Questions you want answered.

...You all don't actually work with cable, do you?

Robear wrote:

...You all don't actually work with cable, do you? :-)

We can't all be so well endowed, nature is fickle sometimes.

No, I mean, I lay cable when I need a connection, so I have to know what it touches and how far to push it into things. And I don't wedge it uncomfortably into corners. You all seem to think this is all a joke, but really, wearing your cable through till it scrapes the insulation makes no one happy. That's how you get dropped connections, guys...

Robear wrote:

No, I mean, I lay cable when I need a connection, so I have to know what it touches and how far to push it into things. And I don't wedge it uncomfortably into corners. You all seem to think this is all a joke, but really, wearing your cable through till it scrapes the insulation makes no one happy. That's how you get dropped connections, guys...

Stop it now, really... you're killing me.

Robear wrote:

...You all don't actually work with cable, do you? :-)

Not the X-man, no.

maverickz wrote:
Robear wrote:

...You all don't actually work with cable, do you? :-)

Not the X-man, no.

They told me procrastination wasn’t a super power... well, I’m sure that’s what they would have told me, if I had made it to the interview.

Robear wrote:

No, I mean, I lay cable when I need a connection, so I have to know what it touches and how far to push it into things. And I don't wedge it uncomfortably into corners. You all seem to think this is all a joke, but really, wearing your cable through till it scrapes the insulation makes no one happy. That's how you get dropped connections, guys...

I have seen weird issues caused by bad cables. For instance someone who couldn't view files uploaded to D2L (Desire To Learn, online classroom software). Everything else worked fine and it blew my mind when replacing the cable fixed it.

maverickz wrote:
Robear wrote:

...You all don't actually work with cable, do you? :-)

Not the X-man, no.

No, the X-Man is Nate Grey.

I did cable support for several years and hand-made thousands of cables. I've seen a *lot* of weird stuff, most traceable to damage in the connectors or hidden inside the sheathe. I still use cables where I have to, but 5G is where's it's at now...

Robear wrote:

...You all don't actually work with cable, do you? :-)

It's a joke. No one thinks you're not right. It's just more fun to follow up with innuendo than, "Yes, Robear is correct about kinky cables".

ClockworkHouse wrote:
Robear wrote:

...You all don't actually work with cable, do you? :-)

It's a joke. No one thinks you're not right. It's just more fun to follow up with innuendo than, "Yes, Robear is correct about kinky cables".

Seconding this. If it appeared I was questioning your expertise, that was not the intent.

ClockworkHouse wrote:
Robear wrote:

...You all don't actually work with cable, do you? :-)

It's a joke. No one thinks you're not right. It's just more fun to follow up with innuendo than, "Yes, Robear is correct about kinky cables".

I suspect he worked really hard on his follow up reply...

Nimcosi wrote:
ClockworkHouse wrote:
Robear wrote:

...You all don't actually work with cable, do you? :-)

It's a joke. No one thinks you're not right. It's just more fun to follow up with innuendo than, "Yes, Robear is correct about kinky cables".

I suspect he worked really hard on his follow up reply...

After an appropriate refractory period.

My SO comes from a cable management perspective of can it be hid/bent/crumpled more? Makes me cringe.

Please don't take this as SO bashing, we just don't see eye to eye on aesthetics vs cable management.

Hobear wrote:

My SO comes from a cable management perspective of can it be hid/bent/crumpled more? Makes me cringe.

Please don't take this as SO bashing, we just don't see eye to eye on aesthetics vs cable management.

Be thankful they have not made mention of a cable stretcher. We used to tease newbie cable jockeys that they could find one in the toolbox. They eventually caught on that it meant pulling on the cable really hard which, as Robear alluded to, is not a good idea and can lead to issues.

It took me one post too long to catch on, so I had to take the responsibility for a good, healthy response.

Ok, can a 1500 watt space heater keep the water, in 40 office size water cooler jugs, from freezing and expanding? The space im trying to effect is the cargo area of my Isuzu box truck. The temperature is expected to drop to -14 C or 7 F.

Strangeblades wrote:

Ok, can a 1500 watt space heater keep the water, in 40 office size water cooler jugs, from freezing and expanding? The space im trying to effect is the cargo area of my Isuzu box truck. The temperature is expected to drop to -14 C or 7 F.

Categorically maybe.

How long do you need to keep it above-freezing? Does the temperature go above freezing during the day, or will the box truck be in the sun to warm up?

My guess is that your heater will be fighting a losing battle as a box truck provides bugger-all insulation, so the heat you're pumping in is going to escape pretty quick.

Without lining the walls, floor, and ceiling with some mylar or (even better) reflectix I'm not sure it'll work.

How long does it take a rock to form? Specifically, a sedimentary rock. I was holding some shale today, and it came to mind, like, I understand how it came to be, but how many years are we talking about? Thousands? Hundreds of thousands? Millions?

I think I figured out what was wrong with my cable. Basically when I push my PC back towards the wall the other cables were tangled in such a way that they put weight on the ethernet cable and bent it downwards to the point that it had to droop 90 degrees down just short of the plug. So I untangled everything, took the ethernet cable out and taped it to the wall so that it now dangles in from above and doesn't have to support any load. I also cleaned the plug and socket, so far so good.

Prederick wrote:

How long does it take a rock to form? Specifically, a sedimentary rock. I was holding some shale today, and it came to mind, like, I understand how it came to be, but how many years are we talking about? Thousands? Hundreds of thousands? Millions?

https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/...

tl;dr: thousands

Good find, Tamren, that's one of the most common points of failure. If you know someone with *an Ethernet Connector* tool and some *Ethernet* experience, they could cut off the connector and put a new one on in a minute or two. That would remove any lingering issues from fraying wires or sheath elements intruding on conductors. But it's more of a completionist thing than something necessary.

(Emphasis added to avoid Out Of Context Theater-goers.)

Hehe hehehehe he said "tool"

BadKen and LouZiffer. Thanks for the tips/questions.

Robear wrote:

Good find, Tamren, that's one of the most common points of failure. If you know someone with *an Ethernet Connector* tool and some *Ethernet* experience, they could cut off the connector and put a new one on in a minute or two. That would remove any lingering issues from fraying wires or sheath elements intruding on conductors. But it's more of a completionist thing than something necessary.

(Emphasis added to avoid Out Of Context Theater-goers.) :-)

If not just get some new cables from Monoprice. Cheaper than buying even the cheapest RJ-45 crimping tool.

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Rykin wrote:

If not just get some new cables from Monoprice. Cheaper than buying even the cheapest RJ-45 crimping tool.

But rolling your own is cool.

Suvanto wrote:

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Rykin wrote:

If not just get some new cables from Monoprice. Cheaper than buying even the cheapest RJ-45 crimping tool.

But rolling your own is cool.

I make cables regularly as part of my job so I am over it. Ethernet is easy. I loathe having to make serial cables (for RS-232 controls) and 3.5mm jacks. Anything that requires soldering basically.

It's also a waste of good cable to toss a long one just because a connector died...

Robear wrote:

It's also a waste of good cable to toss a long one just because a connector died...

Man, I tried to warn you about phrasing, but it was apparently just innuendo and out the other.