Volume 5, Issue 12

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Cabling Installation

Beaded chain helps avoid snags on wall insulation

Dec. 1, 1997
When fishing cable through an insulated wall, installers often have difficulty with the cable becoming snagged in the insulation. Traditional fishing tools such as fish tape, ...
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Connectivity

Installing modular cables and jacks

Dec. 1, 1997
Installing equipment cords to telephones or other equipment is not difficult, but it must be performed correctly for the devices to function properly.
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Connectivity

Homemade jig eases Category 5 terminations

Dec. 1, 1997
As an installer, you must terminate Category 5 cable to several kinds of modular connectors. Some connectors, particularly 110 punchdown insulation-displacement connectors, are...
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Home

Vacuum cleaner helps pull cable

Dec. 1, 1997
Pulling cable through old conduit can be difficult for several reasons. The pull rope may no longer be in place, and the conduit may already contain cabling. Either of these situations...
Cabling Installation

Yet another loop carrier

Dec. 1, 1997
A: First there was digital loop carrier (dlc) and then next-generation digital loop carrier (ngdlc) and now there is afc carrier, or so says Advanced Fibre Communications (afc...

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Cabling Installation

Wiring a small office/home office

Dec. 1, 1997
Q: I am about to wire a six-computer network in my home. I have already decided on Category 5 cable, T568B wiring, the location of the computers, and the "closet" in which to ...
Cabling Installation

Bidding on cabling projects

Dec. 1, 1997
Q: Can you recommend any magazines or services that offer notices of bids for structured cabling projects? Is there a better way to find out about projects available nationwide...
Cabling Installation

Wiring standards

Dec. 1, 1997
Q: I am bidding on data installation jobs. Are there any books in which I can find wiring standards for Category 3 and Category 5 patch panels and terminating blocks?
Cabling Installation

Installing listed optical-fiber raceways

Dec. 1, 1997
Q: When you are calculating the fill ratio of a conduit, how do innerducts fit into the calculation? My colleagues and I are working on a design which specifies that multiple ...
Cabling Installation

More on "Sleepless in Nashua"

Dec. 1, 1997
It`s refreshing to see someone in our industry make some noise (see "Four great mysteries of the cabling industry," July 1997, page 5). We cable contractors evolved from straight...
Cabling Installation

The making of an installation requirement

Dec. 1, 1997
"It is the responsibility of installers and end-users to oppose installation requirements that they believe to be impractical in the field."