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  1. GregH1

    Questioning the need for grounding on new cable between buildings

    Sorry - I've been off a couple of weeks with my granddaughter. bad69cat - No ariel lines. All cables are in open trays with soon-to be abandoned 400 pair cable. However the trays do run through some congested mechanical rooms. bc1111 punchdown at the MDF is clean, no static loopback55...
  2. GregH1

    Questioning the need for grounding on new cable between buildings

    Static was there before and after. Static is highly noticeable on some analogs and a few digitals. Some of there had static before and some did not. We're going to try to isolate the phones at the PBX, then the lightning protection in basement, then lightning protection in the far basement then...
  3. GregH1

    Questioning the need for grounding on new cable between buildings

    KCFLHRC - you indicate that this is not causing the static. Where are the most obvious sources of static? I know there are several pieces to this puzzle. We have, of course, the PBX itself and the cards therein. Then the TN's location, jumpers from the TN's to the Building-bound pairs, the...
  4. GregH1

    Questioning the need for grounding on new cable between buildings

    The cable is a black sheathed cable with a wrap I believe is aluminum. The outer sheath is marked with the footage measurements and a telephone symbol. It also has two ID's GCC010J2 and PE-89-AL. As for the cable route, it is all in the inside of buildings nestled neatly in a wore rack...
  5. GregH1

    Questioning the need for grounding on new cable between buildings

    We recently install a new 200 pair cable between a couple of buildings. We took on the cut-over because we wanted to be intimately aware of our phone system. We've been struggling with problems, primarily static on the new cable. My question, how important is it that the 200 pair cable's...

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