to cover for the spotty WiFi coverage. And some even weirder id="hidden17" class="buttons"> stuff, like doing the same thing over the coolant tubes of your AC.
    The last thing I expected with "IP over AC" was a normal, sensible thing, that anybody could think of.
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    @JustOneAsbestoالعام الماضي I worked condo security for several years, and I did a lot of work with guys installing fibre optic cable in high-rises.
    They use a similar concept, id="hidden18" class="buttons"> but they do go through the walls vertically. They have a long spool of semi-stiff wire they call a "fish", and one guy will feed the fish up or downstairs, and the other guy who has the fibre optic cable will tape the cable to the fish, and the first guy retracts the fish, pulling the cable with it.
    Otherwise, it's just a bit of drywall work, and if you know how to splice the cable, you can get physical connections basically anywhere.
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    @Bllinkerالعام الماضي I thought you were going to pipe RF through the metal ducts 13
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    @MatteBlackSilhouetteالعام الماضي We use this technique all the time in telecommunications. Vacuum and an expensive bag to pull string through pipe. There are jet operations similar to what you did to blow cable into pipe over thousands of feet.
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    @MegaDoug1979العام الماضي I worked on critical systems at a large data center and when they'd run the big cabling under the building from the power switchgear to the generators, id="hidden20" class="buttons"> they'd employ the same technique. I asked one time and they showed me a shopvac and a plastic bag and that's all they needed. Then, they'd work their way up in string/rope size until they could winch the large power lines. ....وسعت
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    @acorgiwithacrown467العام الماضي Ohhhh I thought you were talking about IP over powerline AC which is a real thing 8
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    @suruadamableالعام الماضي reminds me of my system at home. The Internet comes in through the attic, runs the length of the entire house, and then goes down three floors through an unused chimney into the garage. 3
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    @jonathandill3557العام الماضي Air blowing or jetting are used professionally for running optical fiber I've seen it done in 4 inch conduits between buildings. The coolest stuff id="hidden22" class="buttons"> is bundles of microducts where they only blow the needed fibers through the microducts. The cost savings makes sense when you're running kilometers of fiber. ....وسعت
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    @Nobe_Oddyالعام الماضي That was INGENIOUS!!!! BRAVO!!!!!!!!
    I just explained what you did to my Dad (he's a Grumpy Old Man, so nothing seems to impress or please id="hidden23" class="buttons"> him lol) and he jaw dropped and he loudly exclaimed "WOW!!! THAT IS INGENIOUS!!!" So I had toto repeat is perfect exclamation!!!
    This really was AWESOME!
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    @wilswildworkshop7817العام الماضي As a handyman I say that's genius dude not sure if it's up code but the vents don't get hot enough to cause any fire risk so awesome man you did good way easier than the
    Conventional way for sure .
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    @_TheMentorالعام الماضي What I thought was an April Fools joke ended up being a super useful wiring technique. Huh. I will absolutely be doing this instead of randomly drilling holes. 2
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    @NC_-ew5ckالعام الماضي thank u so much for uploading again, missed the content
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    @captaindragon8179العام الماضي Fun fact: some aircraft and other things which require moving a lot of computing power in a mobile thing used to use metal ducts and radiowaves to transmit id="hidden26" class="buttons"> between modules.
    I forget what they are called but they are neat.I've seen them in old American fighter jets like the F15 and F16.
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    @Scott00قبل 9 أشهر Old video but I always considered this an option if i ever needed to run ethernet without cutting holes, the parachute bag idea is genius.
    Another id="hidden27" class="buttons"> solution is to use MOCA if you have coax already ran in house, they are capable of gigabit and only introduce about 1ms of latency.
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    @lettersnstuffالعام الماضي make sure you use cable rated for those temperatures and for use in plenum spaces. I do low voltage electrical work, a lot of what we do is pull blue cable, id="hidden28" class="buttons"> we actually do this somewhat commonly for specific circumstances, well, the bag part, not the ac part, though I’ve joked about it before ....وسعت
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    @NikiDaDudeالعام الماضي Speaking of catching cables behind walls/furniture and routing them through a small hole, I've used a method that works quite well.
    Tie a nut id="hidden29" class="buttons"> to the end of the cable and drag it with a strong magnet from the other end and through the hole then pull the cable out.
