LAN and Telecom Cabling I'm Getting Sick and Tired of This

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I'm Getting Sick and Tired of This Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, th 04-29-05
Posted by Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, th on April 29, 2005, 7:47 am
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Back in Jan, Feb and Mar I replace the same jack not once, but twice
because it got wet from moisture in the wall, and the contacts corroded
so badly that they literally fried themselves to pieces. It rained
yesterday, and another RJ-14 jack at a different campus went bad. It,
too, cooked itself to the point where the two middle contacts were just
black crumbs, the two outer gold plated contacts stayed intact.

I'm getting really tired of this. The first two were Leviton jacks, the
last one was a biscuit made by armiger. I guess our digital PBX just
puts out too much power to each phone. The last time I had this
problem was many years ago. Something about things happening in threes..


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Posted by Justin Time on April 29, 2005, 9:01 am
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You can't do much about the pins in the jack, but have you tried some
RTV on the back of the jack? It will be a REAL pain if you have to
replace it again, but it may do some protection if the problem is due
to moisture at the punchdown side.



Posted by Jgolan on April 30, 2005, 6:57 pm
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Try a old trick from my Telco days. After you replace the jack, coat the
connections and the cavity inside of the RJ with Petroleum Jelly, then
insert a new mounting cord from the telephone. I used to carry a small
tube in my toolbox for just these situations. The PJ will act as a water
blocking gel, once you stop the moisture your repeat repairs should go way
down. It should not effect the electricals of the telephone circuit. BTW
the NIDs that servive providers use also have a gell in the jack for the
customer side of the line.

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Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, th wrote:




> Back in Jan, Feb and Mar I replace the same jack not once, but twice
> because it got wet from moisture in the wall, and the contacts corroded
> so badly that they literally fried themselves to pieces. It rained
> yesterday, and another RJ-14 jack at a different campus went bad. It,
> too, cooked itself to the point where the two middle contacts were just
> black crumbs, the two outer gold plated contacts stayed intact.

> I'm getting really tired of this. The first two were Leviton jacks,
> the
> last one was a biscuit made by armiger. I guess our digital PBX just
> puts out too much power to each phone. The last time I had this
> problem was many years ago. Something about things happening in
> threes..


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> http://users.pandora.be/educypedia/electronics/databank.htm
> My email address is whitelisted. *All* email sent to it
> goes directly to the trash unless you add NOSPAM in the
> Subject: line with other stuff. alondra101 <at> hotmail.com
> Don't be ripped off by the big book dealers. Go to the URL
> that will give you a choice and save you money(up to half).
> http://www.everybookstore.com You'll be glad you did!
> Just when you thought you had all this figured out, the gov't
> changed it: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html
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Posted by James Knott on April 30, 2005, 4:52 pm
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Jgolan wrote:

> Try a old trick from my Telco days.

That's also an old trick, for when you replace car batteries.


Posted by Scott Packard on May 2, 2005, 11:20 am
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On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 13:52:05 -0400, James Knott wrote:

> Jgolan wrote:
>
>> Try a old trick from my Telco days.
>
> That's also an old trick, for when you replace car batteries.

For car battery posts you're better off with wheel bearing grease.
It sort-of seals out the air, and has compounds in it to help
neutralize acids and stabilize oxidized metals.

Regards, Scott


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