[Leica] IMG: More on the Stuff on Power Poles

[Jim Nichols]

Don Dory introduced the subject of power poles, and Sonny Carter 
mentioned that there are other communications uses besides telephone on 
them now, probably referring to fiber optics and the internet.  Having 
observed the  damage a squirrel can do to a fiber cable, I thought I 
would point out some things most people don't recognize. Damaged  fiber 
cables are spliced inside a sealed tank-like container, that is then 
attached beneath the original carrier cable.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20201006-DSCF2126.JPG.html

Then, the surplus cable that allowed the technician to make the repair 
on the ground is pulled up and secured along the carrier cable as a 
loop, ending in the large-radius bend frequently seen along overhead 
cable runs.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20201006-DSCF2125.JPG.html

Never give a squirrel a limb to sit on near a cable run.  He will work 
mischief every time, and it is expensive.

X-T2 and Leica-R 60 Macro with 2X extender.  (Yes, it will work.)

-- 
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA