In this case it was a round loose tube drop cable.
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 6, 2017, at 5:37 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > > I doubt it in plastic conduit. What kind of drop? > > From: Adam Moffett > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2017 3:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AFMUG] fiber conduit depth > > So we buried a 3/4 PVC conduit about 8" deep for a drop cable. Due to > obstacles, that's as deep as it was realistically going to go. Now somebody > is wondering whether ice in the conduit is going to be a problem. We're > assuming in the long run water will always get in, but the question is > whether it'll hurt the fiber when it freezes. > > The person doing the wondering speculates that when the ice expands it will > crush the cable and damage the fibers. Is this actually possible? >
