[ale] cabling and GA

[Lightner, Jeff]

Early on in my career when my then employer needed to have serial cables
run at one place we called our regular Electrical contractors.   They
didn't really have a clue though they did run it but broke several of
our non-standard ceiling tiles in the process and didn't terminate any
of them correctly.

 

Later when the company wanted to bid out again the same contractor
submitted a bid in which they a) Required us to have our own person
remove and replace all tiles for their pull b)  Required us to terminate
the ends of the cables.   Needless to say we went with a company that
specialized in data cable.   That was comedic as well as they were
required to run plenum rated cable since it wasn't in a conduit and our
GM suggested they go cheap by not running plenum rated.   The contractor
said he wasn't prepared to lose his license for one job.

 

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Jim
Kinney
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 3:24 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: Re: [ale] cabling and GA

 

To run data or phone wire requires a low-voltage installers license
which is a subset of the electrical license. That also applies to fiber.

The electrical installers pushed that onto the code around 1990 in Ga.
They were grandfathered in and thus got the license "by default". The
license requires a test and a letter of recommendation from a licensed
installer that you have worked for a minimum of 12 months. So even if
you were installing data/phone cable only prior to the license-required
date, unless you were a licensed electrician company you were squeezed
out as no existing company would write the letter unless you worked for
them. They all suddenly required an apprentice process that was 2-3
years long before they would put you in the position that would let you
get the recommendation.

So I quit "running a quick cat5 cable" in 2001 as it just was too
complicated.

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Damon L. Chesser <damon at damtek.com>
wrote:

Got a phone call for someone looking to cable networks.  Needs a secret
clearance, I don't have one.  However, I realized I don't know GA law,
not being native.  Do you need anything to run cat5 in GA?  You don't in
OK, where I am most recently from.

--
Damon L. Chesser
damon at damtek.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dchesser



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