Craig Falconer wrote: >>> no matter what conditions the copper cables submerged >>> below the water table for 30 years or Telecoms coal >>> fired exchange threw at it. >> >> Pity the poor cable jointer who has to dig up a cable to >> repair it, and the hole keeps filling with water. > > They have pumps in the truck for that, and spanky wee > tents to keep the rain off.
Tents don't stop the water table. > I'd be more worried about the lead and tar sheathe they > use to waterproof the bundles. Using a gas blowtorch to > soften the lead and make it watertight again... Those old guys who started in the Post Office have decades of lead wiping experience. Let's hope all lead sheathed cables are replaced with plastic before those guys retire :-) Yuri
