David, do you have a picture of the conduit on the tower? I'd like to see how it looks. What size conduit do you typically run?
On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 4:27 PM, David <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>> >>> >
