Now this is not intended to smear all electricians of course, but it's a great topic for Rant Wednesday.
As I understand it, a CAT6 network drop is run from a patch panel to an RJ45 jack in a box. Both ends have to be secured to fixed objects so that the solid-conductor (as opposed to stranded) wire does not experience repetitive bending stress.
Then, stranded patch cables are used to connect the patch panel to the switch on one end, and to the device on the other end.
Am I correct that this is accepted best practice ?
There is one electrician in particular who likes to run UTP networking cables, and then just crimp a male RJ45 on both ends and leave it hanging in space. This is in an industrial environment. How can I convince them, and the people who pay them, that this is not acceptable? Am I wrong?
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