[TowerTalk] Lightning protection

[David Robbins]

yes they are, I have run thousands of feet at the lab where I work in conduit that has been in use for years.  look for what they call indoor-outdoor cable like the stuff on this page:  http://www.blackbox.com/Store/Results.aspx/Cables/Fiber-Bulk-Cables/Indoor-Outdoor/n-4294834195-4294837966-29
also check for 'loose tube' type cables like these:
http://www.blackbox.com/Store/Results.aspx/Cables/Fiber-Bulk-Cables/Loose-Tube/n-4294834195-4294837962-29


Jul 9, 2013 07:47:37 PM, art at artg.tv wrote:

David,

I've seen those sources. None of those pre-made cabes are suitable for use 
in buried conduit. That's a wet location, and direct-bury cable is 
required.

On Tue, 9 Jul 2013, K1TTT wrote:

> There are literally hundreds of sources of pre-made or made to order
> cables... here are just the first 3 sponsored ads on google:
> http://fiberopticcables.stores.yahoo.net/index.html
> http://www.fiber.com/catalog/
> http://www.cablestogo.com/category/fiber
>
> another one we have used at work:
> http://www.blackbox.com/Store/Results.aspx/Cables/Fiber-Bulk-Cables/n-429483
> 7988
>
>
> David Robbins K1TTT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Art Greenberg [mailto:art at artg.tv]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 21:13
> To: towertalk
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Lightning protection
>
> On Mon, 8 Jul 2013, Steve Maki wrote:
>
>> On 7/8/2013 6:50 PM, K8RI wrote:
>>
>>> I can't get rid of the wired network. wireless isn't fast enough for
>>> large file transfers and I do a lot of photography with typically 8
>>> to
>>> 10 terabytes on each of 4 computers. Unfortunately even a gigabit
>>> network is slow when talking this much data. OTOH I've reached the
>>> point where the computers I/O is now the limiting factor.
>>
>> Go optical fiber.
>>
>> -Steve K8LX
>
> Steve,
>
> Can you offer suggestions as to how to make fiber practical for a DIYer? I
> would love to run fiber from my barn to the house, a run of about 100 meters
> in buried ENT.
>
> Bulk FO direct-bury cable, connectors and media converters are sort of
> affordable, especially given the advantages over copper.
>
> The problem seems to be fitting the connectors to the cable. I have not
> found a source for pre-assembled direct bury cable, and I am not certain
> that I would be able to pull it through the conduit anyway. Tool kits for
> the purpose are way out of reach, and I have not found a rental source. I do
> know a couple of folks with training and tools, but they're not interested
> in just applying the connectors, and will not help me pull cable that I
> sourced. Paying one of these guys for the entire installation is just plain
> not affordable.
>
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