Published: June 27, 2018
QUESTION:
What are the biggest issues you hear technicians face with the buried ducts and does fiber blowing options correct those?
ANSWER:
Fiber blowing requires fairly straight ducts with close to full passage. Luckily, many blowing jobs work fine, but technicians often face problems with the buried or relined ducts. Problems that are not directly visible as they are hidden beneath the surface of the ground.
A situation occurring repeatedly is when cables get stuck in buried micro ducts. Time is money, and digging up is even more money. For obvious reasons, everyone would wish for ducts to always lie perfectly in the ground. Unfortunately, that is not always the way things are in real life.
In those situations, we often see operators trying to force cable and machine beyond maximum to avoid digging up. Eventually, this will usually result in a broken fiber cable. Many factors can influence the situation.
READ THE FULL BLOG ARTICLE HERE: Avoid Fiber-Blowing Challenges Hidden in the Ground
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Answered by AskFOC Technical Team: June 27, 2018
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