Volume 5, Issue 8

Measuring tape eases cable routing through walls

Aug. 1, 1997

When you are fishing an insulated wall with fish tape for cable routing, problems can occur when the fish tape bends or turns. This problem can make fishing a wall difficult, ...

Power & Cooling

Rodent Damage....

Aug. 1, 1997

In response to my answer about rodents chewing cable (see "Rodent damage to cable," April 1997, page 44), I received the following information. Many thanks to David Cox, chief...

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Installing cable in an uninsulated wall

Aug. 1, 1997

When you drop cable down the inside of a wall, it can curl back up or get caught in electrical conduit or other wires inside the wall.

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Gaining access above a lock-tile ceiling

Aug. 1, 1997

Installing communications cabling above lock-tile ceilings can lead to the problem of gaining access to the area above the ceiling and then replacing the ceiling tile. In some...

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Otdr and index-matching gel help determine fibers throughput

Aug. 1, 1997

After fiber-optic cable is routed into a building and terminated, the other end then awaits connection at a future, and probably critical, time. In the meantime, how do you ensure...

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Power-sum crosstalk tester

Aug. 1, 1997

Part of the lancat V Series 3.20, the lancat Vx cable tester and talk set combination includes power-sum near-end crosstalk and cable-grading capabilities. It also has a built...

Connectivity

Angled faceplates

Aug. 1, 1997

These angled faceplates come in two configurations. The afp14 series is designed for flush mounting and accepts any four of the manufacturer`s high-density jacks or SF series ...

Fiber

Use an underground cable locator to find buried cable

Aug. 1, 1997

When first introduced approximately 40 years ago, underground locators needed to do little more than find buried water, gas, or sewer lines. Today, locating has become more complex...

Connectivity

Quick-connect fiber-optic connectors hasten fibers journey to the desk

Aug. 1, 1997

As growing numbers of end-users demand high-speed data networks, fiber-to-the-desk installations are becoming increasingly common. Fiber proponents have effectively spread the...

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Rotary ups

Aug. 1, 1997

The Rotoups rotary uninterruptible power supply series is available in single- and three-phase input and output voltages and frequencies in power ratings from 5 to 1000 kilovolt...

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Laser source

Aug. 1, 1997

Intended for dense wavelength-division multiplexing systems, cable-TV networks, and other test and measurement applications, the fiber Bragg grating stabilized laser source has...