OEM CC interior repair

John, Well we know your not color blind!

jbear wrote: It is not cool to get off by one color when splicing in a 1800 pair cable. john

John, With the large cables, aren't they split into sub groups of 50 or 100 pair because they run out of colors? So if you do make a mistake it really isn't out of the 1800 pair. Just wondering because I do get to talk with the phone guys on occasion. The last time was out back when one was up on the pole trying to repair a rats nest of splices on top of splices. It was under one of the "temporary" black trash bags because it was scheduled for a up grade. That temporary splice point was out there for 12 years! Every time it rained we would need AT&T in! They finally replaced the overhead and brought the junction down to a ped. I guess they don't like ladders anymore!!

John,

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8122pbrainard wrote: jbear wrote: It is not cool to get off by one color when splicing in a 1800 pair cable. john John, With the large cables, aren't they split into sub groups of 50 or 100 pair because they run out of colors? So if you do make a mistake it really isn't out of the 1800 pair. Just wondering because I do get to talk with the phone guys on occasion. The last time was out back when one was up on the pole trying to repair a rats nest of splices on top of splices. It was under one of the "temporary" black trash bags because it was scheduled for a up grade. That temporary splice point was out there for 12 years! Every time it rained we would need AT&T in! They finally replaced the overhead and brought the junction down to a ped. I guess they don't like ladders anymore!!

Thats not a trash bag Pete,we actually have rolls of plastic and besides if it's been there for 12 yrs,it was a permanent fix.
And John I wonder if you were running into cable from about 10 yrs ago. I remember for sometime around here the colors were off. I think they got the wire cheaper so a bigger donation could be made to the Peggy Notebaert Museum I miss the good old Western Electric days-
I didn't even see the dates of the original posts, oop's

Sorry John. Missed the last post. Better late than never. I hate dead end threads. Thought I'd clean up mine. Guy like me asks how to do something and doesn't tell everyone how it turned out. The interior turned out great! Used Aaron Miller from Ohio. Amish guy did a great job! The stitching, fabric, color and price.
By the way, my dad was an Illinois Bell man for over 25yrs. Started climbing poles, did residential installs/repairs and eventually made his way into the office.