On July 10, 2006 at 09:36, Wire Nuts said...
Understood ed, but like ddeca has pointed out,
what about using the extra cat5's for some type
of control or for baluns or for rg6's for video
only scenarios? I am running into the same scenarios
as ddeca. Putting all of those wires in a can
is not always feasible. There are times that we
pull extra wires that have no home immediatly.
Where should they go?
If you use OnQ, the extra coax cables can terminate to a 12 port or 8 port RF bulkhead
[Link: onqlegrand.com][Link: onqlegrand.com]As for the extra Cats pulled for audio and video distribution, IR, RS-232, etc., I still terminate them, how they will be terminated depends on where they will be located.
If it's a wire located in the structured wiring distribution, it goes to 110 to RJ45 punchdown blocks, and I like to use a seperate block for each type of signal.
In the case of keypad cables, IR and RS232 which are going directly to the rack, I terminate them to RJ-45s and put a patch panel in the rack. The cables then go to the equipment so that the configuration can be changed at any time and the biggest obstacle is replacing a jumper.
Since this method requires extra panel space, modules, patch panels, etc., these methods are used in the higher end systems with heathire budgets.
We fight for the budget to use these methods in more modest projects... Sometimes succesfully, sometimes, not.
