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Abandoned-in-place wiring is the bane of every tech's and installer's existence. It's impossible to have worked on legacy equipment and not spent some time rete
by systems_glitch 4y ago
Abandoned-in-place wiring is the bane of every tech's and installer's existence. It's impossible to have worked on legacy equipment and not spent some time reterminating abandoned cable :/ Not to mention having to weed through it when tracing problems.
We're in an ongoing battle with abandoned-in-place wiring in our current building. There's data wiring back to ARCnet (93 ohm coax), and power wiring going back to knob and tube days.
- h2odragon 4y ago> 93 ohm coax ooo nifty. be on the lookout for vampire taps. they never truly die.
- rtp4me 4y agoWow - vampire taps. That brings back some memories :-)
- systems_glitch 4y agoThicknet stuff's just another day at work here: https://imgur.com/a/GDUR36j https://imgur.com/a/GDUR36j
- chrisdhoover 4y agoCode requires abandoned cable to be removed from ceilings. Burning cable is toxic - reducing the amount of cable is beneficial if there is a fire.
- systems_glitch 4y agoHAHAHAHA CODE. 800A 120/208Y service entrance conductors live in the same raceway as 20A branch circuits. I got shocked off a lighting circuit with the main open once. This is a former The Power Company building. I always heard it joked they could only use leftovers from customer jobs on their own stuff.
- chiph 4y agoI understand that some landlords have it written into their leases that all network wiring will be removed when the lease ends because of this very reason. One building we were in had Twinax above the drop-ceiling (used for System-36 and AS/400 terminals). Plus dozens of multi-pair phone cables that had been left there. I wish I had all that copper now that prices are much higher.