[ale] Fiber optic ethernet

[Jim Kinney]

With a run that long, look into getting a spool of conduit instead of 10'
sticks
On Feb 28, 2013 7:48 PM, "William Bagwell" <rb211 at tds.net> wrote:

> Aware of the need for sweep bends in conduit. Never pulled fiber, but have
> electric cable. Same max 360 degrees between openings for fiber? Going to
> have bends due to coming out of the ground to cross a creek, but will also
> have a pull box there as well.
>
> Just checked prices and PVC conduit only starts to get obscene at 1 1/4".
> 400' of 1" is only $40 more than 1/2"... My son just pointed out that 500'
> (50 sticks) is the price break and (for 1/2") 500' is only $6 more than
> 400'. Guessing this similar for 1" but can not get the quantity prices to
> show on-line.
>
> William
>
> On Thursday 28 February 2013, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > +1 on extreme caution on a pull.
> >
> > Use fish-cord wrapped around a _long_ section of the fibre jacket with
> the
> > finished end fully wrapped in plastic and taped to the pull line. You
> will
> > need to use at least a 3/4" conduit (with NO BENDS) or 1" with long
> > sweeping bends (i.e a right angle requires a 1 foot bending radius) and
> > pulling lube (thus the fully wrapped ends). You want the pulling strain
> > distributed over several feet of the jacket so spiral-wrap cord to fiber
> > and straight tape pull cord to fiber. That way the cord will cinch up on
> > the jacket and the tape will help distribute the load as well and keep
> the
> > cord from slipping.
> >
> > There are fibre to copper translators that are under $100 each fro 10/100
> > connections. They use a wall wart for power. A pair of fibre-nics is only
> > slightly more but will use one machine as a gateway.
>
>
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