The only reason we didn’t go that route of running a new cable is that there are (6) 10 gauge electrical wires (coated) in that pipe and it narrow to 1 ½” in the last 100 feet or so. I was concerned that I would not be able to put anything through that successfully if the fiber got tangled with the electrical lines when they installed it.
From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Justin Wilson - MTIN Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 10:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Fiber splicing 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 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> --- http://www.mtin.net Owner/CEO xISP Solutions- Consulting – Data Centers - Bandwidth http://www.midwest-ix.com COO/Chairman Internet Exchange - Peering - Distributed Fabric On Aug 17, 2015, at 9:19 AM, Paul McCall <[email protected]<mailto:[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<http://www.pdmnet.com/> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
