[TowerTalk] Lightning protection

[Art Greenberg]

Those are unterminated cables.

Bulk unterminated FO cable is easy to obtain, no argument. Its the 
terminations that seem to be problematic.

I know one can purchase preterminated FO cable for indoor use. I have not 
found a source for preterminated outside plant cable. And even if such a 
thing is available at reasonable cost, I expect that it would be difficult 
to pull through the conduit due to the bulk of the connectors.

On Wed, 10 Jul 2013, David Robbins wrote:

> 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
>> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
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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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>> WA2LLN
>> art at artg.tv
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