Charles Fiber Pedlock BDO2 Series, General Description And Installation

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Charles Fiber Pedlock® OSP Pedestals
BDO203, BDO204, and BDO205 Series
General Description and Installation
1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION .......................................................... 1
1.1. Document Purpose ........................................................................ 1
1.2. Product Purpose ........................................................................... 1
1.3. Product Mounting and Location .................................................. 2
2. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ................................................................. 2
3. INSTALLATION ................................................................................. 7
3.1. Inspecting the Product .................................................................. 7
3.2. Following and Using Safety Precautions .................................... 7
3.3. Obtaining Tools and Equipment .................................................. 7
3.4. Mounting the BDO2 ...................................................................... 7
4. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND REPAIR SERVICE ............ 22
5. SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................ 22
5.1. Physical Specifications ............................................................... 22
5.2. Ordering Information ................................................................. 22
1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION
1.1. Document Purpose
This document provides general information for the BDO203, BDO204, and BDO205 (BDO2) Series OSP pedestals. Figure 1 shows a
pedestal with the dome in place.
1.2. Product Purpose
The Charles BDO2 Pedlock
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pedestal provides a superior, protective, nonmetallic enclosure for OSP above-grade splices and terminations
of Telco-feed and customer-drop buried fiber cables in Greenfield and Brownfield applications at mid-span or stub-in point. BDO2
pedestals protect against floods, fire, dirt, weather, insects, and impact. The bottom section of the pedestal is a locking t wo-piece (split)
square base featuring expanded capacity. This design allows the base to be taken apart and installed around conduit-fed cable bundles in
new/replacement construction, to accept less flexible cables, or to facilitate the repair/rehab of damaged pedestals. The fiber organizer is
protected by a flood-proof outer dome. This organizer allows routing and attachment of cables/buffer tubes, as well as a variety of splice
trays and splitters, with space to store all fiber splices.
Generally, the larger the pedestal diameter, the more splice trays and the higher the fiber count it can accommodate. Each series offers
various bulkhead configurations and tray options
Greenfield Applications. The installation steps in this document describe fiber (Greenfield) CO/feed cable installations in loop-through
(express), stub-in configurations and fiber drop cable installations.
Brownfield Applications. For pedestals used in Brownfield applications (for example, model BDO205-EB), the rear side of the fiber
organizer is used to route and terminate copper cables, leaving the front side for all fiber cable terminations. When using an -EB pedestal,
the express/stub-in bundle is coiled around the outer perimeter of the fiber basket and secured with cable ties, Loose Buffer Tube (LBT) or
D-clips (ribbon).
Figure 1 BDO203 with Dome