RE: Node 0 patch panel installation

["Neil Ball" <neilball@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Tim.



I've got plenty of slack in the cables but I'm trying to avoid a long,
unsupported loop behind the patch panels. I'll have a think about how to
deal with the extra length as I like the sound of sitting down comfortably
to punch down the cables. I think I will punch down from the side closest
to
the cables though, having thought about it I guess it would be easier that
way as there will not be punched down cables covering the terminals of the
next cables to be terminated.



I was intending to do put in a few cables at a time so probably punch down
4
at a time. Any more & I'm sure I'll end up snagging cables and pulling
the
cores off the punch-down blocks before I get to them. With 96 cables to
punch down I expect it to take me some time and that is assuming that they
are all 100% first time which I seriously doubt!!



Neil B.





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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Tim Hawes
Sent: 22 August 2007 17:07
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Node 0 patch panel installation



Neil,

When I did mine, I punched down each core as I went and it was quite slow
going.

However, I watched a guy doing this a little while ago. It was a
paid-for job but I hesitate to use the word professional as I was
looking-on from quite a distance, and I've no idea whether it worked
ok. I assume it did :-)

He stripped the sheaths of all cables and aligned individual cores
over the punchdown terminals before going down the whole panel and
punching-down in one go (i.e. prepared all, then punched down all,
rather than doing it a cable at a time). This was all done on his lap
as he sat on a box etc. He worked from one end of the panel to the
other and I think he worked towards the side the cables fed in from.

The punch-down activity was certainly quicker than my way, so if you
have the slack in the cables to do it, and steady knees, it may be
worth a try :-)

HTH,

Tim.

On 8/22/07, Neil Ball <neilball@btopenworl
<mailto:neilball%40btopenworld.com>
d.com> wrote:
> Well Node 0 at the new house is finally coming together, just about to
start
> installing my patch panels & terminating all my Cat5e cabling.
I've
already
> got all of my room side cables terminated and outlet plates fitted,
I've
> bought a simple cheap tester to ensure end-to-end terminations are
correct.
> I even tried a quick test with an outlet module punched down to a
short
> length of cable to the patch panel just to make sure I'm on the right
track
> and all seems to work (which is a relief!).
>
>
>
> I'm not using a rack for any kit, SWMBO simply would not entertain the
idea
> of a 19" rack in the cupboard :-( So instead I've got the walls
sheeted
with
> ply leaving a decent service void behind for cabling. I've got the
cutouts
> prepared over which the patch panels will be mounted to allow access
to
the
> cabling. I've neatly bundled the cables together and supported them
with
tie
> wraps fixed to the wall and am now starting to think about how to
physically
> tackle the punch down process most efficiently. I'm using 2 2U 48-way
patch
> panels and had though of temporarily mounting them back-to-front just
above
> and below the cutout to hold them securely in place while I dress in
the
> cables and punch down. Would it be easier to start punching down at
the
> middle of the patch panel and work towards the outside edge or the
opposite
> to this? Anyone care to comment or offer any advice before I get
started
> this evening?
>
>
>
> Neil B.





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