Cable Comb® Cable Organizing Tool (CCB-25)

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A bundle of two dozen cables pulled through a ceiling or down a rack arrives as a tangle, and straightening it by hand before it can be lashed is the slow part of the job. The Jonard Tools CCB-25 Cable Comb® takes the tangle out as the bundle is pulled: load the cables into the orange inner hub, slide the blue outer collar forward to close it, and draw the comb along the bundle so the cables come out parallel and ready to tie. It holds up to 24 cables of 1/4 in diameter or less in 15 slots, which covers coax, plenum, control, Cat5e/5/6 network, speaker, and alarm cables and wires, and it does it without threading the cable ends: a cable goes into the hub at any point during the job, and comes out at any point by sliding the collar back. The plastic is naturally slick, so the comb glides over the jackets instead of scuffing them.

Features

• Cables up to 1/4 in (6.35 mm). Coax (not RG6 Quad), plenum, control, Cat5e/5/6 network, speaker, and alarm cables and wires.
• Holds up to 24 cables. Fifteen slots in a 4.9 in (124.5 mm) hub.
• Load at any point. The design takes an individual cable into the hub partway through the job without threading the cable's end.
• Remove at any point. Slide the blue outer collar back to release cables.
• Naturally slick plastic. Reduces friction and unnecessary wear on the cables being combed.

Where It Fits

It suits structured cabling installers dressing Cat5e and Cat6 bundles into a rack or a patch panel, low-voltage technicians pulling coax, control, and alarm cable through ceilings and walls on the same run, AV and home theater integrators routing speaker wire and network cable together behind an equipment rack, security and fire alarm contractors keeping a multi-cable home run neat enough to label, data center and telecom techs who lash bundles with Velcro or lacing and want them straight first, anyone who has spent longer untangling a pull than pulling it, and a tool bag that already has the cable ties and the lacing cord. Jonard's cable pulling and dressing tools cover the rest of the run, and the ST-500 and ST-550 strippers and the fiber and copper tool kits cover the terminations at the end of it.

Good to Know

The 1/4 in limit is per cable, not per bundle, and RG6 Quad is specifically excluded, since the extra shield layers push it past the slots; a cable that has to be forced into a slot is too big for it. Fill the hub evenly rather than loading one side, so the comb pulls straight and the bundle comes out round. Comb from the fixed end toward the loose end in long strokes, and let the slick plastic do the work; a comb that catches has a cable crossed in the hub, so back the collar off, straighten it, and close the collar again. Load and unload with the collar, not by prying the hub, and keep the collar closed while pulling so nothing drops out mid-run. It's a dressing tool, not a pulling tool, so don't use it to haul the bundle through a conduit or ceiling, and keep it out of the bend of a pull where it would stress the jackets. Wipe the hub out if it picks up drywall dust or pulling lubricant, since grit in the slots is what ends up scuffing the cables.

Specifications

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