Need Opinions on running Cat5 into house

[AzRoute66]

Actually if you can attach it to stucco, I like that a lot. I've never been happy about puncturing stucco but I am not experienced with it. I was going to attach the conduit to the cement with a strap/concrete screw as high as possible and mud it up. Go with the stucco attachment if you can. I get away with the stuff I do because I live 13 miles from the Mexican border and my 'style' sorta blends right in.

[Syberdog]

IAh Ha -are you saying forget going under the stucco stop... instead bring the conduit up the outside stucco a couple feet the into a LB box then straight through to a wall box to plug my cable to?
This would be cleaner and i could probably locate it closer to an existing outlet instead of running the patch cable out of the closet. One problem I have run into before is that this builder was really cheap and didn't put any OSB behind a lot of the stucco - just building paper, foam & wire. He only reinforced corners or where he had to so I might find I have a "Hollow Wall" with just wallboard, paper and stucco in which case I epoxy anchors in for fastening things. This would be light enough.
I have 100' cable already terminated but can cut one end off and wire it directly - I have about 30' extra and can makeup another long cable with the drop..

[Mike90250]

I go to a boatyard, and get Brass Wool. It does not rust out like steel wool, and critters dont like to chew it. fill gaps with it. The colored stucco is a good idea too.

[AzRoute66]

I agree with GRickard to push the conduit up as high to the crack as possible. But I MIGHT seal around it with a pre-mixed stucco mix I found at Ace Hardware. They have gallons, but I have found it in a size much closer to a pint. It hardens very well, and the color is such that you might not even have to paint to match. See if you have other stucco areas to touch up soon - it doesn't store well once opened.

http://www.acehardware.com/product/i...ductId=1381708

On the interior I would definitely find a stud and put a wall plate the standard distance above the floor. Once the cable is fished up, spackle the current hole before replacing the baseboard. Put your connector on before you fish it up, while you still have a good sized pigtail to work with, then attach the connector to the wall plate.

At least from what I see, that's roughly the way I would go.

[GRickard]

Run the conduit up the wall to an "LB" and run the conduit into the wall sealing around it with silicone. This will give you some physical protection for the cable and keep the sunlight from making the jacket brittle.

[Syberdog]

Sure I'll see if I can get one when the sun goes down-

These are a little better....

[AzRoute66]

Can you shoot the conduit photo again in the evening with flash? The surroundings are so bright it is kind of difficult to tell exactly what it is doing.

[Syberdog]

My Solaredge 5000H has a RJ45 connection. Since I'm not going wireless at this time out at the inverter, I decided to run Cat5e to a router in the spare bedroom and then create a wireless bridge from that router into my local network, I split off the main trench with my 1/2" conduit for the Cat5 cable and when I got up next to the house, where the closet is, I found the builder did something strange... there is a thick concrete ledge about a foot out from my foundation.(leveled flat- like a floor...oops too low...) It makes it so the conduit 90 elbow is right up next to the stucco stop when laid in place- no room for a riser.

I drilled out from the bedroom closet and the hole came out just above the stucco stop (there is an air gap between the stucco stop and the house wall)

Any suggestions on how to finish this off?
Once the cable is inside, I planned on filling the hole with silicone caulk, but what about the end of the conduit?
Fill it good with big stretch or silicone caulk too? Tuck some extra cable up behind the stucco and fill the area ?
is ther a product made for this or other ideas?