Re: Network Advice - cable management

["Martyn Wendon" <martynwendon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had to re-locate N0 from a bedroom on the first floor to the garage
and
was grateful for the extra cable I'd coiled up below the rack.  It allowed
me pull the cable back down into the floor and across the other side of the
bedroom into a storage area above the stairs (which became N1).  Here I
re-terminated into patch panels and then ran new cables from the new N0 in
the garage up into the same storage area.  This gives me a patch panel for
CAT5 in the house and a patch panel for CAT5 in N0 - very useful for
patching to / from different locations / services etc.

If it were me in your situation I would leave as much coiled cable as
possible while still allowing decent termination practices.  For the
shorter
runs I would extend them with high-band joiners to allow them to be
terminated at work-top height.  This would also allow the patch panel to be
removed and brought back down to work-top height in the future for
terminating new cables or trouble-shooting at a later date if required.


Martyn

----- Original Message -----
From: "semi.jons" <semi.jon@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 10:44 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Network Advice - cable management


> 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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