[ale] Low voltage work in GA

Mike Harrison cluon at geeklabs.com
Tue Jul 31 15:46:46 EDT 2012


On Tue, 31 Jul 2012, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> untrained chump coming in with spools of cable he just bought at Fry's
> and tossing PVC jacketed cable (which is toxic in a fire) around in the
> open air space about the ceilings leading into the building air system.

My favorite "why you need someone with a clue to do this" was when
the large bundle of cat 5 cable was ran through a fire damper in a fire 
wall (physical, not network) which would have kept the damper from closing 
in case of an actual fire. On the 16th floor of a 20 floor building,

The "Plant Engineer" was clueless until the fire marshall
gave them a choice: Clear that fire damper now, or I evacuate the 
building.

A hacksaw works well on a 6" across bundle of Cat 5. It had all just been 
installed by the local fly by night monkey with a ladder. (not me).




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