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    @TrabberShirالعام الماضي I never used the air pressure to do the routing, but a house I lived in back in the 90s had the main AC return vent in the server closet and at least three long cable runs went through the ducts.
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    @geoff5623العام الماضي I used the air return vent for part of a cable run at my parents house in ~2003, dropping from the second floor down to the crawl space, where it could id="hidden31" class="buttons"> run back up to a utility closet on the first floor where the router was. ....وسعت
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    @FiltyIncognitoالعام الماضي Threading cables through tiny holes in walls:
    For dropping down, use a small weight tied to a string as your pilot line. Far more predictable trajectories. id="hidden32" class="buttons"> You can then later tie the end of that line to your cable to pull the cable through. If the end hole isn't straight down, you can use one of those metal wire clothing hangers with a loop bent into one end to act like a fishing line to extend your reach by 2-5 feet depending your particular situation.
    For catching the pilot, use another hanger or two with a string tied from one end to another to create a 'net'. When you separate the ends of the hanger and stretch the string taught, the area between the hangers and string is now your 'net' and when you pull it out of the hole, the string between the hangers will pull your pilot line in with it.
    Tip: There are wall fixtures similar to those around a light switch or electric socket shaped specifically for cables, so instead of trying to struggle with a cable-sized hole because you don't want it to look awful when you're done, make a bigger hole and just cover it up with the wall fixture.
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    @Thomas_Lemmeyالعام الماضي Great idea. I just need to get AC ducting installed so I can follow it with my ethernet 2
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    @bgnmpc9122قبل 4 أشهر This is great idea! I'm gonna pass this to electrician on one of my projects, poor guy have to pull some extra wires for home automatics after everything is finished
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    @DavidSommer-pw7fvقبل 3 أشهر That (the bag through the duct) is similar to a technique I saw years ago on Home Time where they used a wad of something on a string and a vacuum to "pull" id="hidden34" class="buttons"> thru some pipe / conduit. Then the string was used to pull wire through it. ....وسعت
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    @MLeoDaalderالعام الماضي You know, if you don't have too many HAM radio operators nearby, then you could also use those IP over AC boxes (AC as in Alternating Current). Perhaps id="hidden35" class="buttons"> better known as Powerline Ethernet. You just plugin your router into one of these boxes at the nearest power outlet, and another of these boxes at an outlet where you want to use it and plugin in the ethernet cable there. ....وسعت 52
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    @caffeineauالعام الماضي In early 2020, during covid I suddenly needed to cater for my work from home needs, plus my wife working from home and our son zooming into his school. id="hidden36" class="buttons">
    So I ran an ethernet patch cable to a spare bedroom by running in to the wall through an attachment for a PIR sensor for a defunct alarm system, up into the roof space, and then into my new WFH spare bedroom through the hole in the ceiling that also supplies power to the light fixture.
    No AC shenanigans, but I did use a pool noodle to poke the cable into some hard to reach spots.
    3 years later, that cable is still coming out of behind the light fixture, but i have since run fibre properly for the 10GBe goodness. One of these days I'll need to get back up there and pull the old ethernet cable out.
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    @mrfoodaramaالعام الماضي I Love this! Always creative and fun, love your videos 1
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    @Shermanbayالعام الماضي Another way of feeding Ethernet data thru AC is to use the AC power line. No kidding, no wires, no plastic bags. Ethernet over AC power just requires the id="hidden37" class="buttons"> appropriate transmitter/receiver pair. Speed is dependent upon several factors. That's what I thought you were talking about. I use that from my second floor to the basement. Look, Ma, no wires! ....وسعت
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    @MuradBeybalaevالعام الماضي Yeah, I expected you to invent a modem that would modulate the Ethernet signal onto the carrier wave of the alternating current in your power grid. 4
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    @MrDanielmahanielالعام الماضي the fact you had to tell us why this is on-brand, brother this is 100000000% on brand for this channel. You’re the goat❤
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    @rtyuik7قبل 7 أشهر reminds me of how they suggested using Ferrets to clean out the dust from the Large Hadron Collider.just send them in with little dusters attached to id="hidden38" class="buttons"> them and let them worm through all the narrow crevices, before luring them back out with some sort of treat. ....وسعت
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    @gannas42العام الماضي I was completely expecting an April fool's joke video then I see this masterpiece. I did this 16 years ago in a rental house because I wasn't allowed to run through the walls. I showed them! 2
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    @suppermike777العام الماضي That cable looks sketchy (flat cable often doesn't have internal pairing twists), on a long throw that passes through and near who knows what i would id="hidden40" class="buttons"> recommend the highest quality shielded cable you can manage. Additionally, this is a fire code violation, air ducts are for air and secret societies of rats only. ....وسعت 2
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    @anthonydavidson6139العام الماضي This is essentially the same method we use as electricians to get wire through pipes.
