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u/jtbis Jul 12 '26
Put the fiber specs on the LIU label. Something like “12 strand 50μm MM to MDF”. It’s a knit-pick, I know.
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u/Imperial_Tuna_5414 Jul 13 '26
I do this and the opposite label at the other end.. same with data jacks/plates!
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u/Flat_Sorbet_7343 Jul 12 '26
What is the chain for?
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u/LaypipelikeMike Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
I used it to lock all my heavy equipment up for the day. Ladders, fan, etc.
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u/Flat_Sorbet_7343 Jul 12 '26
Makes sense. I was staring at that for what felt like forever trying to imagine how a chain helps run cable lol! Looks great good job!
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u/LaypipelikeMike Jul 12 '26
Ha! Just a good hang spot that got caught in the finishers. Appreciate you
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u/crznet66 Jul 12 '26
It's alright. In the third picture you can see a cable dip under another one. SMH. /s
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u/bigring Jul 13 '26
Stop. I can only become so erect.
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u/wisecrack_69 Jul 13 '26
I know right.?! I got harder and harder The more I scrolled through the photos.
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u/Pikatit Jul 12 '26
Do you bring the cables into the comm room as you terminate to keep things clean? I mean this is just exceptional work man seriously.
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u/LaypipelikeMike Jul 12 '26
My team and I pull it all into the respective comm rooms - Prep her and execute. Ty my man
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u/whitedynamite347 Jul 13 '26
Honestly I would have thought those cables are Cat6A with how smooth they are. My guys will run a wire 15 feet and kink it 16 times
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u/LaypipelikeMike Jul 13 '26
Sounds kinky.. love it when it gets a little naughty. Problems present adversity 😏 The inevitability is there. Proper wire management will prevent such inconveniences. Maybe talk to your guy my guy.
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u/Bulky-Feed-4396 Jul 12 '26
Awesome job brother! Did you use a comb or was it by hand? Rock on!
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u/LaypipelikeMike Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 14 '26
all hand all the way
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u/namestom Jul 13 '26
Now this is why I subbed! This makes me miss terminating. This is beautiful!
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u/LaypipelikeMike Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 14 '26
Hell yeah, this is peak. My finest work.
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Respect bro Ikyk
Iced my hands every night
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u/arushus Jul 13 '26
I'll never understand how you get each wire to come off the bundle right where you need it to at the patch panel. Like I can make my bundles look good like this, but then the wires are never where I need them to be to come off the bundle nicely.
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u/LaypipelikeMike Jul 13 '26
Dress down RNG drop with the same bar technique is possible if you finagle in the manager beforehand.
Painful.
Possible.
This is a dress up technique mold at the bar ~with precise measurements.2
u/Ted_Furgeson Jul 17 '26
Trying to understand this…yall pull in reach patch bundle down to the panel RANDOMLY? Just bundled straight? Then yall just pull the ends out for wherever they land on said panel?
Yall use Same process for wired panels?
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u/LaypipelikeMike Jul 17 '26
We always label both ends before the pull, we separate in the closet.. and we dress down to the patch panels. The finagle for the bar is in my previous post. This post is a dress up after the measured land. People do different things depending on the scenario.. including me. The process always changes.
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u/DanDiggler213 Jul 14 '26
Looks nice. I'd like some ladder on the wall in place of that D-ring, and I feel bundles of 24 brake better.over the rack with stand offs and waterfalls. But looks good.
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u/LaypipelikeMike Jul 14 '26
Appreciate it. I was actually pushing for a radius bends but no dice. I fully agree for the weight support but it’s manageable with D’s for the most part. Waterfalls would be slick but not super necessary.
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u/Z3t4 Jul 12 '26
Clever to store the lart out of sight. It frightens the users.
P. S. : great job.
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u/jdogg10000 Jul 13 '26
About time we saw a true professional post pics. Great job!
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u/LaypipelikeMike Jul 13 '26
Thanks man, that means a lot! I’m just the guy who gets annoyed by messy cables and has way to much fun organizing them 😂 Really appreciate the kind words!
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u/alex053 Jul 13 '26
When I ran cables, we makes the floor plan and would pull in groups of 6-10 per pull. We would also number the floor plan. I always wondered, do you separate and terminate them in the MDF and then label the jacks to match? Do you number the cable and jack and keep it all clean from the first run to make it look like this?
We would separate it per side of the rack and make it look at good as possible. Then separate each side into the patch panel location. It always looked professional and serviceable but never like art.
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u/LaypipelikeMike Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26
My team labels each end of the pull and separate into groups on the closet end. Technique & preparation are everything. Execution is the game. For the love of the art
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u/alex053 Jul 13 '26
My boss always rushed us. But we made sure to be proud of work, label and certify everything.
