*incoherent scream*

[polarbee.livejournal.com]

Five hours of my life that I will never get back!
A new hotel is going up in town. We're contracted to handle the network. We got to mark on the floor plans where exactly the drop points for the wireless access points should be in the ceilings. We're installing snazzy power over ethernet access points.
First problem. The electricians terminated each floor into a patch panel on that floor, then dropped one cat6 cable down. You can't push POE through this.
Second problem. The electricians didn't terminate the drop points. They left bare wire.
I spent five hours yesterday and today finding the coils of wire and terminating them in RJ-45s.

Today, the first problem was discussed and resolved. As patching everything down to terminate on the first floor would cause signal loss and power fluctuations, they are going to yank all the wires and rerun everything to terminate in the first floor server room.

Damn it. I wish they had decided this yesterday so I could have saved my time and done something else!

Comments

[gilmoure.livejournal.com]

I have never heard of a building contractor getting a wiring layout correct. Have done so many wire pulls and terminations afterwards. Sigh. Wasted time.

[tothwolf.livejournal.com]

This is exactly why you don't contract an electrician to handle a telecommunications project...

I've been called in way too many times to count to clean up such messes. If all electricians had the tools and background to handle telecom stuff, most would likely choose to work in telecommunications just due to the difference in pay rates.