wires under house

[Stripes]

Will I run into any problems if I go down and up instead of up then down with my wires? I just wanted to run them under the house under the crawl space in a pvc pipe or something. It seams easier and I will use a lot less wire and cable.
I will be running speaker wire, subwoofer cable and HDMI. Ive already purchased the speaker outlet plates(resembles a electrical outlet).

Thanks...

 

[Adam]

Will I run into any problems if I go down and up instead of up then down with my wires?

You certainly will. Your amp will have to overcome the pressure drop in the electrons, putting an additional strain on the power supply. Sorry, I'm in one of those moods.

Seriously, you should be just fine. My family has run wires through basements for years with no problems at all. I really wish that I had a basement to do that in my house, as I'm looking into running wires under my carpet.

Nice job getting the speaker plates. I still need to get some. Did you get the ones with the five-way binding posts? I think that those look really slick.

 

[Stripes]

You certainly will. Your amp will have to overcome the pressure drop in the electrons, putting an additional strain on the power supply. Sorry, I'm in one of those moods.

Seriously, you should be just fine. My family has run wires through basements for years with no problems at all. I really wish that I had a basement to do that in my house, as I'm looking into running wires under my carpet.

Nice job getting the speaker plates. I still need to get some. Did you get the ones with the five-way binding posts? I think that those look really slick.

LOL! at first I was thinking oh crap I should have asked this before I ordered all the wires and cables...

As for the speaker plates, I did get a 5 way binding post with a sub input on it as well, I thought that was pretty sweet--I got it at Lowes for about 32 bucks...

thanks for the help

 

[Adam]

As for the speaker plates, I did get a 5 way binding post with a sub input on it as well...

I am jealous! I would like to run a sub line under my carpet, but I have yet to find a shielded wire that is flat enough for that. Honestly, I haven't looked since last summer when I ordered all of my flat speaker wire, so maybe there's something out there that I can use.

Good luck and have fun running all of those. I bet that it looks great once you get it done.

 

[Rickster71]

Yes, basements are nice.
One thing to consider is the distance.
http://www.audioholics.com/education/cables/speaker-cable-gauge
I've enclosed a link to the Audioholic's Speaker Cable Guide.

 

[Audioholics]

I've run everything almost exclusovely underneath the home with the exception of the projector feed and power.

 

[Stripes]

Sounds good, thanks guys. One more question, Can I run everything in the same conduit? Or should I seperate the audio and video?

 

[Adam]

Sounds good, thanks guys. One more question, Can I run everything in the same conduit? Or should I seperate the audio and video?

My two cents is that you'd want to run the speaker wires in a different conduit than the low-level subwoofer and HDMI cables to prevent interference. If the wires have good shielding, then it probably won't matter, though.