[94566] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cable-Tying with Waxed Twine (fire propagation issue?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John L Lee)
Thu Jan 25 13:17:00 2007
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:10:52 -0500
From: John L Lee <johnllee@mindspring.com>
To: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" <danm@prime.gushi.org>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20070124192357.I51695@prime.gushi.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Dan,
While I do not know the answer, My question on using the wax twine in a
climate controlled or colo with fire suppression or even telco colo
these days is it allowed under newer NEC since it is flammable and can
sustain burning for a period of time. While Telecos do not usually
retrofit COs that often after Hinesdale (spelling) in Chicago and the
propagation of the fire on non-plemun rated cable all those standards
were upgraded. I would check BICSI / NEC codes for your state to see if
the materials can still be used or if they have a replacement material.
John (ISDN) Lee
Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> This seems a wee bit off topic, but definitely relates to network
> operations (somewhere below layer 1) and I can't think of a better
> place to ask.
>
> Upon leaving a router at telx and asking one of their techs to plug in
> the equipment for me, I came back to find all my cat5 cables neatly
> tied with some sort of waxed twine, using an interesting looping knot
> pattern that repeated every six inches or so using a single piece of
> string. For some reason, I found this trick really cool.
>
> I have tried googling for the method, (it's apparently standard, I've
> seen it in play elsewhere), and for the type of twine, but had little
> luck. I was wondering if any of the gurus out there would care to
> share what this knot-pattern is actually called, and/or if there's a
> (illustrated) howto somewhere?
>
> -Dan "Tired of getting scratched up by jagged cable ties" Mahoney
>
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