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Cable types?
I assume you are referring to the air space above the ceiling commonly used as a plenum to return air to the heating system. Both copper and fiber come plenum-rated and meet code to be used in air spaces. If you are running close to motors or transformers the first choice is fiber, then shielded... -
Price "per drop" survey info requested - Thanks guys!!
That is $225 for a 100' cable terminated at one end in a patch panel and the other end fished to a flush-mount face plate. We do have a variance depending on how many pulls to the location but that is in relation to the entire job. If I am installing 500 AP's and 10 v/d drops the doubles are... -
100BASET question
Doubling the pairs may actually decrease the maximum length of your cable since the number of twists per inch in each pair is engineered to minimize electrical interference to adjoining pairs. Using Cat 3 with 100 MBit devices may not limit the throughput to 10 MBit. Each situation is different... -
How to Quantify Benefit of Upgrade from Cat5 to Cat6
So many things happen or should happen in theory but a true indicator of what needs to be done will come from a network analysis. Gigabit cards in workstations may be overkill because it's almost impossible for a pc to put that kind of traffic on a network. I have usually found that bottlenecks... -
Conduit size recommendations
I always oversize the conduit when I can because I might be the "next guy" going back there to add two more runs. The only time cables go through a conduit easily is the first time. Maxcell innerduct makes future MACs easier because there is less risk of your adds kinking in the bends and if you... -
Estimating large cable project labor metrics
I have not broken anything down to the "per foot" charge, am currently using the industry standard 100' drop as my starting point. I recently submitted a bid for a job that consists of just over 3500 drops and here are my variables. My standard cable is plenum so the bid spec for plenum does... -
Price "per drop" survey info requested - Thanks guys!!
I think these prices are on the high side, we usually price our Cat6 drops around $225 for a standard unit. Standard means 100' average drop length, drop ceiling, standard LV1 with single faceplate, punched down on patch panel, test and certify. Non-standard includes hard or higher ceiling...
