Routing wires

[darien87]

I apologize if this has already been covered, but I did a search and didn't really find what I'm looking for.

I just bought a new entertainment center last night, and my new Yamaha 661 will be here on Monday, (damn Fed-Ex Ground ). My current set-up is a complete miasma of wires going every which way behind my stereo cabinet. Since I have to rerun all my wires anyway, I want to do it right this time.

My plan is to cut 2 holes, one on the left and one on the right, in the back of each cabinet shelf for wires. I plan to run all the power cables down the left side of each shelf, and other cables down the right side. My question is this: Do the power cables need to be as far away from ALL the other wires as possible, or are there other cables that I car route along the left side with them? If so, that seems like a whole lot of cables going along the right side, with just a few going down the left side.

 

[mtrycrafts]

I apologize if this has already been covered, but I did a search and didn't really find what I'm looking for.

I just bought a new entertainment center last night, and my new Yamaha 661 will be here on Monday, (damn Fed-Ex Ground ). My current set-up is a complete miasma of wires going every which way behind my stereo cabinet. Since I have to rerun all my wires anyway, I want to do it right this time.

My plan is to cut 2 holes, one on the left and one on the right, in the back of each cabinet shelf for wires. I plan to run all the power cables down the left side of each shelf, and other cables down the right side. My question is this: Do the power cables need to be as far away from ALL the other wires as possible, or are there other cables that I car route along the left side with them? If so, that seems like a whole lot of cables going along the right side, with just a few going down the left side.

If it is an entertainment center, it has a back panel. Maybe you can route the cables out as much as possible. You can also drill a second hole close to the signal cable for part of the signal cables.
Try to keep the power together and away from the signal wires.

 

[jchag]

consider adding a cooling fan if the entertainment center is closed. I overheated my receiver in my new entertainment center. After adding the fans, no more problems.