In this scenario - would you fuse each DC run from the small top-enclosure (where your power/fiber breaks out) to the radio(s)?
I'm looking at doing something similar to power some Baicells eNBs. TSP/BCM at the bottom, 14AWG DC/fiber up the tower to a small enclosure where the power/fiber will break out to the eNB's and a switch. What would you put at the bottom between the 48VDC rail and the run to the top? A breaker? A large-ish fuse? Josh On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 2:48 PM, George Skorup <[email protected]> wrote: > Get the Shireen DFP-1246. That has a red and a black 12AWG. And 4x > single-mode fibers. You could do even one single run of that and 4x BiDi > optics. Or a run for each radio if you're stuck with duplex optics. The > reel is 500', so I would just do two dedicated runs. Bring it up to a small > enclosure. Terminal strip or whatever for your power. LC-LC couplers or a > patch panel. Flexible conduit from the radios to the enclosure. Use > standard patch cables inside from the radio to the coupler/patch panel. > > Have your guy splice on some LC pigtails. Or go to FS.com and get some > mechanical LC connectors. As short as the run is, I would not be concerned > with mechanical connectors. This is single mode, so you're going to have > plenty optical budget. > > That's my 2c anyway. > > > On 12/15/2017 10:52 AM, Steve Jones wrote: > >> We are putting our first fiber to the radio, I have no clue the >> components. It appears this link will have 4 LC connectors on single fiber. >> >> Theres a conduit kit for the radio, looks like 2 to each radio in 2+0 if >> im understanding correctly. I figure we will need an enclosure at the top >> for these to enter to let the fiber pairs split out. >> >> The two big questions are >> >> Can I get this cable in pre terminated patch cords affordably and just >> cut the jacket back to get the pairs to the radios. >> >> If its preterminated without running big pipe, conduit is kind of out so >> is just something copper clad similar to BBDGE recommended? >> >> Neither of these are more than 120 feet >> >> Our guy can splice at 70 bucks per, but im not sure how viable that is in >> the air (these are grain elevators though) >> >> Both these radios have existing cat5 BBDGE, can I use that to run about >> 105 watts @ 48volts split out to two radios at 120 feet? >> >> Im pretty excited to not have ethernet negotiation issues or surges >> > >
