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    Hands-on: Cabling photos

    Jan. 22, 2021
    For ICT cabling and connectivity professionals, the concept of "hands-on" can cut both ways.
    Matt Vincent
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    As those posting photos to Reddit's social media subcommunities for the trade well know, for ICT cabling and connectivity professionals, the concept of "hands-on" cuts both ways. In that, a hands-on attitude backed by expertise is always what installers need to get out of a fix...and is frequently what previous installers exercised in an opposite way to create the fix...

    Reddit/Cablefail
    Hands1
    "Trying to trace a cable and used my phone as a periscope in a tiny access hatch. This was about 20 feet up and my ladder was 12. The phone was to see about 3 feet above my head. And cable toners are very useful. When you can find the closet! Turns out, this building has a closet that the property manager didn’t know existed. Once we found it, the cable was toned to verify the accuracy of following it by color through about 6 bulkheads." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP [orig. poster]: u/sja5164 
    Reddit/Cablegore
    Hands2
    "Original contractor ran riser cable in an all plenum space. Time to re-pull and extract the bad cable. Original contractor is paying for the removal and new cable install. The cable that has been removed is not worth re-running due to having to cut sections out. The existing cable was zip tied every 3 to 5 feet making it next to impossible to pull out full lengths." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: u/ThatCurlyHairedGuy20
    Reddit/Cablegore
    Hands3
    " 'We're reading crossovers.' What pairs? 'Yes.' The main issue here is it being untwisted about 300% too much." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: u/sua16
    Reddit/Cablegore
    Hands4
    "Spaghetti in the ceiling of a local pub." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: u/88Drewpeacocks
    Reddit/Cablegore
    Hands5
    "Business up top, party at the bottom. I’m not going to mention the Lenel security panel on the wall with the backup battery on top and the keys in the lock. Nope, not gonna mention that at all." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: u/CannibalCaramel
    Send your must-see cabling photos to [email protected].

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