AV Tools Preventative Maintenance - Rack Check
Room Preventative Maintenance Rack Check
- Where possible the rack should be verified against the current schematic drawing of the room
- Check that all hardware is properly powered and connected; the following should be checked:
- all connections should be solid
- connections should be strain-relieved where possible
- connection locks should be used and engaged where possible
- Check for cable labeling
- All cables should be labeled
- Cable labels should be readable
- Check for cable organization; it should be noted if any of the following are true:
- Audio is bundled with power (AC in-particular)
- The cables are tight or pulling while the equipment is mounted normally
- Antennas are found in a rack and are not routed out
- There are kinked, broken, or fraying cables of any kind
- Cables other than power or where cables enter a rack are ziptied