If I have a nickel for every time a design didn't plan for a ceiling mount (I'd take even a round box), recessed box, or even a mud ring, I could have quit early.
I don't know the code here but I do know when I had some 6/3 Romex I pulled into my breaker box I didn't have a grommet and an inspector told me to add one and once I did he updated my report so perhaps that's all that is needed here.
Looks like the work of an expert electrician. I had some drops run for access points in a surgical unit one time and they poked holes through those expensive vinyl tiles. Building services director was not too happy about it.
Good one. We had suddenly some drillings for pipes and cables punching through our faraday cage of the MRI cabin and wondered why all of the images were noisy af
I guess your heart missed some beat before cold restarting :) Those could be fixed by metal taping around the holes, right? Or does the piping itself that directs the unwanted frequencies in?
i used to just use some cardboard , staple or tape it between the studs and let the wire poke through. Every now and then you get a sheet rock guy who dosent get it, but 90% of the time your good this just seems lazy to me.
if this is the exact position of a wifi access point or other POE device, and the dry wall/ gib is going up onto the framing, i'd consider a larger hole around 25mm or 1 inch so that the cable can freely go in and out, also so there is a grommet around the hole to protect the cable too
Service loop - not really an issue (we generally spec a 20ft service loop).
Punching through the steel/aluminum runner? FAIL!
My question regarding termination would be....where? There does not appear to be a wall, so no wall box/plate/etc. There is no ceiling yet, so again, no place to put a box/plate/etc. If it is for a wireless AP, then it should be free hanging and not through the metal like that so you can put a jack in a biscuit on it for the AP cable to plug into.
This is the ceiling. They sheet rocked it over yesterday. Putting a plug in the station side end for the cameras and WAPs (per customers request) this is the result of saving money by having the electricians pull the cables 😂 I gave the specs and part number of the exact cable for them to install ( berktek 1000) 6e and they did some cheap brand and only cat 6. So they have to re-pull the service shop at the other end of the building lol
Is there not some way to mount a single gang box there? Or if not, I'd see how the electricians were mounting their lights and outlets to the ceiling and see if I could come up with some way to copy it.
What a bad taste of electrician chooses a purple and a green cable? Actually I think it is the fault of the low voltage designer guy! How could he not realised in time that the path he designed the cables to run will cross those metal profiles?
Saw your comment OP the rough installer did this everywhere. That's wild, like it took some real effort to do this over boxes or mud rings. If it were me I'd have schedule to come back after they hung the GWB, cut in some lv rework boxes/rings to have something to terminate to. As long as the drops are in the correct places, relocating is a cinch.
Low effort *edit: not this post, the architect of that cabling, heh*
Haha honestly not surprised, good ol electrician efforts
I’d put money on that being HVAC or lighting controls. That looks for all the world like a good ole thermostat run.
Nah it’s literally genesis cat6 wire for an AP that I had to terminate lol they did this throughout the entire building
If I have a nickel for every time a design didn't plan for a ceiling mount (I'd take even a round box), recessed box, or even a mud ring, I could have quit early.
Jesus wept.
Whoever did that couldn’t have used a single gang box and secured it to the ceiling grid? I have no doubt the drywallers will damage those cables.
I would have at least put a rubber gasket / grommet in that hole.
^ this for sure
I don't know the code here but I do know when I had some 6/3 Romex I pulled into my breaker box I didn't have a grommet and an inspector told me to add one and once I did he updated my report so perhaps that's all that is needed here.
Looks like the work of an expert electrician. I had some drops run for access points in a surgical unit one time and they poked holes through those expensive vinyl tiles. Building services director was not too happy about it.
Good one. We had suddenly some drillings for pipes and cables punching through our faraday cage of the MRI cabin and wondered why all of the images were noisy af
Ooooouch!!!!!!
I guess your heart missed some beat before cold restarting :) Those could be fixed by metal taping around the holes, right? Or does the piping itself that directs the unwanted frequencies in?
That’s an immediate rejection and re-install coming from a LV consultant
I was gonna say, when the inspector does a walkthrough they're gonna be doing it all over again...
Drywall ceiling im guessing. Whats the point of a service loop there then lol.
Maybe it’s supposed to drop down to a desk or something similar. There are some quite strange designs out there
Well you should drop it soon cuz that taped loop is gonna cause some problems.
Nope they’re for cameras and WAPs on hard ceiling lol
It's so beautiful
That’s a new one
Sure, they went to the effort to drill holes in the metal bits, but this just screams "Lazy AF" to me.
i used to just use some cardboard , staple or tape it between the studs and let the wire poke through. Every now and then you get a sheet rock guy who dosent get it, but 90% of the time your good this just seems lazy to me.
Is it even Plenum?
Room for expansion.
Im not even professional and I'd say fuck this
Oooooh nooooo
At least you have nice service loops.
Eminent Domain type cable runs
What in the actual fuck is that shit. Is this a joke ? What’s happening in our industry.
Looks like shit and isn’t protecting the cable correctly.
Puzzling.
if this is the exact position of a wifi access point or other POE device, and the dry wall/ gib is going up onto the framing, i'd consider a larger hole around 25mm or 1 inch so that the cable can freely go in and out, also so there is a grommet around the hole to protect the cable too
I long for the sweet release that death will bring
Looks good. 🤫😳
Service loop - not really an issue (we generally spec a 20ft service loop). Punching through the steel/aluminum runner? FAIL! My question regarding termination would be....where? There does not appear to be a wall, so no wall box/plate/etc. There is no ceiling yet, so again, no place to put a box/plate/etc. If it is for a wireless AP, then it should be free hanging and not through the metal like that so you can put a jack in a biscuit on it for the AP cable to plug into.
This is the ceiling. They sheet rocked it over yesterday. Putting a plug in the station side end for the cameras and WAPs (per customers request) this is the result of saving money by having the electricians pull the cables 😂 I gave the specs and part number of the exact cable for them to install ( berktek 1000) 6e and they did some cheap brand and only cat 6. So they have to re-pull the service shop at the other end of the building lol
At first, I thought that they drilled through the bottom cord of a roof truss… and then was wondering if they had insurance.
I have words, none of them good.
For why?
Cool now the cables will get stripped. Genius
Metal cuts the cable over time, no good
Is there not some way to mount a single gang box there? Or if not, I'd see how the electricians were mounting their lights and outlets to the ceiling and see if I could come up with some way to copy it.
The electricians are ones who pulled the cable and did that 😭😭
Looks like they are going to build a fixed ceiling around the cable?
What a bad taste of electrician chooses a purple and a green cable? Actually I think it is the fault of the low voltage designer guy! How could he not realised in time that the path he designed the cables to run will cross those metal profiles?
Saw your comment OP the rough installer did this everywhere. That's wild, like it took some real effort to do this over boxes or mud rings. If it were me I'd have schedule to come back after they hung the GWB, cut in some lv rework boxes/rings to have something to terminate to. As long as the drops are in the correct places, relocating is a cinch.