Volume 6, Issue 2

Use a guide when covering a plastic raceway system

Feb. 1, 1998

When you are placing the cover on a plastic raceway system, it is often difficult to keep the cables parallel and to avoid pinching them.

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100Base-Tx

Feb. 1, 1998

Q:I have several questions regarding 100Base-Tx. First, when converting from 10Base-T to 100Base-Tx, what would be the impact of splitting the Category 5 cable between dual 8-...

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Make your floorplan a permanent part of your telecommunications closet

Feb. 1, 1998

You are required to service jack #127. When you get to the telecommunications closet (TC), you easily identify the jack by its marking on the block; however, as you rummage through...

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Minimize strain on vertical drops of Category 5 cables

Feb. 1, 1998

After running Category 5 cable above a ceiling, dropping it vertically can strain and bind the cable, damaging it and causing signal degradation.

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Use scrap cable sheath to untwist copper-wire pairs

Feb. 1, 1998

Often, cable installers improperly untwist the wire pairs in a Category 5 unshielded twisted-pair cable. Improper untwisting sacrifices the cable`s performance and negates the...

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Getting well-connected to the outside plant

Feb. 1, 1998

When bulk-fiber applications in the outside plant were the only game in town, fusion splicing was the primary technology used to join optical fibers. But as fiber has approached...

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Time-domain reflectometer

Feb. 1, 1998

Signetel`s TroubleShooterPlus cable tester is a broad-spectrum step time-domain reflectometer (tdr) that gives cable technicians diagnostic data needed to initiate cable restoration...

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Cable labeling equipment makes installation more efficient

Feb. 1, 1998

efore the proliferation of cable marking and labeling equipment, the Sharpie pen was the only identification used by most installers. Installers quickly scribbled numbers on both...

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Enhanced cabling prepares university for the future

Feb. 1, 1998

With more than 8000 students, eight schools offering degrees ranging from associate to doctorate, and campuses in Chester and Harrisburg, PA, and Wilmington, DE, Widener University...

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Messiah College zones in on cabling solution

Feb. 1, 1998

Electrical contractor John Fullerton took one look at the web of piping, wiring, and duct work that filled every nook and passageway of the nearly 30-year-old Kline Hall of Science...

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Another view of zone cabling

Feb. 1, 1998

Lauded by many as a concept that allows flexibility and mobility in the workplace, zone cabling was officially recognized by the Telecommunications Industry Association (tia--...