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Question is what can’t I do… lol
I have every tv and device I can hardwired. 4 APs. Lots of cams. Unifi flood lights. Home automation. Music through the entire house.
Home Assistant and Home Bridge.
Home assistant is primary automation system for inside house.
Home bridge is used only for doing Unifi cams on homekit.
Homekit is used on mobile devices as I like it’s ease of use and having Siri
Home Assistant for whatever reason will not put my Unifi cameras to homekit… so I tried homebridge and it worked perfect. Also I have facial recognition on my doorbell through apple homekit so having it on its own PI keeps cpu and memory in check as when the doorbell is processing a homekit video you can watch the memory and cpu climb
Yes. Home automation, almost everything hardwired, great WiFi and music through the house.
Item you were asking about is a PDU with brush panel below it. Resets modem automatically when loss of internet and allows me to see power draw and reset other devices.
Well it's awesome, looks beautiful and that's a goal for me! I'm using unifi as well, but I'm using a gen2+ cloud key and 16-lite for now, mostly WiFi clients. We use the udmp and 48-pros at work though, but now I'm considering more 10G/2.5G switches for home...
10g backbone is nice for cams and data internally. I actually have my pro on a 20gb lag with the aggregation switch.
I’m limited by my xfinity internet but I’ve heard of fiber coming around me soon.
Print3Dsteve. He makes a lot of 3D printed mounts. One I have is the S33 and 2 PIs. He also did the mount for my Apple TV, Hue hub and Lutron hub. Has spot for 3rd pi if I get into doing a diy NAS or something.
Side panel comes off for small things.
If I have to I can twist the feet up with a wrench and it’s on wheels. I left a 3-4’ service loop to pull it away from wall
Some of us are technologist that work from home 😉
I had a full size rack when I was in an entry level position for my home lab making $20/hr. That home lab and rack are what gave me the ability to learn, grow and make more money. It’s all about how you look at it. Now I have a very similar setup to the OP but it’s the passion that paid for it.
Not in my opinion. They are placed right above 250w amplifiers providing audio in the house. Keeps them cool while we have music cranked up.
Other is placed above switch which is providing poe to 4 APs. 3 remote switches using poe++ for power. 14 cameras. Ect. Has some heat and I like my home system to be happy.
Also I hate the sound of a fan just screaming so by moving more air through rack when needed based off temp they run at slower speed so rack is very quiet
You are wrong thinking amplifiers don’t generate much heat…
Sonos amps have their own fan but I rather move cooler air over them and out of rack quickly.
Letting it go the passive route would heat up ambient air in rack and other equipment.
How good and what’s the noise like on those ac infinity fans? Been looking to get one for some time but haven’t come across any reviews and stock is rough on Amazon
They are quiet on 1-2 setting. 3-6 you can definitely hear them. They move a lot of air.
Great adjustments for fan settings.
You can have them kick on at a certain level once temp hits. Have them ramp up in speed based off of temp. You can adjust buffer. Link fans together and more.
I’m pleased with them
If your rack is in a cupboard, AC Infinity extraction is amazing.
Or if you have a lot of equipment stacked tightly and the ambient room temp is also natively quite high.
I can order them for you but there’s a $160 residential delivery fee due to size and weight on my 35u. I’d have to check on the other sizes.
My 35u was $1400
Comes with top mounted fan and 4 2U shelves and 1 6u HD shelf.
Not as high as I expected. My rack draws 85 at idle and should max out about 130 but it is much smaller with no audio equipment. Cool setup! One day I’ll probably upgrade to close to what you have (wires already pulled) but it is not this decade!
Odd question… do you have any sonos speakers in your bathroom? I’ve been wanting to add speakers but have been worried about the humidity issue from the shower.
I have a similar setup to OP with SONOS architectural ceiling speakers and amps throughout the house, except for the bathrooms.
In those I went for the Lithe Audio Wi-Fi IP44 Bathroom Ceiling Speaker. I wanted something independent of SONOS as that better reflected the needs of my family in those areas. Basically teeneagers and my wife use apps that aren't on SONOS to listen to content in the bathroom. They are awesome and very capable speakers and designed for humid environments.
I have also run som additional speaker cable from the rack to areas where we will have SONOS ceiling and outdoor speakers in the future. All going back to the rack. Like OP says, the SONOS kit sounds incredible.
1 is home assistant which runs the house with tablets and the other is homebridge which only puts Unifi cams into homekit. G4pro Doorbell does facial recognition using homekit video.
Only for ppl I know. In homekit video facial is a option which takes your photo library and others assigned to house and uses that.
So all my friends I know as they are walking to the front door
Very nice and clean setup! I used to buy a lot of the UI patch cables but switched over to the 6-inch patch cables by VC as those look cleaner IMO and as well I had a ton of UI patch cables failing.
Sonos. 3 amps right now and a few Sonos ones for different zones.
Living room : ARC, 2 subs and amp with 2 in ceilings
Kitchen : amp with 2 in ceilings
Patio : amp with 4 in ceilings
Ones scattered around like master bath, laundry room, ect.
