Quiz yourself: power industry best practices for fiber deployment

Question page 1 (of 5)

In the questions below, "transmission" refers to installations on lines >100 kV and "distribution" refers to installation on lines < 100 kV. NESC refers to the National Electrical Safety Code which governs all electric utility installations in the U.S. (and any other jurisdictions that adopt it).

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#1. (U.S.) Do you still meet NESC clearance requirements at your worst case wind storms and ice storms? Would your fiber survive these storms? (Shortcut to answer page 1)

#2. Did you find any damaged (step attenuation increases of 0.1 db or more?) fibers after your installation was complete? (Shortcut to answer page 1)

#3. If you did, did you know how they were damaged? (Shortcut to answer page 1)

#4. Are you sure they were damaged and not just an OTDR misinterpretation? (Shortcut to answer page 1)

#5. Can you reconcile the differences between OTDR distances and actual locations? (Shortcut to answer page 1)

#6. In the months after system acceptance testing, did any fibers start displaying damage for reasons other than obviously external causes (tornadoes, etc.)? (Shortcut to answer page 1)

#7. If so, do you know why? (Shortcut to answer page 1)

#8. Do you test incoming cable on the reel? If so, have you ever spotted a defective fiber? Why do you test incoming cable? Do you keep all the results? (Shortcut to answer page 1)

#9. Do you know where all the long distance carriersÕ fiber cables serving your area cross your route and have you made provisions for potentially connecting to them in the future? (Shortcut to answer page 1)

#10. Have you identified additional corridors carriers might use in the future and made provision to run taps to them in the future? (Go on to question page 2 or check answer page 1)

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