I'll find it for you tomorrow. A vendor brought it in to the office and
showed it to me, but I'll have to ask him what the model number was.
On 1/3/2019 5:27 PM, Chris Fabien wrote:
What's the commscope product that is comparable?
On Thu, Jan 3, 2019, 5:20 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
If I'm being perfectly honest, I liked the Commscope version
better than the Optima I have on hand.
There is a newer rev of Optima-S than what I have in my picture,
so I also have to re-evaluate. The new one is supposed to angle
the connectors up a little so they're easier to get a cable in and
out of. The mainline compartment closes with bolts instead of the
wire clamps, but I don't know if the seal is any different. They
changed the splice tray too. The drop cable compartment has a
snap lid now and I think it had a hasp to optionally secure it
with a wire or zip tie. Disclaimer.....the newer Optima version I
saw was a 3D printed prototype, so it may still be different.
-Adam
On 1/3/2019 5:07 PM, Chris Fabien wrote:
It's not a stupid idea. For Aerial espicially there is a big
advantage without the cost of the hardened connector terminals.
We tested the Optima S about a year ago, unfortunately they
leaked terribly with a flat drop gasket in the mainline (in a
handhole application). Design flaw that was never tested
apparently. They were supposed to be redesigning but it shook my
confidence in the product & company. Ive never liked split rubber
grommets which is what these use on the mainline side. We also
found their field install connectors to be more difficult to get
a good install vs other connectors.
Ultimately we just stayed with a fusion spliced drop in a Tyco
450 case. BUT if we were going to do an aerial project I would at
least re-evaluate them. I would probably try to get the drop
assemblies made in China vs buying from multilink or terminating
bulk cable.
On Thu, Jan 3, 2019, 4:01 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
Commscope and Multilink both make aerial closures like this.
Even if I take 10 minutes to put a connector on the cable,
that's still
faster than taking a closure off the strand, bringing it down
into your
truck/trailer, break the seal, fusion splice, reseal, rehang,
re-tie the
slack.
They intend for you to use preterminated cables, but I think
that has to
come with a lot of waste so I'm not 100% sold on that. That's
why I'm
experimenting with terminations on drop cables.
I suppose I seek comment on both the termination process and
also
whether this is a stupid idea to start with.
-Adam
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