sundance-communications.com/forum Forums Wiring - Telecom Carriers - Trunks & Services Cabling Telephones Systems Wiring Questions on what I'm seeing (with pictures)

Yep, Scotchlok UY2 in pic one (aka "Jellybeans"). For splicing phone lines only. There are specially designed pliers, like these , for installing them. Don't know why they were used though as they appear to be installed onto a service loop.

- If you wanted to clean it up, where would you start?

I can't see the whole install with one pic, so it's hard to say. If there's any wires hanging on or near the floor, carefully bundleing them would be some improvement.

Please tell me the power receptacle (or cover to the box) is not secured with just white zip-ties.
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Any ideas on what might have been where the backboard is cut out, or is that some kind of white laminate overlay there? And the proper name of the mini-66 block in pic #3, center left, is escaping me at the moment.

Jack

That's a 66M4-12 from the looks of it.

pic #1, I usually call those butt splices. They have gel in the end connector to make them weather resistant. I use them a lot unfortunately in my job, though mostly indoors or inside the NID.

Those mini 66 blocks would be nice to use on my job.

Splices are okay if you have to use them...but not like the beanie boys do. Scotchlocks with the proper tool will work fine...but most people seem to just use a pair of pliers

Thank you, Bill.

Jeff: "beanie boy"? I've seen that elsewhere here, and I'm still not sure the phrase's exact meaning. Could you fill me in?

Jack

Beanie boy refers to most alarm guys. They use beanies for EVERYTHING...connecting devices, end of line resistors, RJ31x, you name it. Most of the time it's nothing but a huge mess.
The phone companies stopped using beanies a long time ago because they fail a lot.

Believe me, that's gripe of mine. A good portion of that room is a gripe of mine, and I had grandiose plans if we were going to move facilities.

I may shoot for getting that done though, as it may be a code violation. I'm heading back in there in a bit to take a look and to look at that small 66 block, and I want to look at that again. Problem is, getting them to spend money these days is difficult at best. This time last year, betwen here and the plant we were around 430 employees. Now we're down to less than 200, and it's supposed to drop even further.

Thank you for the answer, Jeff.

Jack

No problem. I learned about beanie boys here

That's not quite true Jeff, but fodder for another topic.