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COYOTE
®
CLOSURE
FOR UNDERGROUND, AERIAL, AND BURIED SPLICES
6.0" x 22" • 8.5" x 22"
(15.24 cm x 55.88 cm • 21.59 cm x 55.88 cm)
OCTOBER 2004
Be sure to read and completely understand this procedure before applying product. Be sure to select
the proper PREFORMED™ product before application.
PLEASE NOTE:
For OPGW application, see procedure entitled, “OPGW Cable and End Plate Prepara-
tion for COYOTE
®
Closure” (SP2849).
CONTENTS
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1. NOMENCLATURE ................................2,3,4
2. DESCRIPTION AND CLOSURE
CAPACITIES ...............................................5
3. END PLATE CONFIGURATIONS ...............5
4. CABLE PREPARATION–LOCK-TAPE
SEALANT APPLICATION ........................6,7
5. INTERNAL BOND PROCEDURE ...............7
6. END PLATE PREPARATION ......................8
7. END PLATE ASSEMBLY .........................8,9
8. UNITUBE PREPARATION ........................10
9. INSTALLING TRANSITION
COMPARTMENT FOR SINGLE
TUBE CABLE ......................................10,11
10. SECURING UNITUBE CABLE
IN THE TRANSITION
COMPARTMENT ..................................11,12
11. ROUTING AND STORING FIBER
IN THE STORAGE
COMPARTMENT .......................................12
CONTENTS
PAGE
12. INSTALLING FIBERS INTO
TRANSPORT TUBES AND SECURING
TO STORAGE COMPARTMENT ........12,13
13. SECURING TRANSPORT TUBES
AND ROUTING FIBERS IN
SPLICE TRAYS ................................... 14-17
14. ROUTING LOOSE BUFFER TUBE
CABLE .................................................17,18
15. INSTALLING COYOTE CLOSURE
SHELLS ................................................... 19
16. EXTERNAL BOND PROCEDURE ............20
17. STRAND MOUNT PROCEDURE .............21
18. MANHOLE SUPPORT BRACKET
KIT INSTALLATION .............................21,22
19. BURIED INSTALLATION ..........................22
20. MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES ..............22
21. SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS ...................22
