Chp 3 Flashcards
Telecommunications Room (TR)
Architectural space
Equipment Room (ER)
Environmentally controlled
Entrance Facility (EF)
OSP
Loud equipment should be located ___ the telecommunications space
Outside
Sleeves/slots should be located
adjacent to a wall which can support the cables and not above the termination point (to be sure equipment is accessible)
Three types of steel conduit
Rigid metal conduit (RMC)
Intermediate metal conduit (IMC)
Electrical metallic tubing (EMT)
EMT
Thin wall
EMT is the ___ weight steel conduit
Lightest
At least ___ 4” conduits should serve an ER, TR, EF
4
TRs on the same floor should be connected with at least ___ 3 inch conduit
1
Recommended door dimensions
3’ X 6.5’ - minimum
Double door recommended (slide side to side or removable)
Used to reduce static electricity
Antistatic floor tile
ER power provisions
Two dedicated duplex receptacles on individual circuits
HVAC should run
24 hours a day/365 days a year
Temperature of room that does not contain active equipment
95°
Rooms with active equipment should be kept at ___
77° and 55% humidity
Interchange per hour for TR
1
Air change per hour for tunnel
3
Air change per hour for battery plant
4
___ should be kept close to the entrance of the telecommunications space
Fire extinguishers
Telecommunication spaces should be located away from ___
Threats of flooding
Minimum lighting in TE
50 foot-candles
Shallow room
an enclosed space for housing cabling terminations, cross connect cabling, and telecom equipment
Building less than 1000 sq’
Cabinet
Wall field sizing
4 sq” / balanced twisted-pair 4-pair circuit
2 sq” / optical fiber strand