Do you have some pictures of all this Sterling? From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sterling Jacobson Sent: Monday, March 27, 2017 4:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] FTTH install practices
We would like an all outdoor combined NID/ONT with snap in/out electronics for the ONT. But what we do right now is splice a pigtail LC on the drop cable that is carried in a conduit to the NID box. We have a splice tray screwed to the back inside of the NID box, and then Velcro the ONT to the inside (Velcro fastened by a screw, just a long strip of it to wrap around the ONE). So our ONT choice is vendor agnostic and can be indoor/outdoor, but must be able to stand the temp changes of course. The Velcro sounds ghetto, but it makes replacement very easy in our scenario and works well to hold whatever ONT so we can position ports and status screens where we like etc. The ONT is powered via POE and sometimes also outside nearby outlets in dual format if it’s MDU. On MDU where there is no outlet nearby, we use a second POE insert/picker so two customers are powering the ONT simultaneously. Usually give battery backup UPS to one of the MDU customers on POE as well. SFH don’t care so much, it’s their problem if they don’t use a UPS to power the ONT POE. Some purchase a UPS for the POE and also for their router/wireless router (or bring them together on the same UPS) so they have internet during a power outage on their wireless devices at least. Now I’m just rambling too… From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adam Moffett Sent: Monday, March 27, 2017 12:54 PM To: Animal Farm <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: [AFMUG] FTTH install practices Do you guys typically use an outdoor ONT or indoor? I see pros and cons. If it's outdoor I assume it's POE powered and you just run CAT5 into the house, correct? And inside your NID enclosure I imagine you splice your drop cable into a pigtail with a factory end. That seems like the simplest, cleanest way to me. On the other hand, I'm finding at least some vendors (Alphion) who only sell indoor ONT's. So in that case, I'm thinking the splice enclosure goes INSIDE the house because you're splicing to an indoor tight buffered patch cable which I run to the ONT. On the third hand, if the NID enclosure is outdoors, then I need slack loops big enough to bring the enclosure (or splice tray) inside a truck to work on it, whereas I could splice in the customer's basement without an issue, so maybe I only need 10' of slack down there. I guess I'm dumping my thoughts so those of you with more experience can criticize my wrong headed thinking and tell me what the right choices are before I f*** this up.
