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Article #1514Re: Telco-style push down blocks and stranded cable
From: George Robbins
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1987 07:51
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1987 07:51
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In article <2551@phri.UUCP> roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes:
>
> Having finally gotten fed up with the spaghetti in our machine
>room, I've decided to redo all the terminal wiring using telco-style
>pushdown blocks. For historical reasons, we've got about 100 lines coming
>into the machine room for 40 ports -- some are lines run to offices in
>anticipation of future needs, some are lines no longer in use but which
>might be needed again some day.
>
Bad idea - it will work, but reliablility suffers greatly.
The idea is if you stuff wire with insulation into a limited gap, the
insulation will be displaced and the wire will make a good connection.
If the wire is to wrong size, or compressible, or the insulation
doesn't behave properly, you'll have nothing but problems in the
long run...
--
George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV
Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!sri-unix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!burdvax!bpa!cbmvax!grr From: grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins) Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.terminals,comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: Telco-style push down blocks and stranded cable Message-ID: <1217@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Jan-87 02:51:55 EST Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1217 Posted: Wed Jan 7 02:51:55 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Jan-87 23:17:40 EST References: <2551@phri.UUCP> Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Distribution: world Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 21