On Tue, 17 Sep 2002 23:42:57 -0500, you wrote (with possible editing): >I don't know about anyone else, but I don't mind beanies. Personally, I >prefer to use the variety of scotchlocks, but beanies can definitely be >convenient. > >I think the part about looking down on beanies is because they seem to be >used almost universally used by alarm installers to improperly install their >phone connections, rather than simply for a splice. I don't know why alarm >installers would even need to splice if a place has a crossconnect frame. >Put the 31X down on the 66 block like the rest of the station cable and >connect accordingly. I usually cover the input to the RJ31X on the 66 block >with red plastic markers (usually "recovered" from the LEC) so it will stand >out as a special point when other techs are working on the frame.
As a guy who owned an alarm company and did more than a few installs himself, we always wired in the 31x and simply connected the alarm with a pigtail. No need for splicing there. Otoh, in the alarm trade, even with the new panels, there will always be zones where multiple devices are connected in series. You can use terminal strips or splice. I've never seen any literature saying one is better than the other. > >You can see one of my installs where I did this at >http://www.tippenring.com/images/telecom/sto/DSCF0581.JPG. >Look at the top block in the 4th column. (In my defense, we didn't install >this originally, and they didn't want to fix the cabling when we installed >the new system, so ). I particularly liked the feature of leaving a tool belt hanging there so anyone can play phone tech! -- Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Charles P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "kxthelp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 10:14 PM >Subject: KX-T: Beanies confessions > > >| I, too, use beanies regularly and never seem to have a problem with them. >| (I never realized they were looked down upon ) . >| >| The UG UR and UY connectors are great too (especially UG for splicing to >an >| existing cable), but I have had a number of UG connectors fall apart, the >| green part would fall out. >| >| Charles > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >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
