Table 15 backboard size limits, Table 16 stud spacing – Nortel Networks 1000M User Manual

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Bracing against earthquakes

You need a backboard that is large enough to hold all of the
components that you will install on the wall. To determine the
backboard size, refer to the wall plan that you developed using the
guidelines in Communication Server 1000M and Meridian 1 Small
System Planning and Engineering (NN43011-220)
. If you have not
developed a wall plan, please develop one now.

When you have determined the required backboard size, make sure
the measurements are within the limits listed in

Table 15 "Backboard

size limits" (page 64)

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Table 15
Backboard size limits

Backboard size

Minimum

0.6 m by 1.8 m (2 ft by 6 ft)

Maximum

1.2 m by 2.4 m (4 ft by 8 ft)

2

Determine fastener requirements.

You need the following information to determine fastener
requirements:

What fasteners you must use.

How deeply you must embed the fasteners into the wall.

The vertical distance between fasteners.

The horizontal distance between fasteners. For wood and metal
stud walls, determine this spacing by the spacing between wall
studs. Wall stud spacing must be within the range listed in

Table

16 "Stud spacing" (page 64)

.

The required wall stud sizes for wood and metal stud walls.

Table 16
Stud spacing

Stud spacing

Minimum

0.4 m (16 in.)

Maximum

0.6 m (24 in.)

Table 17 "Hardware recommendations" (page 65)

provides the

hardware recommendations for earthquake bracing the Small
System.

Nortel Communication Server 1000

Communication Server 1000M and Meridian 1 Small System Installation and Commissioning

NN43011-310

01.04

Standard

Release 5.0

13 May 2008

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