    Way to think out of the box.
    It’s not quite as hard to get that wire down your wall though as you might think. Let me explain.
    Drill a hole through your header in the attic. Cut a small square hole in the Sheetrock in the room below your header hole by the floor. Drill a small hole through your flooring and into the lower floor wall and boom you’re where you need to be. The only repair you need to do is replace the square sheet rock you cut out. If you’re having trouble fishing the wire down the wall the method I prefer is similar to the method you used except I use a nut on a string and a very powerful magnet.
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    @samlaki4051العام الماضي insane. i love it mr materials science man 2
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    @silkdragon47العام الماضي huh I totaly thought this was an april fools video, but that is all just correct! lol.
    I saw this technique used in a home improvement show where id="hidden42" class="buttons"> they used the same thing to run wires to baffles that they installed after the fact in a home that was already built so they could control airflow to individual rooms. Cool video dude!
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    @birdiesnbritts1391العام الماضي Loved when the bag popped out. Hilarious!
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    @mvaduالعام الماضي I was amazed that your duct didn't have nails poking through it every few feet's (like mine) thus rupturing the bag.. 1
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    @stevepolingالعام الماضي Some crown molding would nicely hide the Ethernet cable running along the top of the wall. And you'd get some fun 3D trig figuring out the angles to cut the crown molding.
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    @seanb6636العام الماضي My heart sank when I saw you had drilled down through the ceiling instead of installing a wall plate.
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    @rickharrissالعام الماضي In the Uk I feed my Ethernet connection to my Tv via the mains cabling. I gat approx 100Mb/s with no trouble at all. If you have LED lights you can modulate them to carry data. 1
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    @TimothyWhiteheadzmالعام الماضي Always worth hard wiring if you can. I hope that aircon only does cooling. If it does heating, be careful. 1
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    @DancingRainالعام الماضي I first saw IPoAC, and thought "Internet Protocol over Alternating Current", and thought you'd be sending IP packets over your 120V house id="hidden46" class="buttons"> wiring :P
    For the folks who insist that everyone has to give them metric units. They can use a unit converter, just like we have to do here in the US, when European science content gives us ONLY metric and no conversion.
    It's nice to have things presented once in a while in units that I grew up with, and intuitively grasp.
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    @TheFarmacySeedsNetworkقبل 3 أشهر Dude! That's a brilliant takeoff on the balloon trick for conduit!
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    @Extra_Mentalالعام الماضي This was a pretty good idea, but there was another option that is also IP over AC, as in AC power outlets by using a powerlan adapter 2
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    @familyguy0398العام الماضي Powerline Networking is also a worthy upgrade vs WiFi for hard to reach spaces. It's not as reliable as a straight ethernet connection but is extremely id="hidden47" class="buttons"> easy to set up and will work between any areas of the house as long as they are all on the same panel. ....وسعت
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    @Android480العام الماضي I thought this was a SuckerPinch style video at first. Like you were going to encode TCP packets using air pressure or something wild like that ! Tom has spoiled me
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    @tjarsunالعام الماضي I’ve seen on one of LTT videos about upgrading employees setups that one of them used a vaccum cleaner duct for running ethernet, and providing power to the network devices aswell
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    @ThaSPAWNقبل 7 أشهر As someone who's been working in networking:
    Those flat LAN cables are shit. There is a reason cable pairs inside regular LANs are twisted, id="hidden50" class="buttons"> so that their magnetic fields cancel out, and do not influence other pairs.
    Flat LAN cables do not do that, so they are HEAVILY limited in maximum length. If you notice random ping spikes or packet drops, I would suggest running higher quality cable the other way around.
