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Observance of Standards
Reference Documents
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Telmon,
Inc. observes the following installation practices and
guidelines:
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Adherence to NFPA National Electric Code-1990 (NEC-1990)
guidelines related to safety
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Adherence to EIA/TIA 568A specification related to
Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standards
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Adherence to EIA/TIA 569 specification related to
Commercial Building Standard for Telecommunications
Pathways and Spaces
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Adherence to EIA/TIA 606 specification related to
Administration Standard for the Telecommunications
Infrastructure of Commercial Buildings
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Adherence to EIA/TIA 607 specification related to
Commercial Building Grounding/Bonding Requirements
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Adherence to EIA/TIA SP-2840 specification related
to installation practice and methodology of Telecommunications
Cabling
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to BICSI Telecommunications Distribution Methods Manual
specification for additional practices and methodologies
not covered by EIA/TIA specification
Testing Guidelines
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In
addition, Telmon, Inc. provides certification results,
as defined by EIA/TIA Level II certification standards,
for each cable run installed, to ensure compliance to
Telecommunications Standards guidelines. This allows
Telmon, Inc. to offer a lifetime warranty on installations,
as defined by our Warranty and Maintenance statement.
Additional Standards
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The
installation practices as defined, unfortunately, allow
some room for interpretation, which allows a variance
in installation performance by communications contractors.
To alleviate this, Telmon, Inc. specifies the following
additional guidelines to ensure the quality of its installations:
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Telmon, Inc. will provide its own cable supports in
the ceiling, mounted to the upper deck, rather than
attaching to existing ceiling hangers such as ceiling
grid support. This allows Telmon, Inc. to control the
path of the cable installation to ensure that all cables
will be neatly bundled, taking care to maintain better
than minimum required distances from potential sources
of Electro-Magnetic Interference (EMI) and Radio-Frequency
Interference (RFI) and meet minimum bending radius requirements
as specified by EIA/TIA standards.
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Telmon, Inc. feels that cable management is the most
critical component of an installation. Telmon, Inc.
pays particularly close attention to how cables are
dressed into the termination closet, so that proper
cable management and maintenance may be achieved.
Data
station cables will be terminated at the host equipment
location sequentially, from lowest to highest, on distribution
panels which are mounted to a free standing equipment
rack. The station cables will be routed overhead via
an installed ladder rack and terminated on the appropriate
distribution panel.
All
station cables will be bundled and neatly secured such
that each cable run may be followed from point-to-point,
with no twists, kinks or "divers"in the bundle.
This provides for superior cable performance, in addition
to being easier to maintain and providing an aesthetically
pleasing appearance. The bundle will be secured by zip
ties placed at every 6 inches, observing proper tension
specifications around the cable bundles, and cleated
to the wall at every third zip tie.
The
front face of the distribution rack will have cable
management panels and guides installed such that patch
cable connectivity will not obscure the front face of
the rack to the point of being unmanageable, and each
patch cable will follow an obvious path from point-to-point.
The method employed uses a combination of vertical and
horizontal management and preplanning of the rack face
to accommodate a density factor of no more than 1:2
on the termination plane. This allows proper space for
cable management to be employed.
Telmon,
Inc. will provide a service loop in each cable run to
accommodate minor location adjustments for future use.
Warranty and Maintenance for Network Transport/Cabling
Systems
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Telmon,
Inc. will fully test and certify the communications
cable plant as installed prior to acceptance by the
Customer to ensure EIA/TIA 568 Level II compliance for
all network transport media as installed. In the event
that any defects are found, Telmon, Inc. will correct
the defects at its own cost prior to system acceptance.
In the event that any defects are found following system
acceptance by our customers, Telmon, Inc. will repair
or replace the defects at its own cost, subject to the
following provisions:
- Customer
will notify Telmon, Inc. with location, type of trouble
and related information such that Telmon, Inc. can
make the necessary provisions needed to correct the
defect.
- Telmon,
Inc. will warrant the materials used for the installation
for the period of time stated in the manufacturers
warranty, or for a minimum of five years, the term
which offers the longer coverage of the material being
the governing covenant.
- Telmon,
Inc. will warrant the installation labor for as long
as the installation remains in its initially installed
state. In the event that changes must be made to the
installation, Telmon, Inc. will enforce the warranty
coverage provided that Telmon, Inc. is allowed to
make the changes necessary and then re-certify the
installation.
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