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Installation Manual
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Manual 020420 REV B - April 2019
Bonding Cable Sheaths
The subscriber and optical cable sheaths must be bonded as follows:
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Bond the metallic sheaths of all subscriber and optical cables to a grounding rod or system at their first appearance at
the cabinet/enclosure site (at the copper pedestal or splice case, and so forth). If this point is close enough to bond to
the cabinet/enclosure grounding system, bond to the same point on the main site ground bar (SPGP or equivalent) that
the cross-connect bonds to.
• Bond the metallic sheaths of all subscriber and optical cables to a grounding rod or system at regular intervals along the
entire run external to the cabinet/enclosure site, per RUS guidelines.
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Clearfield recommends that you bond optical fiber cable sheaths at the first entrance to the cabinet/enclosure site only
(the splice case, or similar), and then isolate the sheaths in the short run between splice point and the Clearfield equip
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ment cabinet/enclosure ground. The short run can then be bonded on either side (the Clearfield ground bar side or
splice point side, but not both) per local practice.
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Clearfield recommends that you bond the subscriber cable sheaths at the first entrance to the cabinet/enclosure site
(the copper pedestal, and the ground bar of any cross-connect cabinet), and then isolate the sheaths in the short run
between cross-connect cabinet and the Clearfield equipment cabinet/enclosure ground. The short run can then be
bonded on either side (Clearfield ground bar side or cross-connect side, but not both) per local practice.