Co Tools - ActionTec V2000H Manual

Jumper Wires
Jumper wire is a short wire which is used at both CO and SAC boxes to complete an electric circuit or bypass a
break in a circuit.
Color code for jumper wire used are as follows:
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Yellow/blue or blue/yellow - BC for most circuits
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White/blue or blue/white - Alberta for SAC Boxes, UMC's
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Red/green – Alberta for Power Pairs
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White/black – Alberta frames
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Red/black – Express Power pairs for RDSLAMs, T1 & CLEC circuits with high voltage.
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Red/green – Special Services
Working with Jumper wires
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Never remove jumpers through the connecting block fanning strips
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Remove jumpers from the horizontal side
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Remove all clearance jumpers
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Do not leave dead jumpers in the rack
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Leave 3 to 6 inches of slack
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Measure from tip of thumb to tip of little finger with fingers spread

1.3.2 CO Tools

1. Northern Telecom QTH 38b - QTH38B tool used for terminating, bridging, and removing wires from 2-beam
Figure 13: Jumper Wires
or 3-beam, insulation-slicing, quick-clip terminals found on
QCM486 (MPC) and 391Q connectors, and on Versa blocks with
quick-clip pins. Quick connect tool lets you install and/or remove
jumpers quickly.
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No need to strip jumper wire prior to terminating.
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Push out the wire holder. Put the wire in it. Have the
loose end of the wire – the end to be cut off – hanging out of the
yellow side of the tool. Punch down the wire over the block pins.
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Use the take-out-hook to remove old jumpers.
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