You can definitely mount a splice case on the pole. Whether you mount
it at the bottom or the top doesn't make much difference. So for new
installation and drop termination you could pre-plan and leave slack in
all the right places. The issue I see is when there's a break and I
have to develop slack from somewhere down the line or work with what's
there.
There's also the fact that if I'm in the brush or in cornfield there may
be no convenient place for a tent on the ground, and I have to be able
to splice in the middle of the driving snow storm or else I'm just a
pretender and not a real service provider.
So we might have to set up a tent and a work table up in the air and
spike up the pole, and all of that crap has to be carried on foot. I
enjoy backpacking, but it sounds like a lot of shit to carry. #RuralFiber
I'm hoping for easy answers because I'm fundamentally lazy, but my
devotion to duty means I have to set aside laziness and just grouse and
bitch my way through whatever problem I'm facing. So I know that I can
walk out into the bush with all of my crap for splicing up on the pole
in the wilderness....I just don't want to. Come on AFMUG, give me the
easy solution!
On 12/3/2018 9:15 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
But they are OK with a pole in the cornfield?
Seems like there should be some kind of splice case you could mount on
the pole maybe 5 feet off the ground. Unless you worry that the farm
equipment will hit it when making turns in the field. Seems like they
would have to be turning within inches of a utility pole though. Of
course, that’s one of the reasons utility poles get knocked over in
our area. Not sure if it’s due to inattentive farmers, or GPS errors
and autosteer.
*From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Adam Moffett
*Sent:* Monday, December 3, 2018 8:02 PM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Splicing on a pole off road
That would work in some places for sure. I bet they don't want a ped
or hand hole in the corn field though.
On 12/3/2018 6:35 PM, [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
Run it down the pole and splice in a ped or hand hole.
*From:*Jason McKemie
*Sent:*Monday, December 3, 2018 4:22 PM
*To:*AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
*Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] Splicing on a pole off road
I've been using a Werner work platform. They're actually made to
stand on, but provide me with some work space. Various
manufacturers make ladder-mount splicing workstations, most are
outrageously expensive though.
On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 5:09 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Do you mount a work table on the ladder?
On 12/3/2018 5:39 PM, Jason McKemie wrote:
I have several locations that I splice from a ladder on a
pole. It isn't my favorite way to do things, but it is
workable. If you're going to need to do it in inclement
weather, I would probably purchase a strand-mountable
ladder tent - providing steel strand is present.
-Jason
On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 3:54 PM Adam Moffett
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I'm looking at some rural places where for some reason
the power company
chose to run their pole line about 100 yards off the
road behind the
houses.
I cannot drive a bucket truck to some of these
places. Sometimes you'd
be crushing a corn field to get there or other times
it's brushy and
untamed and you couldn't drive anything less than a
forestry mulcher
through it.
How do you equip someone for fusion splicing out in
the bush like that?
If we build on this route, we'll have to be able to
splice out there at
some point. Do you clear a space on the ground and
set up a tent or do
you climb the pole and set up an aerial tent and lash
a work table to
the pole?
-Adam
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