You can stick a "splice" in a manhole. You don't want a "patch panel" or cross-connect in that sort of environment, keep that housed inside, somewhere.
Jeff On 11/13/2013 7:53 PM, Thomas wrote: > Usually it would spliced outside at the manhole where the fiber meet to go in > the building. Depends on the way you want to connect them etc. > > Thomas L Graves > Sent from my IPhone > > >> On Nov 13, 2013, at 2:05 PM, "Justin M. Streiner" <strei...@cluebyfour.org> >> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 13 Nov 2013, Roy hockett wrote: >>> >>> Has anyone ever used a below grade vault for housing fiber cross connects? >>> >>> We have to move a fiber interconnect facility due to the current building >>> being demolished. If you have I would be interested in talking to you. If >>> there are more appropriate lists, I would appreciate any suggestions. >> When you say "below grade vault", do you mean something that's only >> accessible through a manhole? >> >> I haven't done this specifically, however if the vault does not have a >> controlled environment, you could be dealing with massive headaches related >> to dust/dirt contamination, moisture penetration, etc. I work in a >> large-campus .edu environment, so I'm some of the headaches you're probably >> trying to avoid. Also, be aware that access to the vault could be an issue. >> There are OSHA regs related to what sort of training and safety equipment >> someone who will be working in an underground vault must have. >> >> I'm assuming that the fiber will be cross-connected to a new location prior >> to the building being demolished. >> >> Not knowing your outside plant or circumstances, would it be feasible to >> fusion-splice a new tail onto the fiber that was going to the building >> that's being demolished, or (ideally) pulling a new piece of fiber to the >> new building, so you don't have to deal with potentially dodgy splices? >> >> jms >> >
