Topic 'Re: Name that Carrier Hotel....' in forum 'Photos of Broadband gear' - dslreports.com

Re: Name that Carrier Hotel....

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:15:37 EDT

Pher9999 posted : I remember this place long ago, before it was Telx. We had 2 Cabinets on the 3rd or 4th floor. I ran enough fiber through the troughs I knew the place better then the owners.

Re: Name that Carrier Hotel....

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:42:13 EDT

sleepyshark posted : The orange caps are for construction... the g'damn smoke detectors fcuk up everything, especially when there's a LOT of dust from construction or smoke from welding... they're just caps that cover the sensors for TEMPORARY purposes - LOL.... guess they forgot to remove them... whoops!

Re: Name that Carrier Hotel....

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:05:03 EDT

neonhomer posted :

said by JoelC707:

Not real sure what that is, could be intended to work that way. Might not even be fire related.

IIRC, it is a smoke or heat detector. Those orange covers are there to keep the dust out of the detector during construction. They are removed before the fire alarm final inspection, but sometimes reinstalled after to protect the detectors until project completion.

As a T&B guy, we are often the last people in the building after completion. We occasionally find the covers still installed. Usually in out of the way locations. We just pop them off.
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Re: Name that Carrier Hotel....

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:35:33 EDT

tubbynet posted :

said by TomS_:

I know one particular telco that uses this colour combination extensively. Most others I see standard red/black or European blue/black (yes, we even used that in Australia.)

i'd expect from a nation whose original population was a bunch of outlaws, convicts, and ne'er-do-wells.

:D

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Re: Name that Carrier Hotel....

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:25:02 EDT

TomS_ posted : Ive also seen a colour combination that seems fairly popular in Australia, and I see it in one of the photos above: red/blue.

Im not sure which is which, but I would assume that red is + and blue -.

I know one particular telco that uses this colour combination extensively. Most others I see standard red/black or European blue/black (yes, we even used that in Australia.)

Re: Name that Carrier Hotel....

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:06:56 EDT

JoelC707 posted : LOL go figure indeed.

Re: Name that Carrier Hotel....

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 11:16:06 EDT

voxframe posted : LMAO!

Re: Name that Carrier Hotel....

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 07:25:16 EDT

TomS_ posted :

said by JoelC707:

In a DC environment, red is usually positive with black being negative.

In Europe, Blue is neg and Black is pos. Go figure.

"In Soviet Russia ..." :-P

Re: Name that Carrier Hotel....

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:34:23 EDT

JoelC707 posted :

said by supergeeky:

http://www.dslreports.com/speak/slideshow/26012365?c=1664577&ret=L2ZvcnVtL3IyNjAxMjM2NS1OYW1lLXRoYXQtQ2Fycmllci1Ib3RlbC4%3D

...just put that conduit anywhere, I guess that fire-related thingy will never need to be separated from the ceiling

You forget about the depth illusion in a picture. Chances are those conduits are not actually right against the ceiling.

http://www.dslreports.com/speak/slideshow/26012365?c=1664575&ret=L2ZvcnVtL3IyNjAxMjM2NS1OYW1lLXRoYXQtQ2Fycmllci1Ib3RlbC4%3D

...and this one, it works better with the orange installation cap still on it?

...or is that not what that is?? I see another picture with several of them?

Not real sure what that is, could be intended to work that way. Might not even be fire related.

http://www.dslreports.com/speak/slideshow/26012365?c=1664580&ret=L2ZvcnVtL3IyNjAxMjM2NS1OYW1lLXRoYXQtQ2Fycmllci1Ib3RlbC4%3D

...green is ground, red/black is your typical CO -48VDC? does the color coding mean anything? newer? all the sites I've been in the lines are all grey, and only labeled on the ends, with the exception of ground always being green.

THX in advance - I'm curious/learning.

Green usually is ground but as you said sometimes it's all the same jacket color with indicators on the ends. Obviously doesn't help when trying to identify it mid span. In a DC environment, red is usually positive with black being negative. Not sure how it applies with the source voltage being negative in the first place. It may also not be -48VDC but +48VDC since this isn't a CO.

Either way, I see a lot more red than black up there. Chances are the red is positive with a few common blacks for negative, maybe one per row or something? You also wouldn't need as many grounds as you do positive power cables and they can't share with the negative cables since grounds in this case they don't get tied back to the negative/neutral like they would in a home AC environment.

Re: Name that Carrier Hotel....

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:39:33 EDT

supergeeky posted : »/speak/slidesh···RlbC4%3D

...just put that conduit anywhere, I guess that fire-related thingy will never need to be separated from the ceiling

»/speak/slidesh···RlbC4%3D

...and this one, it works better with the orange installation cap still on it?

...or is that not what that is?? I see another picture with several of them?

»/speak/slidesh···RlbC4%3D

...green is ground, red/black is your typical CO -48VDC? does the color coding mean anything? newer? all the sites I've been in the lines are all grey, and only labeled on the ends, with the exception of ground always being green.

THX in advance - I'm curious/learning.

Re: Name that Carrier Hotel....

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:19:00 EDT

battleop posted : Yea it's 56.

Re: Name that Carrier Hotel....

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:53:53 EDT

pstewart posted : lol - am I close/correct? ;)

Re: Name that Carrier Hotel....

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:46:38 EDT

battleop posted : Doh! I meant to leave that one out.

Re: Name that Carrier Hotel....

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:10:57 EDT

pstewart posted : Duh! I should have figured that out when I seen the Telx sign in the one pic ;)

I'll take a guess at 56 Marietta
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Re: Name that Carrier Hotel....

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:08:55 EDT

battleop posted : USA

Re: Name that Carrier Hotel....

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:00:32 EDT

pstewart posted : How about starting with a hint such as country? ;)

Name that Carrier Hotel....

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:45:08 EDT

battleop posted :