Ever wonder?
What was going on down in that manhole?
We are doing a section replacement in downtown Baltimore. Wachovia bank doesn't want us on their sidewalk ( they really don't have a say in it but we are being nice) we can't close a lane until 9am, (non emergency) so we are splicing at night.
This is a look at some already re-spliced cable (gray modules wrapped in plastic) and yet to be spliced old cable.
Here is a bunch of old "pulp" (paper insulated) cable.
This is the new "Pic" (plastic insulated) cable.
This is our 710 splicing head with the new cable in the module awaiting the old cable. Notice no belly in the pic.
Here is how it works, There is another splicer in a hole down the street, he has roughly the same setup. We lay the new cable 25 pairs at a time in the bottom of the module. We then put the middle part in the module. This is what you see in the last pic. The new cable is color coded, in single pairs, 25 pair groups and 100 pair super binders. If you look at the last pic, you will see the color code on the right side of the splicing head, there is a white group, a red group, a black, yellow and violet group. Each has a blue, orange,green,brown and slate pair. You will see a orange ribbon towards the top of the head, this is our second 25 pair group. There is another ribbon tied farther up to tell us which 100 pair group we are in. 3rd pic shows blue and yellow 100pair groups. The other tech sends me tone over the old pair (pulp cale is NOT color coded) I find the tone and short the pair back to him, when he sees the short, we cut the old away and lay it into the module in the same spot, (white - blue for example) when we get 25prs in the module it gets capped and we move on to the next 25, when we get a 100pr group done, it all gets tied together, and we cut the old cable group off at the stub to give us more room. This is a 2700pr cable, so in this case we have the 2700 feed, the old 2700 we are replacing, and the new 2700pr cable. It is real crowded at the start, and each 100pr group we can cut out gives us more room.
How long does this take? Well when we were working days we were lucky to get 100prs done a day. At night we shoot for 200prs. BUT I have done as few as 50prs, (real noisy old cable) Wednesday I did 175prs, and my partner did 150prs
Tom
We are doing a section replacement in downtown Baltimore. Wachovia bank doesn't want us on their sidewalk ( they really don't have a say in it but we are being nice) we can't close a lane until 9am, (non emergency) so we are splicing at night.
This is a look at some already re-spliced cable (gray modules wrapped in plastic) and yet to be spliced old cable.
Here is a bunch of old "pulp" (paper insulated) cable.
This is the new "Pic" (plastic insulated) cable.
This is our 710 splicing head with the new cable in the module awaiting the old cable. Notice no belly in the pic.
Here is how it works, There is another splicer in a hole down the street, he has roughly the same setup. We lay the new cable 25 pairs at a time in the bottom of the module. We then put the middle part in the module. This is what you see in the last pic. The new cable is color coded, in single pairs, 25 pair groups and 100 pair super binders. If you look at the last pic, you will see the color code on the right side of the splicing head, there is a white group, a red group, a black, yellow and violet group. Each has a blue, orange,green,brown and slate pair. You will see a orange ribbon towards the top of the head, this is our second 25 pair group. There is another ribbon tied farther up to tell us which 100 pair group we are in. 3rd pic shows blue and yellow 100pair groups. The other tech sends me tone over the old pair (pulp cale is NOT color coded) I find the tone and short the pair back to him, when he sees the short, we cut the old away and lay it into the module in the same spot, (white - blue for example) when we get 25prs in the module it gets capped and we move on to the next 25, when we get a 100pr group done, it all gets tied together, and we cut the old cable group off at the stub to give us more room. This is a 2700pr cable, so in this case we have the 2700 feed, the old 2700 we are replacing, and the new 2700pr cable. It is real crowded at the start, and each 100pr group we can cut out gives us more room.
How long does this take? Well when we were working days we were lucky to get 100prs done a day. At night we shoot for 200prs. BUT I have done as few as 50prs, (real noisy old cable) Wednesday I did 175prs, and my partner did 150prs
Tom
People laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they are all the same
Aaron, I think we snip the black one - the only problem is that there are 10 black wires, so which one would it be? (right Tom? A pair for each slot?)
That is so cool, and I could get into that! I love assembling stuff - hence why I crochet, cross stitch, fix dinner, and create chaos!
By the way, are you guys following your confined space program? HMM??? As a procurement officer, in any work that we bid out for water tank rehabilitation or sewer line rehab, trench work, vault work, etc; we make it a point to have the bidders send us their confined space program, and our Safety Chief reviews it to see if it's sufficient for the safety of all employees involved.
That is so cool, and I could get into that! I love assembling stuff - hence why I crochet, cross stitch, fix dinner, and create chaos!
By the way, are you guys following your confined space program? HMM??? As a procurement officer, in any work that we bid out for water tank rehabilitation or sewer line rehab, trench work, vault work, etc; we make it a point to have the bidders send us their confined space program, and our Safety Chief reviews it to see if it's sufficient for the safety of all employees involved.
On October 23, 2009 at 6:47 AM Pacific Time, Sugar Free Candy wrote:
Aaron, I think we snip the black one - the only problem is that there are 10 black wires, so which one would it be? (right Tom? A pair for each slot?)That is so cool, and I could get into that! I love assembling stuff - hence why I crochet, cross stitch, fix dinner, and create chaos!
By the way, are you guys following your confined space program? HMM??? As a procurement officer, in any work that we bid out for water tank rehabilitation or sewer line rehab, trench work, vault work, etc; we make it a point to have the bidders send us their confined space program, and our Safety Chief reviews it to see if it's sufficient for the safety of all employees involved.
This is part of the reason we are doing nights, It takes about 60 -90mins to setup and clear the hole, then we have a blower running and constant metering. If the monitor goes beep, I'm outta there, but we sometimes use the monitor to signal whomever is at street level, If I call my partner, and he is
, I can hit a button on the remote sensor, that raises all hell up top, that will get attention.
Tom
People laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they are all the same
I see you were a C&P chaser too! Loved it! And, yes, I remember gimp. I could make me some keychains and bracelets with gimp in a heartbeat! And whip up a mean potholder with stretch cloth strips in no time. I'd love to be 8 years old again ... never knowing that in 37 years I'd be morbidly obese having RNY surgery. LOL.
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