Re: Network Advice - cable management

[Ben McCormack <yahoogroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jon

I am thinking about similar things at the moment.

Couple of things

I would not extend the cable. For me it is an extra joint that could go
wrong. I would always worry

I like the idea of patch panels at 2 different heights. One at the top and
one at the bottom then you can either patch different things into each (Top
= Ethernet and Bottom = IR) or just use the closest to patch each thing in.

As a side point - When we do this professionally in Datacentres the Cat5 or
Cat6 is cut to length with no real extra to play with. If well thought out
you should never need to move the patch panel. That said there is at least
one person on this list who has extended their Cat5 as house extensions
forced them to move the patch panel!

Hope this rambling helps

Ben




On 17 Jan 2010, at 22:44, semi.jons wrote:

> This weekend I've begun punching down some of the cables that I
installed in 2007!! The last 2 years have been very busy for various
reasons and I've hardly done any work on the house. Fortunately the
labelling scheme worked and I still had my records :-)  However about 10
cables in I've wondered if I am doing it the most efficient way so could do
with some advice.
>
> When installing I left ensured there was spare cable in N0 but got
more generous as time went on.  With most of the cables I can punch them
down comforably at work-top height, the idea being comfortable working
height and then I can mount the patch-panel at what ever height I want,
coiling the cable up and hiding on a high shelf or in the floor void above.
 However about 6 cables are too short for this.  So my options are:
> -punch them down last and coil the extra cable although I'll never be
able to move the panel much
> - cut all the cables to the same shorter length, less cable to
manage/store
> - extend the shorter cables with a Krone block, easy to punch down
rather than up a step ladder, flexible panel location
> - buy another small patch panel for the shorter cable, I could
probably do with the extra ports as I have a few more cables to run through
conduits to a couple of locations
>
> So what have other people done to cables coming into the back of their
patch panel?
> Is exra useful, is it worth pulling back into a void?    So chop and
worry about that later?
>
> I've also got a similar situation with TV cables,  I was thinking of
living with the various lengths, terminating them individually and plugging
into an amp/loftbox when needed.  A different approach as they plug
directly into the end point rather than a flexibility point.
>
> Advice on cable management / storage much appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> JonS
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