    Still, very creative solution, love your videos! :)
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    @cho4dالعام الماضي they do internet over power lines you know. little adapter doohikey plugs in to the mains electric circuit and throws some 1s and 0s around. it works surprisingly id="hidden51" class="buttons"> well! very stable in my experience, and fast enough for most things ....وسعت
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    @snozzmcberry2366العام الماضي That Rift tracking camera setup with that tv in that position. the only word that comes to mind is "brave."
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    @sfcrosby1العام الماضي I did this years ago using the cold air return ducts. It worked great until a lightning strike nearby fried everything connected to cables that passed id="hidden52" class="buttons"> through the metal ducts. Could have been induced current, could have been coincidence. Don't know for sure, but I don't do that anymore. ....وسعت
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    @michaelwilkes0قبل 7 أشهر An electrician would never do that. He would cut tons of holes in the wall and add hundreds of dollars of wall patch repair costs. That's the proper id="hidden53" class="buttons"> way to do it :) Although, you are actually allowed to run wires through duct work if you get plenum rated cables. There is a more accurate name for it but I cant remember it at the moment. Your way will work fine for a long time though and its just low voltage so its fairly safe. Never do that with power wires though. The heat from the heater plus the heat from current can exceed the power wire rating and make a house fire. I must say this was quite clever and well executed. I love it. ....وسعت
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    @brittanylyles8285العام الماضي Electricians use a fisher cable. Its kind of like a roto Rooter in how it "snakes" through the walls and the holes you've drilled and you id="hidden54" class="buttons"> shouldn't have but maybe two 2x4s to drill through, if that even depending on how the house was wired, and then you just tape to the end of the fisher and do exactly what you just done that was WAY simpler than I would have went about it. Work harder, not smarter, thats my motto ....وسعت
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    @wazzup105العام الماضي Published on just in time for April first. excellent !!
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    @skippy9214العام الماضي The level of bodging here is legendary, I commend your cleverness and willingness to try bird-brained schemes.
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    @MalacaIceالعام الماضي Nice video. There is also a similar technique to use a vacuum cleaner on one end and tie some plastic on a fishing line to thread it through smaller pipes i.e. vacant antenna pipes and such.
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    @LeviGoldwingالعام الماضي Never considered pulling a rj through the ducts. I usually truncate all the data on a nearby nas and use a mesh router. Never enough though. ended up going around the house with a 200 ft PoI cable. 1
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    @hgbugalouقبل 7 أشهر I hope you used plenum rated cable.
    Also, FWIW they have 12+ foot long drill bits for installing cable through large spans. they even have li id="hidden57" class="buttons">ttle holes in the end to pull the cable through. Don't blame you for not wanting to attempt it though (especially if you are married, the optics of this can terrify the wife. ).
    I did something similar to this to get some fiber optic cable across the vaulted ceiling in my house. My house has 2 attics and are separated by the living room with a ceiling that goes to the roof. All my tech gear is on one side and I wanted to put a network switch on the other. In my case I used an old line set for my AC that got replaced some time ago because it was too small. I shot an earplug with nylon rope tied to it down the copper pipe with an air compressor then pulled the fiber through.
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    @emptyfield5250العام الماضي As a residential HVAC technician, I laughed out loud when he cut a giant hole in the supply duct. I don't know how he tried to seal it, but it's id="hidden58" class="buttons"> important to keep all that air pressure in the ducts to make sure it flows through and exits the registers at a velocity high enough to mix with the air in the room. Ducting systems are designed with specific diameters so that the velocity of the air remains constant as it flows through the whole system (~700ft/min), and each register should have the same velocity of air coming out. Leaky ducts cause lower (supply) static pressure and lower velocity air (and therefore less "treated" air) getting into the home, meaning less efficient heating/cooling. In addition, the fan is still trying to pull the same amount of air from the house through the return duct, but now the house is under a negative pressure (since some of the air is escaping in the attic) so the return side static pressure raises. The data plate on the furnace will say what the Max External Static Pressure is rated for, but most residential units are rated between 0.5 - 1.0" WC (or ~0.018 - 0.036 psi). Best case if the hole is sealed well he won't experience any noticeable difference, but worst case it's years of higher electric/gas bills due to longer run times, and a premature blower failure due to increased return side static pressure (and don't expect it to be covered under warranty).
