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I want to know if the traditional wall plate jack colors in the US are white jack for voice and blue for data?

Just curios on this one. I purchaced the last supply stock of jacks, cables and so on and have a number of jacks that are red, yellow, green and so on from my ex boss. I would imagine a red female beldon jack could be used as a backbone cable but, have not seen it used in that case.


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I don't believe that there is a firm standard that is observed across the industry. I have heard white for voice, gray for "other" voice (like a fax machine or answering machine) blue for data #1 and orange for data #2.

In high-end homes and offices where the feng-sui is an issue, the customer usually wants the plates and jacks to be all the same color, whether that be white, telephone ivory, electrical ivory, dark brown, or some other color. On many occasions, I have had an "open, frank and candid exchange of views" with architects, builders and owners about ensuring that everything blend into the whole picture.

On one such job, I delivered the plates and jacks to the GC, and he took them to a paint shop where they were carefully painted to match all the other plates, outlets and switches, in exactly the color that Madam wanted. On that job, had I used blue for data, there would have been "pulling of hair and rending of sackcloth."

Unless someone specifies a color or colors, I just use white plates and white jacks. I carry a bunch of permanent markers to create black, blue, orange, red, etc, jacks, for special occasions, and I stock a few gray jacks, since that's a color that can't readily be created with a felt marker.


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At work we use white plates/housings, white cable and jacks for voice, blue cable and jacks for data.

On my own jobs I typically use ivory plates/housings, ivory jacks for voice, and orange jacks for data.

At my college, they changed their specs every few years. At least you could tell how old the wiring was by looking at the plate.



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For several years, I make the voice jack the same color as the faceplate and the data jack blue or orange, if it's my choice The "fax" or special jacks get a complementary color, ie gray for ivory or white, black for gray, etc., and there's always a chance for a RED jack somewhere (PF).

Some places, especially with structured cabling want the same color for voice and data and you just make sure they are labeled and in the same position from outlet to outlet. I hate those.

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Here is UT's chapter-and-verse on cabling:

https://www.utoledo.edu/facilities/construction/standards.html


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Okay here is a request on the blue prints. Tell me this will/will not cause hum from AC power onto the data cables? Thee gang wall plate with voice on one gang opening and data on the other?

https://ibin.co/1VMer8BBLzMA

BTW, What are the prices of data parts in your part of the US? I was quoted at greybar. May look for a better source of high quality parts in the US.

2 port single gang ax101433 xxx
1 48 port patch panel ax103255 xxx
White beldon jacks cat6 ax101065 xxx
Blue beldon cat6 ax101071 xxx
Patch cables 7ft c601109007 xxx
patch cables 5 feet C601109005 xxx
mud rings lv-1 arlington mpls xxx

Did not get a quote for cat6 plenum cable but it is very pricy over xxx per box based on another quote from a supplier.


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BTW, is there another brand of wall plate that work with beldon cat6 jacks?

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Bill, if not allowed in open forums, when where can I get tips on good pricing in the US or eastern canada?

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The installers and pro shop forums are for price sensitive questions. This keeps cheap bastards from trying to nickel and dime you to death. You have access to the installers forum...the general public and trunkers do not.


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