I want one of those little heated tents the telcos use. Or forget the heat, just a tent. Except that might be bad in a 40mph wind. Maybe an ice fishing shack on wheels.
From: Josh Luthman Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 1:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Terminating cable at the base of the tower I did the same and got frost bite fingers in Ohio. Where it's supposed to rain on Friday. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 2:48 PM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote: Yeah, I was literally crimping cables inside the box during a blizzard in Alaska. :) Those bison fab enclosures are big enough. On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 1:47 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> wrote: Few circles of slack before/after this box. Internal space for working out of the elements?!?!?! I WISH!!! Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote: True, but you also have no covered space once you open it up to work out of the elements, and no internal space for slack storage should you want to move an AP somewhere on the tower. *shrug* On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> wrote: Enclosure + outdoors + SS + grounding lug Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 2:43 PM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote: LOL $500? I was using these: http://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=10039 On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 1:22 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> wrote: Another box between electronics and AP, that might be a good idea. What compression fittings? If I do a patch panel/punch blocks it'll be with this: http://www.mccowntech.com/gige-twr-outdoor-tower-wall-mount-ethernet-surge-suppressor-protector/ My concern would be if water did get in the line, would it ruin that box? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 2:18 PM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote: Drew u a pic AP --------------------cat5--------------------compression fitting-----[box]-----service loop-----shielded patch panel-----[/box][conduit]--------------------[/conduit][shack]-----service loop-----shielded patch panel-----shielded patch cable-----switch/router On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 1:06 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> wrote: Maybe another way to put it is after you terminate the run, what do you plug in to? Going straight to RJ45ecs is a mess and going straight to the SS wouldn't be very cable management friendly and potentially ruin SS every time water finds it's way in, causing more problems. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: Why are you going into the connector? Terminate the cable and that's the end of it. (Do you see what I did there?) :-) ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com -------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Josh Luthman" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 12:54:40 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Terminating cable at the base of the tower Sure. I have a bunch of APs, BHs, cameras, etc on the tower with cat5/rj45. Those come down the tower. What do you terminate to? How do you organize them? I prefer terminating to rj45 and not a punch block, but maybe that would be better if the general consensus goes that way. My problem now is that going into an rj45ecs is nearly impossible to open up when you can't get your fingers around all of it, so when there are many tightly done together you're screwed. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote: I'm not sure I understand your question... Can you explain things a bit better? On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 12:50 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> wrote: > We've been using RJ45ECS for a while but on sites with many (>6) aps this > presents a problem if we need to get to the cable. After some frost bite, I > gave up and just cut the cable to reterminate it. I'd like to have a better > solution for 1 and many runs. > > What has worked for you guys when winter comes around and you need access to > the cables? > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373
