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motm@yahoogroups.com, "J. Larry Hendry" <jlarryh@i...> wrote:
> Greg, I think you need at least 575 cables. Maybe 850 is about right
> <snicker> OK, maybe I am stretching it a little. :-) Could there be a
> conflict of interest since I sell them? Oh crap, my secret is out. :-)
>
> Actually, I think you plan sounds pretty good. Not one person has ever
> e-mailed me and said. "I bought too many cables." But, many people have
> ordered multiple times as their systems grew.
>
> Just remember that:
> 1 footers are only good for modules that are basically side by side.
You can
> skip over 1U or 2U width.
> 2 footers will comfortable reach from row above to row below or
across 10U
> side to side.
> 3 footers will reach about 17 U side to side
> 4 footers will reach almost anything in a 2 row x 24U wide cabinet.
I have
> one in my cabinet from top row right to bottom row left module and it is
> fine, but completely used up. However, that is with jacks at the
bottom of
> the panel
> 5 footers will be almost never use in a 2 row 24U cabinet. You will not
> need many of these.
>
10 + footers between your gear and your mixer or patch bay will save
you a lot of headache, if you have a lot of gear.