The pigtail is a good way to go, a Tyco FOSC400A closure can be had for about $100.
Those Mikrotiks are going to get HOT in there. I have a cooled enclosure, and the one I was testing with got uncomfortably got when loaded with optics. Definitely get industrial temp SFPs if you're going that route. On Thursday, March 30, 2017, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > Four of the small mikrotiks with 10 SFP slots each. The enclosure is 12" > deep, so we're cutting some L-brackets to mount them facing towards the > door. > > I haven't thought* much* about a pigtail. I think it would be a few > hundred bucks more expensive because I don't actually have a splice > enclosure at this pole and I would have to add one. > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Carl Peterson" <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > To: "[email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>" < > [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > Sent: 3/30/2017 5:03:27 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] FTTH construction tiger team > > What switch are you using for AE in that enclosure? > Have you thought about using a pre-terminated pigtail? Just run it from > your enclosure into your vault/splice case. > > On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 4:19 PM, Adam Moffett <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> I'm on a similar quest for low cost deployment methods. If you find your >> super contractor team, you can give me a quote. >> >> I was planning a switch cabinet with rackmount 2U enclosures with splice >> trays inside and a patch panel on the front.....now I'm looking at a plain >> Hoffman box, fanout the cables and terminate with SOC's so the cables go >> straight into a switch. Waaay fewer parts, waaay cheaper box. You can >> also put splice trays on the back plane and splice pigtails onto your >> fanouts rather than use SOC's. That's probably cheaper still, but then the >> box is bigger. With the SOC's I can keep the box down to 20" wide, and I >> can mount it right to the bottom of one of our poles. I could also (as >> someone said) put a splice enclosure above this box and splice a bundle of >> long pigtails onto the OSP cable. I suspect that would come out slightly >> more expensive. >> >> This box for 36 AE users will come in under $1800 and goes right on the >> pole. I've already got electric service where I'm putting it.....if I >> didn't, then I'd figure on another $1000-1500. >> >> I'm not ready for the PON rabbit hole yet, but I see a lot of room for >> scrimping there. The problem I see is to be efficient with the cost of the >> OLT you need to aggregate hundreds of customers to one spot. There won't >> be a cheap 36 user PON box....unless UBNT is really cheap. I don't know >> what there price is like. >> >> >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From: "Chuck McCown" <[email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> >> To: [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> >> Sent: 3/30/2017 1:50:18 PM >> Subject: [AFMUG] FTTH construction tiger team >> >> I am considering building a construction team that can drop into a small >> town or large subdivision, install fiber and move on. >> Something where I own the construction equipment and keep labor costs >> low. Want to identify the minimum equipment necessary and the methods of >> construction to provide the best value. >> >> HDD with mud truck >> Do we need a vacuum excavator? >> Mini excavator >> One of these drop plows. Whoever said their guy can do 5-8 homes per >> day.... yeah that one (to lazy to search who it was). >> >> What to use for hand holes? >> Plastic hand holes? >> >> What are the best values for splice cases? >> >> Perhaps try UBNT GPON. Can always throw it in the ditch if it does not >> work. >> >> So a best practices/FTTH in a box schedule of equipment and methods is >> needed. From that I will look at the ROI needed from the equipment as well >> as the labor costs to estimate the costs to do a subdivision. >> >> From that we will look at the ROI on a competitive ARPU to see if an area >> is worth doing. >> I keep getting asked to do this, so I guess I better do this. >> >> > > > -- > > Carl Peterson > > *PORT NETWORKS* > > 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 > > Baltimore, MD 21202 > > (410) 637-3707 > >
