In a message dated 9/17/02 11:21:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I, too, use beanies regularly and never seem to have a problem with them. > (I never realized they were looked down upon ) This whole thread started about the use of beanies by the alarm guys when you already have a RJ-31X set up on a 66 block. It's not the use of beanies themselves, they have a correct application in certain instances, and are handy when a quick fix is needed, or otherwise unavoidable. I guess general rules of thumb apply: 1. If you can pull a new cable or cross-connect, do it, don't splice & dice. 2. bean only when absolutely necessary, don't use them as a cure all 3. 5 minutes of extra work avoids a call back later, DON'T BE LAZY of course certain exceptions apply: 1. There's this hot receptionist you're dieing to get to know better, and you don't mind the callback 2. you're 20 feet on a ladder in a busy factory, and the fork lift operator is mildy psychotic, speed is of the essense I was taught many years ago, "It's always better to pull new cable". It may take longer, but you're only as good as your equipment allows, that includes test equipment. If start out with fresh cable, you know where you stand, splicing & dicing always leads to trouble. Steve L. Martin <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/surfsidesound/";>Surf Side Sound, Inc.</A> multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html _________________________________________________________________ KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt
