Where to install SAT cabling / rack - recommendation?

  • Erstellt am 2023-09-22 12:48:08

darksun

2023-09-22 12:48:08
  • #1
Hello,
in our basement technical room, the meter cabinet is on the right wall.
To the left of it, the LAN and SAT cables arrive.
I will hang a 45 cm deep 19" rack on the wall (60x63cm).

My idea is to hang this about 20cm away from the meter cabinet on the left.
With 20cm distance to the rack, the SAT cabling (8-way multiswitch, 4 inputs; so a total of 12 cables) should be installed.
The multiswitch should be mounted on a 40x40cm perforated metal sheet.

See picture. ([drawn rack and perforated metal sheet are not 100% to scale])

Is this okay, or does mounting the multiswitch deep have "disadvantages"? I think you (hopefully) don't have to touch it for a long time once it works.
The top edge of the rack should be at 190cm.

Other ideas?
 

HeimatBauer

2023-09-22 13:33:06
  • #2
To me, the meter cabinet and network rack look almost the same, only I hung the network server rack higher and it is overall taller. I hung my Sat matrix far away from it, to be honest, it hangs almost above the door on the right. Sat cables and LAN cables IMHO have nothing to do with each other, that's why I separated them.
 

lastdrop

2023-09-22 13:34:00
  • #3
Why not run the SAT cabling over the rack? That way, the space under the rack remains usable [=> beer crates]

As you say, you almost never have to access the SAT cabling anyway. For me, it hangs above the electrical box.
 

HeimatBauer

2023-09-22 14:19:03
  • #4
Under the 19" rack, I have the backup power unit and above that is some space and then the ceiling :)

So I would just squeeze the Sat matrix somewhere it barely fits – and as far away from the rack as possible. Above the door, on the wall next to the door, somewhere to the right. Power cables and network cables are stressful enough to pull and cross; if at least all the Sat cables run nicely to the right, they won’t cause any stress.

In short: I would put it somewhere to the right of the electrical panel. Somewhere where I definitely won’t need the space for anything else. Up under the ceiling in the most worthless spot ever.
 

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