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razambon
join:2000-09-18
Laurel, MD
2 edits | reply to cdru
Re: [northeast] Fiber to House Line Replacement
The cable actually isn't armored (if by armored you mean what I understand as armored - having a metal sheath around the entire cable on the exterior or inside the outer plastic). It's just a dual wire (copper and the fiber I believe) with a plastic sheath - it may be composite type cable but where I removed the covering I didn't see any metal armoring.
I've seen electrical lines buried in a yard - my father actually had it done once when I was a kid using one of those machines, which cdru mentions (sort of). He regularly aerates the lawn, etc., and has no problems. I believe the cable is 8"-12" under the ground as well, and the soil gets VERY rocky 5-6" deep there so...not sure why the heck it was so shallow. Four inches is just insanely shallow.
Either way, I can't get the people to come out to fix the damn thing....can't even get them to call me back. Kind of scary if we DO lose service. So far everyone I've talked to at Verizon has been pretty good with me though and said it should have been protected somehow.
I actually just got off the phone with them again they escalated it again, made mention that it was right under the sod (ok, so it was 1-2 inches under the sod...but the guy was trying to find ways to get them to call me or send out an inspector) and he changed it to say the line would need to be moved/reinstalled.
I'm pretty sure that when this patio gets installed it's going to end up causing the cable to break though...which makes me a bit nervous because there's now only about 1/2" of dirt on top of the cable where I nicked it and it needs to be at that height or LOWER. :/
And I think those machines can also lay a plastic conduit with the wire inside as well, a flexible PVC type tubing that would act as some type of protection. | |
cdru
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join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
| said by razambon  :The cable actually isn't armored (if by armored you mean what I understand as armored - having a metal sheath around the entire cable on the exterior or inside the outer plastic). It's just a dual wire (copper and the fiber I believe) with a plastic sheath - it may be composite type cable but where I removed the covering I didn't see any metal armoring. The armoring may or may not ve visible. It can actually be within the outer jacket for enviromental protection. Here is an example of what a cross section mgiht look like.
In the coax world, a direct bury cable usually is significantly thicker and has a harder exterior that can help protect it from roots, shovels, rocks, animals, etc. Often it is also flooded with a silicone type sealant so that any cuts that might form don't leak water into the cable.
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