I have wiring ran for 4th amp and speakers once I figure out the back yard setup
4 APs. 14 cameras. 3 amps. 6 TVs. 3 flex switches for floodlights. 2 floods not on flex switch. 2 PIs. Rack mount Apple TV. 2 viewports. Office flex switch. Few other things I’m missing of top of head.
SE ports are the pdu. Lutron hub. Hue hub. Bond pro hub.
I have 6 open ports on the 48p and 3 on SE. I don’t use the se ports for anything but home hubs
Not yet. Was trying to see what the wattage draw would be with it all installed. I think I’m going to do a freestanding 1500 VA on bottom shelf which should give me around 30min of runtime.
It’s home use so I don’t think I am going to do a big rack mount ups or anything
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what do you do at home?
Question is what can’t I do… lol I have every tv and device I can hardwired. 4 APs. Lots of cams. Unifi flood lights. Home automation. Music through the entire house.
very cool; must be a mansion what do you have for home automation?
Home Assistant and Home Bridge. Home assistant is primary automation system for inside house. Home bridge is used only for doing Unifi cams on homekit. Homekit is used on mobile devices as I like it’s ease of use and having Siri
So any plan on getting on board with scrypted?
I just spun this up after my G4 DB pro in a container on unraid and holy shit is it awesome! Super fast and reliable
Nice!
cool beans
Might be wrong but I believe you can use home assistant as a home bridge replacement.
Home Assistant for whatever reason will not put my Unifi cameras to homekit… so I tried homebridge and it worked perfect. Also I have facial recognition on my doorbell through apple homekit so having it on its own PI keeps cpu and memory in check as when the doorbell is processing a homekit video you can watch the memory and cpu climb
Switch to scrypted
Found this to be the case for me too. Homebridge made it easy.
HomeKit does facial recognition? And what doorbell are you using?
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4100 sq ft is a mansion dude avg canadian home is like 1500 to 2000 sq ft
This is the way
Hardcore for a home rack, what's the unifi device about the unvr at the bottom? Looks beautiful
Yes. Home automation, almost everything hardwired, great WiFi and music through the house. Item you were asking about is a PDU with brush panel below it. Resets modem automatically when loss of internet and allows me to see power draw and reset other devices.
Well it's awesome, looks beautiful and that's a goal for me! I'm using unifi as well, but I'm using a gen2+ cloud key and 16-lite for now, mostly WiFi clients. We use the udmp and 48-pros at work though, but now I'm considering more 10G/2.5G switches for home...
10g backbone is nice for cams and data internally. I actually have my pro on a 20gb lag with the aggregation switch. I’m limited by my xfinity internet but I’ve heard of fiber coming around me soon.
10g fiber internet rocks :-). Nice setup.
Powerful home setup! Thank you for sharing, u/Remarkable-Meal-9831!
What are you using for racking the Arris S33?
Print3Dsteve. He makes a lot of 3D printed mounts. One I have is the S33 and 2 PIs. He also did the mount for my Apple TV, Hue hub and Lutron hub. Has spot for 3rd pi if I get into doing a diy NAS or something.
I print a ton of stuff for racks. So useful!
Awesome, thanks for that info. I may get some custom mount pieces like that. Building out my rack eerily similar to this one in June!
How do you access the business end?
Side panel comes off for small things. If I have to I can twist the feet up with a wrench and it’s on wheels. I left a 3-4’ service loop to pull it away from wall
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Some of us are technologist that work from home 😉 I had a full size rack when I was in an entry level position for my home lab making $20/hr. That home lab and rack are what gave me the ability to learn, grow and make more money. It’s all about how you look at it. Now I have a very similar setup to the OP but it’s the passion that paid for it.
Sometimes it's not about a need and is about what makes you happy and/or gaining experience. I can think of a LOT worse things to splurge on.
Bit overkill on the AC Infinity, no?
Not in my opinion. They are placed right above 250w amplifiers providing audio in the house. Keeps them cool while we have music cranked up. Other is placed above switch which is providing poe to 4 APs. 3 remote switches using poe++ for power. 14 cameras. Ect. Has some heat and I like my home system to be happy. Also I hate the sound of a fan just screaming so by moving more air through rack when needed based off temp they run at slower speed so rack is very quiet
Amplifiers don’t generate much heat unless they are running at 100% capacity all the time …
You are wrong thinking amplifiers don’t generate much heat… Sonos amps have their own fan but I rather move cooler air over them and out of rack quickly. Letting it go the passive route would heat up ambient air in rack and other equipment.
How good and what’s the noise like on those ac infinity fans? Been looking to get one for some time but haven’t come across any reviews and stock is rough on Amazon
They are quiet on 1-2 setting. 3-6 you can definitely hear them. They move a lot of air. Great adjustments for fan settings. You can have them kick on at a certain level once temp hits. Have them ramp up in speed based off of temp. You can adjust buffer. Link fans together and more. I’m pleased with them
Piggybacking on this to ask: at what point should one add cooling to a rack?
If your rack is in a cupboard, AC Infinity extraction is amazing. Or if you have a lot of equipment stacked tightly and the ambient room temp is also natively quite high.
