Any figure 8 cable / conduit. On Thursday, October 2, 2014, Ken Hohhof via Af <[email protected]> wrote:
> Does that include the Superior Essex fiber with messenger, or just the > duct like Mark linked to? > > *From:* Chuck McCown via Af > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Sent:* Thursday, October 02, 2014 9:44 AM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] WTB Superior Essex 12D fiber cable > > If you hang figure 8 type of stuff from poles, twists are imperative. > They keep it from oscillating up and down in the wind. If you don’t twist > it will shake itself to death. > > *From:* Mark Radabaugh via Af > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 01, 2014 5:56 PM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] WTB Superior Essex 12D fiber cable > > Ken, > > We picked up a couple hundred feet of figure-8 conduit from a local > utility supply house a few years ago for something like $0.25/foot. Looks > a lot like this stuff: http://www.duraline.com/conduit/figure-8 > > It's meant for aerial installation. I used it from the roof of the > elevator down to a shelter. I pulled regular power and fiber cables into > it. The stuff is pretty heavy - I hauled it up to the roof with a capstan > winch, and ended up tensioning it with the winch as well. Check the local > utility supply houses to see if they have a partial reel sitting around. > Use a 'Strand Vise" to attach the messenger wire to anchor the ends. The > EHS cable is a bitch to cut - a grinder works great. > > One thing I learned after putting it up - leave a few twists around the > messenger strand. You want the tube wrapped around the messenger a couple > of times so that the tube part is not hanging below the messenger the whole > way. I tried to make it nice and neet and took all the twist out of it > when I hung it. Turns out that was wrong. It's not showing any signs of > coming apart fortunately. > > Mark > > On 10/1/14, 3:10 PM, Ken Hohhof via Af wrote: > > Do you know, is this stuff suitable for aerial installation, and if so, > what would be the best install method, assuming we don’t have the equipment > to do aerial lashed? Is there some kind of figure 8 cable that has an > integral steel cable that would be better? > > I’m not talking about FTTH on utility poles, this is for a grain elevator > where burying the cable is not practical. Basically going from a building > on one side of the bins to a building on the other side, where we can pick > existing buried fiber to yet another building. > > > *From:* Jeremy via Af <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 01, 2014 1:57 PM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Subject:* [AFMUG] WTB Superior Essex 12D fiber cable > > I need a couple hundred feet of 12 strand armored fiber. SE 12D or > similar. Everyone else wants to sell me 3300'. Anyone out there willing > to part with a couple hundred feet? I'll get you exact lengths as soon as > I find someone willing to sell me a bit. Thanks. > > > > -- > Mark Radabaugh > Amplex > [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > 419.837.5015 x 1021 > >
