Cables that pisses me off

Sometimes, during installations, you have to deal with a lot of cables. And also, they are labeled cryptically. So, in the end, you would be wasting a lot of time just trying to separate them. Normally, we just terminate them and get on with our lives but in this case, the Main Contractor just refused to tell us which cables are for what. Yes, I could just terminate them and be done with it but we do not want to cause any unnecessary conflicts.

This is a very cheap cable. The outer grey sheath sticks to the inner cables.
When you strip the main sheath, the inner cables would come off as well
This exposes the wires and causes a short


One bunch goes to the main table, the other goes to administration.
The rest are for future expansion as you cannot just break up the
marble tile flooring (in the future)to lay the cables. The only
problem is, which is which. Took us hours to separate them


I really hate this one. Its a Gel-filled cable. The outer
black sheath is quite tough. Next is the metal shielding
before we get to the 10-pairs of cables itself. What I
really hate is that the cables inside were coated with
gel which reminds me of those sticky half-frozen fat.
When you get them on your fingers, the sticky goo will
spread everywhere. And everything you touch will be
sticky and icky. Good luck with normal soap and water.
When I am in the mood, I will blog about this cable later.

And at this time, your nose or ears will usually start to itch