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Fiber Active Cabinet (FAC) 400
Installation Manual
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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
Open the cabinet’s side door.
Trim the rubber cone gasket on the cable entry duct to the OSP cable diameter.
Route the OSP cable from the feeder location through the conduit and up into the cabinet.
Pull approximately six feet of cable up into the cabinet through the entry duct.
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 cabinet.
• Make sure the cable arrangement allows the door to close. Take care to not violate the cable bend
radius requirements.
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The following steps are general guidelines only. Follow local practice where applicable.
To prepare outside plant cables for splicing
Untie the rope or cut the cable ties that temporarily secure the OSP cable inside the cabinet.
Strip off the cable’s outer sheath and internal metal shielding down to 6 inches above where the cable enters
the cabinet. Take care to expose, but not penetrate, the core wrap surrounding the bundled copper pairs.
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.
c.
Terminate the other end of the bond strap to the main ground
bar in a position below the AC load center ground.
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