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Doctor Watts Datacom
Pocket Reference Guide

Author Mark N. Shapiro has created this quick reference guide especially for those involved in the construction, inspection, cabling, and testing of datacom systems.

With its informative do’s and don’ts, helpful tips, symbol explanations, clear illustrations, Code clarifications, tables and diagrams, and extensive glossary all in a color-coded, tabbed format, the Datacom reference guide is relied upon by data communications professionals throughout the country..

Although it is small enough to slip into a shirt pocket, the essential Doctor Watts Datacom reference guide is packed with detailed information.

Contents include:

• Detailed information on the construction of datacom systems, including common do’s and don’ts to watch out for, blueprint symbols, specifics on building a telecom room, guidelines for distance, conduit fill, raceway cables, bending radius
• National Electrical Code articles and how they affect datacom projects, including a cable dictionary, cable substitutions, firestopping principles, information on grounding
• Standard procedures for cabling, such as UPT cable categories, modular jack outlet connectors, patch and rollover cables, parallel and serial ports, color coding instructions
• Testing specifications and guidelines, including twisted pair copper media
• Comprehensive glossary

Related:

Dr. Watts -
The Shirt-Pocket Electrical Guide
based on the 2008 NEC

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