Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you Jim. On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 2:14 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > 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 -- Don don.dory at gmail.com