I've used them to fix a cut drop. Regards, Chuck
On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 12:07 PM, Jason McKemie < [email protected]> wrote: > This is the smallest splice closure I know of: > > > http://www.preformed.com/index.php?option=com_phocadownload&view=category&download=7:section-4-coyote-dtc-drop-termination-closure&id=10:coyote-fiber-optic-closures&Itemid=139 > > Sorry for the long link. > > On Monday, August 17, 2015, 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. >> >> PDMNet / Florida Broadband >> >> 658 Old Dixie Highway >> >> Vero Beach, FL 32962 >> >> 772-564-6800 office >> >> 772-473-0352 cell >> >> www.pdmnet.com >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> >
