Plywood Base For A Wall With Wooden Studs; Figure 90: Switch On The Wall With A Plywood Base - Allied Telesis x950 Series Installation Manual

x950 Series Installation Guide for VCStack

Plywood Base for a Wall with Wooden Studs

If you are installing the switch on a wall that has wooden studs, Allied
Telesis recommends using a plywood base for the device. (A plywood
base is not required for a concrete wall.) Refer to Figure 90.
Wall Studs
Wall
Plywood Base
Figure 90. Switch on the Wall with a Plywood Base
The plywood base allows you to mount the switch on two wall studs.
Without the base, only one side of the switch would be attached to a stud.
This is because the standard distance between two studs in a wall is 41
centimeters (16 inches) while the distance between the left and right
brackets on the switch is 37 centimeters (14 1/2 inches).
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