Formal Wiring Standards Avoid construction blunders with Formal Wiring Standards

Disclaimer and other random bits Disclaimer: I am in no way consider myself an expert in this subject. But the document I will be sharing with everyone is composed of 20+ years of experiences and the desire to not repeat some of them. BC Wiring Standards document v4. https://bridgewater.box.com/v/ACCS2017

Lets air our dirty laundry

Lets air our dirty laundry

Examples of data closets post standards

BC Horror stories (over a 25 year period) Where is your fiber optic? Um…. Yea where are they? 2 X 4” does not equal 2 X 3” 7 is better than 2 right?

Where is your fiber optic?

Um…. Yeah where are they?

2 X 4” does not equal 2 X 3”

7 is better than 2 right?

What is in the document? Service Entrance cable and termination Telecom Room and cable terminations Communication outlets and inside wiring and raceways Access control door and cabling specs Protection, Grounding and Bonding Inspection Testing and Documentation Fire stopping Cable specifications Codes, Standards and Regs BC IT Contact info

Spell things out in exacting details Example: The standard jack layout used by the BC IT Center is two Cat-6 RJ-45 jacks terminated for data, 1 Cat-6 RJ-45 jack terminated for voice and 1 RG6 threaded F-type coax jack. The standard faceplate will be four port single gang stainless steel. All voice connections shall terminate on beige RJ-45 eight (8) conductor CAT 6 modular jack assemblies. The voice jack will be placed in the bottom left the wall plate. Wire color-coding and termination shall be per EIA/TIA-568-B.2 specifications. All data connections shall terminate on yellow RJ-45 eight (8) conductor CAT 6 modular jack assemblies. The data jacks will be placed in the upper left and right ports of the wall plate. Wire color-coding and termination shall be per EIA/TIA-568-B.2 specifications. All video connections shall terminate on beige F-type threaded coax jack. The video jack will be placed in the bottom right of the wall plate. All pairs shall be terminated when connecting to voice and data jacks. Terminate as”568B”.

Questions – Comments - Discussion Document is free for your use. Please download and modify to fit your needs. https://bridgewater.box.com/v/ACCS2017 Full disclosure I pulled the heart of this document off the Univ of Louisville web site. Searching key sections of the document turns up slight edits of the the U of L version on several other institution sites. Seems some version of this document has been scavenged by many others so its hard to say who originated it. We have since changed it to suite our needs and added to it to fit items we manage that the initial document did not cover. A few copies up front for anyone that wants a paper copy. Thank you all for your time.