Binding Post Counting - ActionTec V2000H Manual

Figure 42: Buried Terminals
In Alberta the drop is normally direct buried from the pedestal to the house. The technician runs the drop up
the side of the house in a conduit and attaches a NIB. Encapsulated splices are splices where typically 2 pairs
are dedicated from the SAC to the house. So when the tech runs the jumper in the SAC, dial tone will be at
the demarc location.
In BC, usually the customer places a conduit and the technician pulls in the drop from the Pedestal (or Pull
Box) to the NIB.
Premise
Inside wire at most houses terminates at a protector like the Tii 356, which has two gel-filled IDC rockers.
In commercial and multi-tenant building, the BET (business entry terminal) box or MIT (metal inside terminal)
were historically used on the customer side of protection equipment or to house the protection equipment.
They are also used for house terminals, satellite terminals or building cross connect points. BET / MIT boxes
can contain BIX blocks.
In some areas a Supra "S" vault key unlocks the BET / MIT and the cover lifts up and out at the bottom. After
work is completed, the cover must be replaced and all knockout holes must be sealed (using sealing
compound – Duxseal) to eliminate any fire hazard.
BET / MIT boxes are no longer standard and have generally been replaced with self-enclosed CIRCA
protectors.

1.5.1 Binding Post Counting

Binding post counting needs to be done in order to determine how many usable pairs are in a terminal.
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