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Product Mounting and Location
This pedestal fiber organizer Installation Guide assumes the BDO2 pedestal base is properly installed in a hole or trench up to the Ground
Line indicator on the base, at the FTTP or FTTH distribution point. The base is shipped with its own installation document. The fiber
organizer, where all buffer tube storage, fiber management, splice trays and pigtail routing takes place, mounts to the base. Once all cable
connections are complete, the dome is placed on top and attached to the base to protect all cabling and connections. The base contains holes
or knock-outs at the rear and both sides. These holes/knock-outs accept an optional, metallic, mounting stake or a pole-mount bracket. If
desired, shorter vault mount bases for attaching to a vault cover can be ordered and used in place of the standard height base.
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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
— WARNING—
Risk of serious eye damage! Never look into the end of a fiber optic line or use a magnifier in the presence of laser light or radiation.
Exercise caution when installing, testing or maintaining live circuits. If eyes are exposed to laser light or radiation occur s,
immediately seek treatment by a medical professional.
— WARNING —
Cable and fiber cleaning solvents may contain hazardous or harmful materials. Maintain good housekeeping practices and refer to
the SDS when working with cleaning solvents or similar products.
Shards and cleaved glass fibers are very sharp and can easily pierce the skin. Use tweezers to pick up cut glass fiber s and place
them in a specifically designated container. Do not consume any food products near the cable installation site.
Corrugated metal or armor in feed cables is very sharp when cut or exposed. Exercise extreme caution to prevent personal injury.
Use protective work gloves when handling armored cable.
— CAUTION —
Perform all bonding and grounding prior to making any electrical and communications connections.
Be careful not to damage any buried cables or service wires while digging either to expose cables or to prepare a hole or trench, or
while driving stakes. Buffer tubes and fibers are sensitive to excessive bending, pulling, and crushing forces. To avoid kinking of
buffer tubes and fiber damage or breakage, exercise great care when working with fiber, and do not exceed or violate minimum
bend radius requirements for fibers, buffer tubes, and cables.
