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Author Topic: Rack wiring Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-24-2003 01:26 PM                     Here is a small rack  |  IP: Logged Jason Burroughs Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 654 From: Allen, TX Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-24-2003 02:18 PM                     Here is a couple of pics from a wireing closet that we recently completed for British Telecom Before: After:  |  IP: Logged Sam Hunter Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 779 From: West Monroe, LA, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-24-2003 07:03 PM                     Here is some shots of a terminal installation I am finishing. Cool stuff Jason [ 01-26-2003, 08:31 PM: Message edited by: Sam Hunter ]  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 01-25-2003 12:15 AM                    Sam, where does the Carnivore machine plug in to monitor my email?  |  IP: Logged William T. Parr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 823 From: Cedar Park, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 01-25-2003 12:28 AM                     Scott, Yes believe it or not the State of Texas has stuff here at the DHS that is still on Token Ring. Not much but enough for me to have to keep a supply of Token Ring Network cards handy and parts for Token Ring concentrators. If things go as planned this stuff should all be gone by the end of this year.  |  IP: Logged Mike Williams Master Film Handler Posts: 255 From: Knoxville, TN Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-26-2003 07:48 AM                     That wiring picture that Daryl posted brings up a question I have always wondered. Why do people mount electrical outlets upside down (with the ground prong on top)? I never could figure that out. My apartment is wired that way too. Is there some kind of new electical code that requires this everywhere? I hate it. If I have one of those plug/transformer combos it usually will fall out of the outlet because of this. How is this better?  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 01-26-2003 08:20 AM                        I didn't install them upside down... the top row (of the 4 sockets per unit) is upside down, the bottom row is right side up. Those units contain built in surge protectors.  |  IP: Logged Richard Hamilton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1341 From: Evansville, Indiana Registered: Jan 2000 posted 01-26-2003 09:16 AM                     Mike, I believe that it is code in some places to mount receptacles upside down. This way, if a plug isn't pushed all the way in, the ground pin is exposed instead of the 120v prong. It's a safety issue. Rick  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 01-26-2003 10:50 AM                    Argh...too much paranoid thinking these days. Like putting polarized pins on a device where polarity could not possibly matter like an AC adaptor.  |  IP: Logged Demetris Thoupis Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1240 From: Aradippou, Larnaca, Cyprus Registered: Apr 2001 posted 01-26-2003 02:25 PM                     Hey. Why don't people just post photos from their rack installations up so we can enjoy some good rack wiring since everyone here DOES care about film presentation? Gordon. Your racks are great. I've also seen one or two in some other topics which I don't exactly recall right now  |  IP: Logged Demetris Thoupis Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1240 From: Aradippou, Larnaca, Cyprus Registered: Apr 2001 posted 01-26-2003 02:25 PM                     Hey. Why don't people just post photos from their rack installations up so we can enjoy some good rack wiring since everyone here DOES care about film presentation? Gordon. Your racks are great. I've also seen one or two in some other topics which I don't exactly recall right now  |  IP: Logged Jean-Michel Grin Expert Film Handler Posts: 222 From: Geneva & Lausanne, Switzerland Registered: Jul 2002 posted 01-26-2003 05:33 PM                        For me it was a dilema do modify some "old" audio racks without remove all amps and amplifiers. But one year ago I din't have more patience to loose my time: I removed all the amps and processors ant the dirty stuff that bring me buzz, hums and ground loop. For example anytime the xenon lamp was ignited, all the horible buzz passed trought the speakers ! (it was a lot of relays and unbalanced audio wiring) For luck we replace the processors by CP650, a new MS-100 for monitoring and news audio cables . A great source of inspiration was the reading of Rane technical note. A great reference for any people who take care of good audio wiring http://www.rane.com/note110.html Bye,  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 01-26-2003 05:42 PM                     A friend of mine was telling me he did some work at the Chicago Board of Trade, which has tons of equipment similar to what's used at the NYC stock market. In the basement, there are hallways which are used to route cables around the building. These hallways are about 12ft high. However, over the decades (as new technologies became available) new cables were laid under the old cables to connect the newer equipment. Now, the hallways have only 7-8 feet to walk under, because the ceiling is a solid 5 feet of cable. Apparently, the possibility of disrupting trades far outweighs any worth of reclaiming the copper (if there are any equipment outages, the traders practically riot because they are losing commissions.) So any new cables are placed while the building is closed at night, and things absolutely must be in place and ready the next day. The light fixtures have been extended several times to keep lowering them below the mass of cables.  |  IP: Logged

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