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From: grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.terminals,comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Telco-style push down blocks and stranded cable
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Date: Wed, 7-Jan-87 02:51:55 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan  7 02:51:55 1987
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In article <2551@phri.UUCP> roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes:
>
>	Having finally gotten fed up with the spaghetti in our machine
>room, I've decided to redo all the terminal wiring using telco-style
>pushdown blocks.  For historical reasons, we've got about 100 lines coming
>into the machine room for 40 ports -- some are lines run to offices in
>anticipation of future needs, some are lines no longer in use but which
>might be needed again some day.
>
Bad idea - it will work, but reliablility suffers greatly.

The idea is if you stuff wire with insulation into a limited gap, the
insulation will be displaced and the wire will make a good connection.

If the wire is to wrong size, or compressible, or the insulation
doesn't behave properly, you'll have nothing but problems in the
long run...
-- 
George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
but no way officially representing	arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV
Commodore, Engineering Department	fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)