[62511] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Worst design decisions?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gerald)
Thu Sep 18 14:55:59 2003
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 14:49:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Gerald <gcoon@inch.com>
To: up@3.am
Cc: John Palmer <nanog@adns.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0309181436230.7413-100000@richard2.pil.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 up@3.am wrote:
> Actually, as awkward as those rubber hoods are, what I like about them is
> that when you're pulling a disconnected patch cable through a rat's nest
> of wires, they prevent the plastic tab from being bent backward.
Since you are the second person to point that out...
2 suggestions:
- 1. Cut the head off and re-crimp it if it has to go that far.
- 2. Use regular power tape, scotch tape, or duct tape to hold the tab
down until it has reached its destination. (You do keep duct tape around
right?) ;-)
Gerald
- How are ya? Never been better, ... Just once I'd like to be better.
