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Installing Metallic Cables
This section describes how to install metallic signal cables into the cabinet, including how to
route and groom the outside plant cables and splice to the equipment cables.
Installing Outside Plant Metallic Cables
Install outside plant (OSP) metallic cables into the cabinet and prepare the cables for splicing.
The following steps are general guidelines only. Follow local practice where applicable.
To install outside plant metallic cables
1.
Open the cabinet's splice compartment door.
2.
Route the OSP metallic cables from the feeder location through the conduit and up into
the cabinet.
3.
Pull approximately six feet of each cable up into the splice compartment through the
entry duct.
4.
Using ropes or cable ties, temporarily hang and secure the OSP cables inside the splice
compartment.
5.
If splicing shall be performed at a later time, do the following:
Using rope or cable ties, temporarily hang and secure the OSP cable inside the splice
compartment.
Make sure the cable arrangement allows the door to close. Take care to not violate
the cable bend radius requirements.
The following steps are general guidelines only. Follow local practice where applicable.
To prepare outside plant cables for splicing
1.
If necessary, untie or cut the bindings temporarily securing the OSP cables inside the
splice compartment.
2.
Strip off the cable's outer sheath and internal metal shielding down to 12 inches above
where the cable enters the cabinet. Take care to expose, but not penetrate, the core wrap
surrounding the bundled copper pairs.
3.
Ground the OSP cable sheath to the cabinet ground bar as follows:
a.
Install a B-bond clamp onto the cut end of the OSP cable's outer sheath. Wrap the
connection with electrical tape.
b.
Attach a #6 AWG bond strap to the B-bond clamp.
