My customer had their IT guys wire their new office. I went in today to move the phone system. I got everything installed and cross connected, but not one phone worked.
I stuck my toner in a jack and found my tone on blue/white and white/green. WTF!
So, I open a jack and see that he used 6-conductor jacks for voice, but wired them '568B' (sort of). He had white/org pair on pins 1 and 2. white/green on pin 3. blue/white on pin 4. white/blue on pin 5 and green/white on pin 6.
And the brown pair, wrapped around the cable, probably not sure what to do with it...
The MDF could definately be a candidate for the 'ugly work' thread (66 blocks mounted upside down, messy termination, poor layout).
There is a certain craftsmanship that us pro's put into our work, that these hacks haven't learned and don't understand. It makes me want to cry when I see a nice new office suite wired up in this fashion - and the customer either doesn't realize it or care either way.
