Well This Puts A Damper On Things... | Let's Work EP. 48

[@schlabberdog]

IT guy here: There are "RJ45 field termination plugs" which can be mounted on the thicker installation and outdoor CAT cables. TIA 568 A vs B: Nowadays it doesn't really matter. The only important thing is to use the same standard at both ends (unless you want to create a crossover cable). US mostly uses B for legacy reasons while EU mostly uses A. The yellow stuff in the fiber cable is aramid fiber ("Kevlar")

[@Electchickn]

Thanks for the tips, I’ve definitely learned a lot since this situation. I’ll look into those cat six connectors you talked about too

[@peteb3365]

its never ever a bad thing being over carefull with wire/fibre...

[@peckservers]

It's always good seeing people learning about fiber and other networking fun! Most places use B spec for their ethernet pinout, and a punchdown tool will make your life infinitely easier. Also would recommend getting some keystone RJ45 female ends and some biscuits to put them in. having the two separate is a lot easier for mounting and troubleshooting. Practicing the terminations also helps a lot, but finding where to practice is the hard part. As for the fiber, haven't gotten through the whole video yet to see what happened to it, but that stuff can usually bend tighter than the radius of a dime and still not break, though it is not recommended. The stuff is resilient however.

[@mitchellmnr]

Rather be safe than sorry .... Sometimes fibre is a lesser quality or doesn't have wire and thus easier to break .... Also, different fibres are made differently ... So safest always to say max 30deg and be careful, then you don't have issues :P When you play with fibre enough, you get to know what it can and can't take, but unless you do - don't chance it And yoh, that bend on the top for the flylead .... (fibre in the box) Re your mistake: So the nice part about your termination box ... it comes with all the pigtails you need ... so that cable just needs to be spliced into the termination box. Not a costly fix, but yea definitely will put a damper on things haha Shouldn't really cost more than $8 per splice, and what about 8 splices you have? .... could have been worse :) But yea, all the guy needs to do is pull the fibre into the termination box, and splice onto pigtails, and continue with life. Downside it does introduce a tiny bit of loss .... but realistically probs not enough to even think about it.... Literally nothing major .... totally normal. Basically same thing the guys would do for non-premade cables

[@kevinwoltjer4651]

Putting new fiber ends on are not that big of a deal….however the tools to do it are ~$300-$500

[@steffankaizer]

ever heard of scissors? never trust someone with a knife around tires, cables and boxes.

[@kc0eks]

Only thing I don't like is the bend radius on the top of the fiber patch panel. Not a very graceful bend before the top of cabinet. Might not matter but my thoughts.

[@lolMyke]

For sure a punch down tool is needed dude. Impacts it down and in and cuts the slack wire flush

[@Electchickn]

@@lolMyke what is this punch down tool everyone keeps talking about?

[@lolMyke]

@ greenlee 46023 is one of them! Super nice dude it’s a must

[@shawnwaterssw]

Grab a punch down tool for the next time. It makes the job a lot easier.

[@farrahvee]

😇😇😇

[@Hex00]

This made me cringe, especially the bend radius of that patch cable.

[@ElectroAtletico]

1st!!!

[@kc0eks]

1st id10t yep