Usually it would spliced outside at the manhole where the fiber meet to go in the building. Depends on the way you want to connect them etc.
Thomas L Graves Sent from my IPhone > On Nov 13, 2013, at 2:05 PM, "Justin M. Streiner" <strei...@cluebyfour.org> > wrote: > >> On Wed, 13 Nov 2013, Roy hockett wrote: >> >> Has anyone ever used a below grade vault for housing fiber cross connects? >> >> We have to move a fiber interconnect facility due to the current building >> being demolished. If you have I would be interested in talking to you. If >> there are more appropriate lists, I would appreciate any suggestions. > > When you say "below grade vault", do you mean something that's only > accessible through a manhole? > > I haven't done this specifically, however if the vault does not have a > controlled environment, you could be dealing with massive headaches related > to dust/dirt contamination, moisture penetration, etc. I work in a > large-campus .edu environment, so I'm some of the headaches you're probably > trying to avoid. Also, be aware that access to the vault could be an issue. > There are OSHA regs related to what sort of training and safety equipment > someone who will be working in an underground vault must have. > > I'm assuming that the fiber will be cross-connected to a new location prior > to the building being demolished. > > Not knowing your outside plant or circumstances, would it be feasible to > fusion-splice a new tail onto the fiber that was going to the building that's > being demolished, or (ideally) pulling a new piece of fiber to the new > building, so you don't have to deal with potentially dodgy splices? > > jms >