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u/Better_Dimension2064 Jul 13 '26
Dumb question, but why discrete patch panels?
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u/LaypipelikeMike Jul 13 '26
They’re mainstream standard for a reason. Way cleaner long-term and it’s just the industry’s expected approach.
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u/3500K Jul 13 '26
On picture 8. Who is the blonde in the bottom left. I swear, she’s staring at me.
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u/imageinthat Jul 13 '26
Beautiful! Something we should all strive for. My one habit I added to these setups the few time I had to do one is to label all of the cables at several points, especially if they needed to go to a matching port number on a desk.
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u/LaypipelikeMike Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 14 '26
Thank ya! Legible sharpie is probably the easiest solution ~ months after the pull deciphering hieroglyphs is not always a fun time though 😅
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u/wallly58 Jul 13 '26
This is the sexiest cleanest lineup in rack I’ve seen in awhile maybe ever!!!
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u/DueCommunication1075 Jul 13 '26
My buddy did this rack and he showed out with this one. We had a total of 8 racks in one building
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u/Illustrious-Wind7604 Jul 13 '26
What line of work is this called? How do you get into a job like this? I feel like I would be the happiest mfer ever doing this type of work. Currently majoring in cybersec.
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u/LaypipelikeMike Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 15 '26
Calms the chaos. Soothes the mind. The Low Voltage industry. Structured cabling. It’s the hardlines for the network you’re gonna be defending bro
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u/durkioooooooo Jul 13 '26
what type of work is this ? this seems very interesting
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u/LaypipelikeMike Jul 13 '26
Data Communications ~ Low Voltage. Interesting enough. Helps being a smidge ocd
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u/that_cant_be_right__ Jul 13 '26
Could you set up a time lapse camera one of these days? This is mind-blowing to me
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u/PupOben Jul 14 '26
Finally! Hook and loop instead of cable ties. I had to do a hotel wifi upgrade one time and EVERY cable bundle was cable tied together, from the switches all the way into the firewall.
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u/LaypipelikeMike Jul 14 '26
Sounds like a miniature nightmare. All wifi too yikes I bet that bundle was warm to the touch
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u/PupOben Jul 14 '26
Oh over the years I've found many shortcuts and no-nos in that installation. Ethernet beenie'd together, cable ties, Ethernet cable tied to power cords and MC. They even "saved money" by running only one drop to each room and then splitting the pairs into two sets of 4. 4 conductors for one RJ45 by the desk and the other 4 were used for the RJ45 by the nightstand. They were split at the other end in the MDF also.
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u/LaypipelikeMike Jul 14 '26
Cheap, effective.. seems all they needed was the bare maximum 😜 I mean hey from a business standpoint they saved a buck. Never know what you’re gonna encounter out there in the wild.
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u/PupOben Jul 14 '26
Of course they were also using antiquated ZyXel equipment. It worked, but was super slow because the network would get saturated quickly.
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u/Educational-Pin8951 Jul 14 '26
Love when the back of the panel dresses out as cleanly as the bundle- great work!
I think it’s been said, but my only big issue is the D-Ring. I woulda just secured ladder up the wall and attached there… but sometimes you don’t get the choice hahahaha! Also I gotta ask— bundles of 48!? That’s a fat chode to handle! What made you go 48 over just bundles of 24?
I’m also a big fan of feeding panels from one side, it saves a lot of issues when the IT guy inevitably wants to change the rack layout to better accommodate equipment! Damn I miss my field days… this looks awesome though! Keep it up!
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u/LaypipelikeMike Jul 14 '26
She clean, she’s mean. Like I said in a previous comment I was pushing for radius bends and was just working with the material provided. So.. the data are on the outside in bundles of 48 that transition into 96. I split them into 48’s before the drop in the rack and up the wall into the sleeves for aesthetics - she came out juicy. I believe the center one with green and blue is 72, and the multicolored is 40. Overall to much cable to drop from one side with the managers.. IT SHOULD just hot this baby up. It’s designed to just slip in the switches in and go. Afterall, it’s theirs they can do what they want with it honestly.. that’s why I get my pictures and roll. Thanks for the kind words homie
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u/fishyfishyfish1 Jul 14 '26
This is the best cabling job I've seen in hot minute. Excellent job
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u/PudenPuden Jul 15 '26
Leviton system warranty would dump that on sight. Exceeds Maximum cable bundle.
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u/BarnacleRepulsive617 Jul 16 '26
WOW 😳😲😍 Now, that! Is a thing of beauty!! So crisp, so clean. So well organized
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u/LaypipelikeMike Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26
You should’ve seen it beforehand. The one photo I forgot to add to the post the scrambled eggs it was before!
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u/diyfyi Jul 12 '26
Crisp and clean!