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Wiring/walls hide-n-seek

Well today, I wanted to wire in a small ubiquiti in-wall AP. They're really sweet little APs - 4 hardwire ports and an AP all in one POE box the size of an outlet. I have several of the UAP-IW-HD model and love them. Turn down the power and you can almost isolate to the room. Plus 4 hard wired ports - which is perfect for my use - either right next to a desk for "working" or right next to the tv so I'm not streaming over wifi. 

So I started looking at the wall I need to fish the wire through and realized that in the garage which is below this room, the wall is about 4 inches thick. In this room it's 12 inches thick. Oh good, I can just punch through the ceiling into the wall cavity, right? Well, here's where it gets interesting. I tried to find the hole I drilled through using a long bit. No joy. I have no idea where it is. Time to go spelunking. I hope to have this one wired in later tonite. Either that or drink a delicious Maine beer. Yeah, likely going to be the beer. 

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