House Renovation Tips: Do You Have a Phone Lead-in Cable?

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If you're doing major renovation work on a property, then you'll be relieved to get to the final stages of the project where you prepare to move in. You have a lot of things to arrange during this period, including setting up phone and data connections. When you call service providers to see how to do this, you're told that you need a lead-in cable to set up telecom services. How can you tell whether you already have this cable or whether you need to set up a new one?

25 October 2018

What Is Spiking the Electricity Bill in Your Office?

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Has the energy consumption in your office changed abruptly? Has your bill spiked, but you haven't added any new appliances or increased your consumption? If so, it is essential to find out the cause of the increased usage so that you can come up with ways to manage it and restore normalcy in your office. In most cases, an abrupt spike in your energy bills with no changes in consumption could be an indication that there is a problem in your business.

26 April 2018

Three reasons to install a CCTV system on your property

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Many homeowners nowadays have CCTV systems installed on their properties. Here are three reasons why you might want to consider doing this too. To deter potential burglars Burglars do not usually target properties at random; instead, they will usually select houses which they believe will be easy for them to break into without being detected. Most burglars understand that targeting a property which has security features, such as an alarm or a CCTV system, will significantly increase the likelihood of them being caught and arrested.

27 February 2018

Fixing a Dark or Blurry Picture on a Plasma TV

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In many scenarios, a dark or blurry picture on a plasma TV is the result of poor picture calibration. Calibration settings can usually be accessed with your remote on your TVs' main menu under the Picture options. Other potential picture problems are related to the TV's input source. If addressing these factors doesn't help, the TV probably needs to be serviced or replaced. Calibrating Brightness The brightness setting affects what the TV displays as black.

29 August 2017

A Beginners Sound Design Studio Guide

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Starting up your very own home recording studio is the perfect way to develop your skills as a potential sound designer and create professional quality sound effects for home movies and film. The business of creating sound effects and soundscapes is often overlooked, and people forget how much effort is placed on creating effective audio for film and television. The great thing about sound design is that everything is a potential tool that can be recorded, mixed, layered and manipulated.

19 September 2016

Fire In The Server Room: Sprinklers And Wall Cables

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Fire is more of a threat in server rooms than it is in other parts of a commercial entity due to the numerous electrical connections that characterize server rooms. Business owners need to take all precautionary measures possible to prevent fire outbreaks in their server rooms, or to reduce the potential extent of damage in the event of an outbreak. This article discusses two things you might want to know about server rooms and fire if you intend to set up a server room from scratch.

19 July 2016

DIY Data Cabling Installation: Cable Trays And Signal Interference

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There's nothing particularly wrong about undertaking the DIY installation of a data cabling system. On the contrary, doing this might end up saving money that you would have otherwise spent on hiring a commercial data cabling installation contractor. In the same breath, DIY installation of data cabling systems may also end up being quite the expense. The smallest of mistakes during DIY installation can interfere with the efficient performance of the data cabling system and they can have severe financial implications.

9 June 2016