begin quoting Carl Lowenstein as of Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 03:46:56PM -0700: > On 9/14/07, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Brandon Evans wrote: > > > Our cage at our data center here in San Diego is in need of some > > > Ethernet & power cable TLC. We need a couple racks worth of Ethernet > > > cut to fit & our power cables need to be organized. Does anyone know of > > > some body who does this kind of job? > > > > Uh, you? > > > > Get a couple hundred foot spool of CAT-6, a *good* crimping tool (spend > > some money) and a bag of RJ-45's.
And a tester. It's much nicer to plug a cable into a test rig and see the pretty green light. If not a dedicated tester, then at least approximate it with a hub and a couple of machines. > > A trip to Graybar would be recommended. They even had a retail office > > in San Diego last time I checked (a couple years ago). > > To return to a pair of previously hashed-out discussions: > > Consider the cost of having to trouble-shoot one or more hand-crimped > cables, and rank that against the cost of premade cables. You might > not be able to buy them in length increments less than one foot, so > neatness will suffer a bit. It all depends on how spread out the components are, I suppose. > Hand-made power cables have a much higher probability of success, but > if you can buy them with one end connector already attached your labor > is halved. Buy long cables, and cut 'em in half... -- Sized-to-fit power cable and stuff in racks on rails... oh my. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
