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News Release from: Merlin Gerin
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 24 January 2005
Datacomms systems are guaranteed safely
installed
A new system guarantee scheme not only covers Merlin Gerin datacomms equipment, but also the installation and the installers themselves.
Pulling out a fibre from a transceiver patch panel can lead to burning out a retina; yet until recently, the only legislative measure in the datacomms industry was a somewhat nebulous code of practice That changed in June 2004 when the existing BS6701 was rewritten and elevated to become a British Standard and part of the BS7671 16th edition Wiring Regulations
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 21 Jun 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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In other words, the overseeing of cabling, installation and maintenance in the voice, data, image (VDI) field got legal.
Most manufacturers already produced equipment that complied with the new BS6701 standard.
But, rather in the spirit of "guns don't kill people, people kill people" argument, nothing was done to actually govern installers.
For this reason, Schneider Electric under its Merlin Gerin brand and also through its transparent building integrated systems offer, has introduced a system guarantee scheme that not only covers the equipment, but also the installation and the installers themselves.
In this way, end users, who must also comply with BS6701, gain the assurance that, by using Schneider Electric approved installers, they are properly covered.
The system guarantee has three parts covering component, link and channel guarantees.
Under BS6701:2004 installers must provide detailed operating instructions for telecoms cabling as part of the hand over process.
This includes the types of cable, segregation distances and optical fibre connecting hardware.
There is now a Merlin Gerin manual to assist in this area of BS6701.
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