    Edit: Just to add a better way that won't damage the system, I would remove the faceplate/cover/door for the evaporator coil (the metal box before the supply plenum that has the copper or aluminum lineset feeding into it from the outdoor condenser) and feed the balloon through the door. You could then drill a much smaller hole into the door with some kind of a wire grommet (and I'd still put mastic tape over it).
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    @lily_skyeالعام الماضي You're gonna have a bad time come winter when heat is going through that vent. especially since you went for a flat one instead of unshielded twisted id="hidden59" class="buttons"> pair. I learned the effects of heat on packet loss the hard way when I ran ethernet cable through the attic :\ ....وسعت
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    @bodugokالعام الماضي My first thought from your title was somehow using the ductwork as a waveguide, your solution was way more practical.
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    @kramoالعام الماضي I initially thought you meant AC as in Ethernet over Powerline I can understand why you went for a flat Ethernet cable but those unfortunately have ab id="hidden60" class="buttons">ysmal line rate performance and are susceptible to RF noise (at least the ones I used in the past) ....وسعت 1
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    @Decodeish1العام الماضي There's a thing called powerline internet and it's also IP over AC power, that's what I expected at first. this is way better though ;) 1
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    @JohnChuprunالعام الماضي Actually a common thing - but its called Plenum rated cable (for air plenums), since this is a fire hazard (lots of air to help combustion needs a special id="hidden61" class="buttons"> rated cable). They do make Plenum rated ethernet cable quite readily, even though it seems strange how low voltage could be that big a risk. But, it is a metal cavity with lots of airflow. ....وسعت
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    @laranjajefessorالعام الماضي I was deceived into thinking it was going to be a video creating a protocol for communication
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    @sstorholmالعام الماضي That’s quite clever actually, the reverse of the classic vacuum cleaner trick used for pulling cable in conduits. However, that flat Ethernet cable is horrible, I’ve never seen one that has managed to actually pass standard tests. ....وسعت
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    @Kinkajou1015العام الماضي I clicked this expecting IPoAC (Internet Protocol over Avian Carriers) not IPoCCS (Internet Protocol over Climate Control Systems).
    Also, nice Harris Teeter bag. From 5 dollar sushi Friday? :P
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    @Martyr217العام الماضي This is probably what we would have done this but my house was built in 1724 and no need for A.C. in Scotland so we just fed the cables through the walls id="hidden64" class="buttons"> and under the floors. I have seen this done this way with A.C. in newer homes. ....وسعت
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    @ColonelStrakerالعام الماضي Plot Twist: He may have figured out how to run Air Conditioning over IP. Goodbye water-cooled CPU ! 1
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    @ericfielding2540العام الماضي Great idea for newer houses that have HVAC ductwork. I lived in buildings that had no airconditioning and the heating carried by water or steam, which would not be so good for cables.
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    @cogspaceقبل 4 أشهر I thought this was going to be IP over AC power, which was compelling enough, but this is so much funnier.
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    @imark7777777قبل 11 أشهر Apparently there are occasional circumstances where this can be done the most nobody's gonna know.
    But you definitely want to be using Plenum id="hidden66" class="buttons"> rated cabling, it doesn't give off the noxious fumes that kill you if it catches fire. You also don't want the cable acting as a fire wick between rooms.
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    @maxritter7868العام الماضي I know the saying goes "It's not stupid if it works" but I simply love things that are really stupid but work surprisingly well.
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    @power-maxالعام الماضي This is actually a thing that is occasionally done, but you got to use plenum rated cabling for it to be up to code. 1
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    @isaiahhigginsالعام الماضي I thought it was going to be one of those ethernet over mains voltage devices, but this is even whackier!
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    @barongerhardtالعام الماضي IMO just pay a pro. It is only around $100-200 a drop and you won't a weird wire sticking out your vent and running around the walls.
    If you id="hidden67" class="buttons"> want to do it yourself, the best way to get from upstairs to downstairs is upstairs rooms go to the attic. Then down utility (plumbing, electrical, .) column to the basement or crawl space. From there connect the downstairs rooms to the basement. (Glow in the dark fishing rods help.)
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    @redlancer7263العام الماضي It's crazy how similar you and Engineering Explained sound and speak 1
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    @bastelwastel8551العام الماضي RFC1149 called, it want its acronym back 2