Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just my feelings. I noticed that power lines and calbes inthe UK are mostly underground, which saves the landscapes and trouble from predicatble hurricanes ? . Here, it is a mixed bag - sometimes underground, other times not. And I don?t like that. Visually I mean. Cables and technology spoil the lanscapes no end. Visible overhead powerlines, telephone lines, or cable / fiber optic are always a pain in my eye - don?t ask me why, I just suffer from their sight. And not many a country fares much better in that respect ?. Amities Philippe > Le 6 oct. 2020 ? 21:14, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> a ?crit : > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information