I dont get the extreme cold that you get josh but I have delt with what
you are talking about and
Now that we have moved to using nothing but Superior essex for any
vertical run and most run into conduit when it hits the tower
I have made a Strain Relief when the cables enter our cabinets which
also serves as a ground lug for all cables at entry. The inner jacket
makes it way over to a 110 1u patch panel for rj45 which basically
removes connector issues and interface problems before they start by
having cables closely bundled and giving some support to the heavier
side of the cable. I use di-electric grease when doing the punch into the
panel which will help with oxidation and moisture entry into the panel.
Even top side where the break out point is we have a piece of all
thread inside the LB PVC to help support and organize the cable upon exit.
This our latest standard for all cabinets and entry points at our sites.
On 01/13/2016 12:57 PM, Josh Reynolds wrote:
What I did at the latest tower SWS built before I left, was I put a
Bison Fab rackmount enclosure at the base of the tower on a short
wooden pole. Inside the box I put a shielded 1U punchdown at the
bottom. I also left slack for each cable bundled inside the enclosure.
From the box, there was conduit leading in to the shack / rack. If
water got into the cable somehow, the damage was limited to the
punchdown block. Also, this way I didn't have to run cable down the
tower and then try and fish it through the conduit.
For coming in to the box, I just used a step-bit and a bunch of
compression fittings.
On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Josh Luthman
<[email protected]> wrote:
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
