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Subject: [Leica] IMG: More on the Stuff on Power Poles
From: cartersxrd at gmail.com (CartersXRd)
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2020 17:11:24 -0400
References: <b31002a5-7fa5-cf2b-b2be-c5da60c98e37@lighttube.net>

thanks for the education!

ric



> On Oct 6, 2020, at 3:14 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
> 
> 
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