Splitting Jacks

[lanstein]

Hi all.. I am relocating about 8 of my less than stellar employees into a conference room.. let them all see what each other does all day *evil laugh* anyway, there are only 3 voice jacks in there... they are cat 5e and the wiring is very new (installed spring 2004). I have an MICS v6 and I'm wondering if it would cause problems to split these jacks in to 3 extensions. I know with data jacks it can cause crosstalk and be detrimental to the signal quality, speed, etc, but has anyone tried this with a Norstar? It will be on a temporary basis so we can probably live with a little line noise... I would like to avoid spending my Friday climbing up in a ceiling

Thanks!

 

[hawks]

I've wired all 4 pair with phones before and have had no issues.

 

[jerryreeve]

The noise problem I have heard about with AVAYA products ended up being the fact that when the line cord was plugged in it connected a second pair up and that connection caused the noise.

I have also used all the pairings like hawks said. I have used the Suttle SE-173A as a quick splitter for 3 pairs. and have made my own with half a cat5 cable and 4 usoc jacks.

Mind like a Steel trap - Once used forever clamped shut.

JerryReeve
Communications Systems Int'l
com-sys.com

 

[lanstein]

Great - that was my plan is to use Cat5 cable and USOC jacks left over from the previous wiring. Thanks as always for the help.

 

[telemarv]

Never had an issue of noise or cross talk with spit cables. I wouldn't split them in the ceiling using b connectors, but at the jack no problem. I've even split Cat5 for voice and data, although I wouldn't recommend it.

 

[AlanJ44]

Question: What do you call a 4 Pair wire on a Norstar?

Answer: A feeder Cable!


Remember 25 Pr 1A2 sets, 4 pr. Merlins, 3 Pr. SunMoonStars?

We thought single pair P Phones on a SL-100 was a joke till we saw it with our own eyes.