I agree on new run. Avoid the headaches if not experienced in splicing. Or hire a reputable splice expert On Aug 17, 2015 7:20 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. > > PDMNet / Florida Broadband > > 658 Old Dixie Highway > > Vero Beach, FL 32962 > > 772-564-6800 office > > 772-473-0352 cell > > www.pdmnet.com > > [email protected] > > >