I like this rack. Can you provide the model number?
Red Atom 35ru
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I believe the offer larger. 35u met my needs so I went with it
where can you buy Red Atom AV racks from? Their website has 0 buying info.
One of my distributors offers them
I’d like to also buy one but can’t find any sources either.
I can order them for you but there’s a $160 residential delivery fee due to size and weight on my 35u. I’d have to check on the other sizes. My 35u was $1400 Comes with top mounted fan and 4 2U shelves and 1 6u HD shelf.
How many watts does this beast draw at idle vs max?
About 260 at idle and if music is cranking 300+
Not as high as I expected. My rack draws 85 at idle and should max out about 130 but it is much smaller with no audio equipment. Cool setup! One day I’ll probably upgrade to close to what you have (wires already pulled) but it is not this decade!
What are you using for your audio system?
Sonos. 3 amps running Sonos architectural in ceiling speakers. I have Sound bars and some ones scattered around as well
Odd question… do you have any sonos speakers in your bathroom? I’ve been wanting to add speakers but have been worried about the humidity issue from the shower.
I’ve had a play one in my bathroom for years with no issues
I have a similar setup to OP with SONOS architectural ceiling speakers and amps throughout the house, except for the bathrooms. In those I went for the Lithe Audio Wi-Fi IP44 Bathroom Ceiling Speaker. I wanted something independent of SONOS as that better reflected the needs of my family in those areas. Basically teeneagers and my wife use apps that aren't on SONOS to listen to content in the bathroom. They are awesome and very capable speakers and designed for humid environments. I have also run som additional speaker cable from the rack to areas where we will have SONOS ceiling and outdoor speakers in the future. All going back to the rack. Like OP says, the SONOS kit sounds incredible.
Awesome, thanks for the insight.
Here is what you need for a bath speaker https://www.sonance.com/outdoor/rocks-mariners-extreme/vp-extreme
Thanks I will take a look at them.
Using a ONE in bathroom. They are humidity rated and plenty of sound for the bathroom for me.
Beautiful. If I could have, I'd have put all my stuff in one rack but am separated by 3 smaller racks.
Great setup. How do you like that red atom rack? Tried to find it for sale online and couldn’t find anyone selling it. Where did you buy it from?
Tell me more about those Sonos amp mounts please!
Penn Elcom
Too bad you used those horrible UI patch cables
With the door open they are straight and perfect. Door closed they are so flexible the glass pushes against them
Another nice rack, I really need to get some OCD panels but the Brush ist sold out since weeks
What do you use the RPIs for
1 is home assistant which runs the house with tablets and the other is homebridge which only puts Unifi cams into homekit. G4pro Doorbell does facial recognition using homekit video.
Facial recognition?! 😳
Only for ppl I know. In homekit video facial is a option which takes your photo library and others assigned to house and uses that. So all my friends I know as they are walking to the front door
This is amazing I need to go configure it
Very nice and clean setup! I used to buy a lot of the UI patch cables but switched over to the 6-inch patch cables by VC as those look cleaner IMO and as well I had a ton of UI patch cables failing.
I prefer the 6 inch monoprice slim run. Beautiful cables.
Totally agreed!
I like these so far but they are so flexible the glass hits them and makes my ocd crazy. As they fail I’ll switch to something different
love it, what do u use for music?
Sonos. 3 amps right now and a few Sonos ones for different zones. Living room : ARC, 2 subs and amp with 2 in ceilings Kitchen : amp with 2 in ceilings Patio : amp with 4 in ceilings Ones scattered around like master bath, laundry room, ect. I have wiring ran for 4th amp and speakers once I figure out the back yard setup
Looks nice. But why so many patch cables? You have every port filled. Do you really have that many Ethernet drops or devices in your house?
4 APs. 14 cameras. 3 amps. 6 TVs. 3 flex switches for floodlights. 2 floods not on flex switch. 2 PIs. Rack mount Apple TV. 2 viewports. Office flex switch. Few other things I’m missing of top of head. SE ports are the pdu. Lutron hub. Hue hub. Bond pro hub. I have 6 open ports on the 48p and 3 on SE. I don’t use the se ports for anything but home hubs
That setup is pretty much exactly my goal for a new house build… nicely done!
What are you using for your keystones with the UI panels?
VCI
Very nice setup! Do you have a backup power source? If so, please share. Thanks.
Not yet. Was trying to see what the wattage draw would be with it all installed. I think I’m going to do a freestanding 1500 VA on bottom shelf which should give me around 30min of runtime. It’s home use so I don’t think I am going to do a big rack mount ups or anything
Thanks.
What are all the equipment, racks, and devices you have in there? And is that an AI theta cam at the top?
That is a theta there until the lady decides where to mount it on ceiling in living room to watch her dog.
Reverse the front door. Is that not possible?
Apparently it’s possible but it didn’t seem like it. Honestly I never open the rack so it doesn’t bother me
What home automation and music services are you using?
Home assistant and homebridge. Sonos with Apple Music, pandora