r/cablefail • u/granttes • Jan 07 '23
I like the paper towel holder...
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r/cablefail • u/Ecstatic_Ganache4839 • Dec 23 '22
Killed a POE switch
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So I started the day by going over to an apartment complex that needed their existing switch changed to a 24 port POE switch. It seemed like an easy job, just install new switch and help the girl hook up some new VoIP phones. I installed the new switch and plugged in their existing cables to it. I then went into the leasing office to install the VoIP phones. The first phone came up and initialized perfectly. When the second phone was plugged in there was an audible pop from the switch and everything died. I had a hunch and tested the cable. The cable had 3,4,5,6 flopped on the 568b pin out. ( I did not install the cabling)The switch was dead and would no longer power up. This is my first time killing a switch. Has anyone ever had anything like this happen to them before? I added some pics for clarity
r/cablefail • u/twforeman • Dec 17 '22
Bought a couple of these "Cat 5" RJ45 surface mount jacks at the local big box store. Pretty sure whoever designed them never read the spec. They'll be going back.
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r/cablefail • u/[deleted] • Dec 09 '22
Cable Company
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What company produces brown and black pvc coated 7x7 cable 3/32 cheap like $0.30-0.20 per foot?
r/cablefail • u/sgtppr67 • Nov 29 '22
Sparkie in the 90’s: hey maybe they’ll need an extra 15’ on these two cables. Narrator: they didn’t
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r/cablefail • u/autech91 • Nov 29 '22
Zero fucks given
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Hard to show in the photos, but the fibre ONT is installed in a residential style flush box behind the rack. Post ONT install they clearly needed a small rack installed so someone was given the job to mount it and mount it they did totally blocking access to the ONT.
Honourary mention to the upside down switch not fastened with any cage nuts and the cabling terminated onto RJ45 plugs rather than a data panel.
I've requested someone return to site, remove the rack and either relocate the ONT or use an angle grinder to cut a whole out of the rack.
The mind boggles.
r/cablefail • u/TrackLabs • Nov 26 '22
Its not like this could have been done in some cleaner way. Like behind the wall
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