Again, Add a little more water and you'll turn this thread into soup Select Telecom Systems, Inc.
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 7:44 AM Subject: Re: KX-T: Beanies confessions > 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 _________________________________________________________________ KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt
