Data circuit advice

[ginster]

Hi all

I've been asked to install a number of data points In a new office conversion, 10 in all but have never done data before.
Anyone care to give me some pointers please.
Mark

 

[davesparks]

Find out where they all need to run back to, usually a rack cabinet of some kind with a patch panel and Ethernet switches.

Run the specified grade of data cable between each outlet and the patch panel location. (Think of each run as a single point radial if this helps)

Consider running 2 cables to each point as people will inevitably want to expand the office in the future.

Search on here and you should find a guide to the actual terminations.

 

[tazz]

As Dave has pointed out above....most patch panels and cat outlets are colour coded these days, so it hard to get it wrong

 

[shanky887614]

As Dave has pointed out above....most patch panels and cat outlets are colour coded these days, so it hard to get it wrong

remember most data points have 2 ethernet ports on them.

a kroning tool costs £5 for a cheap one from screwfix, not brilliant quality but good enough for occational use (also called a punch down tool or bt tool etc)

a drum of cat 5 or 6 looks a lot better than the cheap cable that you get in a box

you might need an rj45 crimper for panel end and an rj45 tester is worth picking up for how little they cost

 

[davesparks]

It's a krone tool, named after the company krone who manufacture IDC connectors to the pattern which has been adopted for rj45 points.

I don't understand what you mean by a drum of cable looking better than a box? Some of the best quality cable is supplied in boxes (hellerman tyton)

 

[shanky887614]

It's a krone tool, named after the company krone who manufacture IDC connectors to the pattern which has been adopted for rj45 points.

I don't understand what you mean by a drum of cable looking better than a box? Some of the best quality cable is supplied in boxes (hellerman tyton)

most of the stuff we get in a box looks terrible on tray etc, the lsf stuff we got on a drum looks a lot better

think it was lsf thinking about it

 

[davesparks]

Eh? I can't say I've ever had a problem making any new cable look neat.
Granted when you've got to straighten out someone else's birdsnests it ain't so easy, but brand new cable shouldn't be a problem.

 

[davesparks]

And anyway just stick it down some steel conduits.

 

[shanky887614]

And anyway just stick it down some steel conduits.

depends what your doing, last time I was using cat6 was pulling in 4 for some access panels about 60m run ish

 

[davesparks]

Ok, 4 x cat6 fits down 25mm with plenty of room to spare.

 

[shanky887614]

Ok, 4 x cat6 fits down 25mm with plenty of room to spare.

was a refurb so had to use existing for most part.

who would win the job, guy using existing or someone installing over 60m of galv.

60m in basement then goes up 4 floors