WTF is 10 kilometers???
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 6:03 PM, Jay Weekley <[email protected]> wrote: > We mentally convert metrics to English units anyway. If someone says > something is 10 kilometers away. I mentally say, "wow, that's over six > miles". > > Eric Kuhnke wrote: > >> Silly Americans just convert everything to use metric please... >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 2:22 PM, George Skorup <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Old AT&T telco racks are 12-24. All of the new 2-post telco racks >> we get are 12-24 threaded as well. >> >> On 3/30/2016 4:11 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote: >> >>> Most relay racks / two post racks from US sources (Hammond, >>> Middle Atlantic, Chatsworth) which don't use nuts seem to ship >>> with 10-32 US threaded holes. All of the cage nuts that mount in >>> square holes seem to be M6 as they all come from China/Taiwan. >>> >>> I am not sure the last time I saw something 12-24 threaded. >>> >>> Then there are the weird 23" heavy gauge steel relay racks used >>> by some old telecom stuff that come untapped, if you want to >>> mount stuff in it you need to bring a tap kit and power drill. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 8:52 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> I think even here in the US, square holes and M6 cage nuts >>> and screws are pretty much standard. At least in data >>> centers. Telco might still use 12-24. >>> *From:* Eric Kuhnke <mailto:[email protected]> >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:45 PM >>> *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw >>> I've seen lots of M6 in the stuff from China, and of course >>> 12-24 and 10-32 from US sources... But never M5. >>> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 7:41 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Rack screw can be 10-32, 12-24, M5, M6. And rack rail >>> can be threaded, round hole, square hole. Too many options. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- From: Cassidy B. Larson >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:24 PM >>> >>> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw >>> >>> I know on Cisco switches you could turn the ears around >>> and the holes would line up so you’d get more switch in >>> front of the rails. >>> >>> >>> On Mar 29, 2016, at 8:22 PM, Sterling Jacobson >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> That's a good idea. >>> >>> If there are not holes, is there a small screw type >>> that is short and self-tapping? >>> >>> Not sure the best way to mount the ears if the holes >>> for the ears don't exist on the switch. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Af [mailto:[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 8:10 PM >>> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw >>> >>> Add mounting ears farther back on the switch. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Sterling Jacobson >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 7:57 PM >>> To: '[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>' >>> Subject: [AFMUG] Super long rack screw >>> >>> This is really specific; don't ask why I need it :) >>> >>> But I need a standard rack threaded screw that looks >>> like a 6 to 7 inch long motherboard standoff screw. >>> >>> So it would stand a 1U switch forward from the 19" >>> rack about 6-7 inches. >>> >>> I tried standard rack standoff modules, but the space >>> is too limiting. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >
