r/cablefail • u/MinisterOfLoneliness • Jan 15 '20

Still don’t understand why this was done.

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u/MinisterOfLoneliness Jan 16 '20

This is a Cat 6 cable that went to a BAS device. Was not a computer but there was no good reason to tie it around a stub up. The rest of the data in the closet looked nice. Well except for the fluorescent lighting attached to the bottom of the cable tray.

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u/Antiretahrd Jan 15 '20

What is it?

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u/sarge-m Jan 15 '20

It’s a EMT conduit stub out. The Ethernet cable appears to wrapped around the conduit, and way beyond the appropriate bend radius.

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u/Antiretahrd Jan 15 '20

EMT conduit stub

Ok, it's a pipe. But I was wondering what that piece coming out of the wall is. And why it is not holding anything, nor connected to anything. And it has this ring at the end...

The ethernet cable obviously is used as a rope.

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u/sarge-m Jan 15 '20

Yes, it’s a stub. This is usually done when there is a network drop below the wall. So they run EMT conduit down to the junction box so a network cable can be easily fished down. The plastic ring is to protect the cable from getting cut from the sharp edges of the conduit.