There's nothing particularly wrong about undertaking the DIY installation of a data cabling system. On the contrary, doing this might end up saving money that you would have otherwise spent on hiring a commercial data cabling installation contractor.
In the same breath, DIY installation of data cabling systems may also end up being quite the expense. The smallest of mistakes during DIY installation can interfere with the efficient performance of the data cabling system and they can have severe financial implications. With this in mind, here are a few things to remember for the DIY installation of commercial data cabling systems.
Cable Trays
In a large number of cases, cable trays used with data cabling systems will have support brackets that suspend the tray from the ceiling. It's important to ensure that the support brackets are firmly anchored in so as to reduce the likelihood that the tray will give in to the weight of thick data cables placed on it. This is especially important for those who choose to use lighter cable trays (e.g. those made of plastic or wire mesh).
Apart from that, it's also important to have a limit on the number of cables that will be placed on each tray. There are often no strict guidelines with respect to the number of cables that a single tray can support. However, the higher the number of cables in a single tray, the more difficult it will be to access and to remove unused cables within the tray without disturbing functional cables.
There is also the fact that limiting the number of cables on each tray reduces the likelihood that cables carried at the bottom of the tray will get damaged due to the weight exerted on them by over-lying cables.
Signal Interference
Several factors may interfere with the transmission of data signals in a cabling system. When data cables and power cables are installed parallel to each other (for example), there's the likelihood that power cables will disrupt the magnetic field within the data cables. If the magnetic field is severely disrupted, data signals may fail to move through the cables completely.
External noise may also interfere with the transmission of data signals through a cable. For this reason, it is important to ensure that data cables are installed far from potential sources of noise interference. Electric motors used in commercial air conditioning systems are a good example of potential sources of noise interference.
Share9 June 2016
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