Paul,
If it’s just 350 feet is it possible to just order a new fiber and run
a new 4 strand fiber? The reason I ask is you can get a new, pre-made run for
abut $400 shipped to you. Thats ends, tested , and ready to go. You are going
to probably spend that much in labor and the such to splice it.
Justin Wilson
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> On Aug 17, 2015, at 9:19 AM, Paul McCall <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Since we don’t have fiber splicing experience, I figured I should query the
> crowd.
>
> We have a customer with a small tower about 350 feet from their home that was
> installed 6 years ago. Since electrical had to be run from the home out to
> the tower, they opted to pull fiber (4-stand Multimode) from the house to the
> tower through the same 2” conduit as the electrical.
>
> One of the above ground “pull boxes” (12x12x4”) at the house had an extra
> hole in it that they plugged at the time of installation. Last week they
> discovered that the hole plug had failed (seal problem) and mice/rats had
> gotten in and chewed through the fiber (all 4 strands). Coming one direction
> there is plenty of extra fiber to pull into the box area to make a splice.
> In the other direction is only a couple inches of slack so I have to go to
> the next pull spot (a 90 deg. right angle) they need to pull a new section of
> fiber to that spot. (approximately 30 feet). I am talking to a local
> contractor about doing the splices for me, and he wasn’t sure he had a splice
> kit that would fit into the 12x12x4” box when finished.
>
> Is there a simple splice kit (for 4 strands) that can fit inside the box that
> you can recommend?
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> Paul McCall, Pres.
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