How to Configure Your Telecom Cabinet for Maximum Efficiency and Lowest Cost
When you have a good project while have a little tight budget, how can you establish a high performance telecommunication cabinet, you don't want to sacrifice its features, which all are critical for your project and future operation and maintenance, such as you need a good ventilation inside of the cabinet, you need a very convenient layout of reliable power supply for your critical switch, some times you have some expensive devices which need very stable power supply, how should do you?
STEP 1: Check Equipment and Space Needs
Before roughly determining the size of your telecom cabinet, think about what you’ll install. Look at the popular cabinet size, weight, and number of devices like routers and servers. Make sure the cabinet fits your current needs and has space for future growth. The inside space should be big enough for all equipment. Also need consider the available footprint area of your cabinet.
STEP 2: Plan Your Telecom Cabinet Layout
Now you almost have an ideal the size of your cabinet, and how many U on the rack you can use. To consider the power distribution panel, switch, rectifier system, may be backup batteries and other devices, how to arrange them in your cabinet, for easy arrange of power cables, Ethernet cables, and easy interconnection of devices, also a good weight balance of the total cabinet. The heat dissipation is also critical for this step, cooling system can use AC or fans, need to consider the environment, cabinet operation condition, and budget. Always use a wisely for both air flow and cables.
STEP 3: Design the power distribution
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