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Power Cabling Do’s and Don’ts in a data center

  • Post author j2sw
  • Post date January 27, 2025

This content is for Patreon subscribers of the j2 blog. Please consider becoming a Patreon subscriber for as little as $1 a month. This helps to provide higher quality content, more podcasts, and other goodies on this blog.To view this …

  • Categories Data Center Equipment

Attack the slack

  • Post author j2sw
  • Post date February 23, 2021

My friends over at FMC products have a good article on airflow in racks

  • Categories Gear

MonoPrice CMR cable fails UL tests

  • Post author j2sw
  • Post date March 9, 2020

After testing samples of Monoprice’s CMR (riser) cable, UL stated that the cable may pose a fire hazard

  • Categories news

Large amount of Cat6 ready to install

  • Post author j2sw
  • Post date January 18, 2020

Large amoutn of cat-6 going in a wiring project for a courthouse.  Total re-wire job during a building upgrade.

  • Categories Data Center Networking

in-Floor cabling

  • Post author j2sw
  • Post date January 17, 2020

Great example of in-floor cabling

  • Categories LTE Tower Wireless Wireless WISP

Importance of PIM in WISP LTE deployments

  • Post author j2sw
  • Post date January 15, 2020

PIM sweeps are a common thing in the Cellular field.   One of the first questions folks often ask is what is a PIM sweep?

  • Categories equipment Tools YouTube Channel

Pulling some ethernet cable

  • Post author j2sw
  • Post date December 31, 2019

pulling ethernet cable for a wiring project where all new wiring was installed in a courthouse

  • Categories Data Center Networking

The physics of twisted pair cabling

  • Post author j2sw
  • Post date November 18, 2019

The folks over at Fluke networks have a great post on why cabling, such as cat-5, is twisted.

  • Categories Uncategorized

UBNT unifi video

  • Post author j2sw
  • Post date September 14, 2019

Random Saturday video from YouTube

  • Categories Tools

tool of the Week: Primus folding cable caddy

  • Post author j2sw
  • Post date July 18, 2019

This Cable Caddy measures 20″ by 16″ and is the ideal installers’ tool of choice for bulk cable distribution.

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