PRECAUTIONS Cable Handling Precautions CAUTION: Fiber optic cable is sensitive to excessive pulling, bending, and crushing forces. Consult the cable specification sheet for the cable you are installing. Do not bend the cable more sharply than the minimum recommended bend radius. Do not apply more pulling force to the cable than specified. Do not crush the cable or allow it to kink.
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PULLING DOWN RISER CABLE ASSEMBLIES When pulling 12- or 24-fiber Riser cable assemblies from the top of a multi-dwelling Top floor box unit (MDU), a pulling leader with 3 foot (≈1 m) (RTW Housing snap hook spacing is used required. The shown) Riser cable MDULEAD-0XD can be easily attached to a...
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Pulling Down—continued Step 3: Direct an additional person on the lowest floor to pull down on the line until the 1-2 ft leader’s first snap hook is 1 to 2 feet 1-2 ft (31- 61 cm) from the top floor conduit Pull line First snap hook entrance (Figure 5).
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Pulling Down—continued Step 7: Continue to pull the line until all of the riser cables reach the bottom floor or basement. Disconnect each Riser cable not to scale assembly from the leader and pull down an additional 10 feet (3 m) of cable slack into the bottom floor/basement (Figure 8).
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PULLING UP RISER CABLE ASSEMBLIES When pulling 12- or 24-fiber Riser cable assemblies from the bottom of a multi-dwelling unit (MDU), a pulling leader with snap hook spacing slightly greater than the floor spacing is required. The MDULEAD-0 XU can be easily attached to a pre-installed pull line and be used to pull-in up to six Riser cable assemblies with the following steps.
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Pulling Up—continued Step 4: Direct a person at the top floor to pull the line to position the first snap hook 1 to 2 feet (30.5 - 61 cm) from the basement level entrance of the conduit (Figure 14). 1-2 ft First snap hook MDU lead HPA-0532...
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Pulling Up—continued Step 8: Continue to pull the line from the top floor until the first riser cable is free of the conduit. Disconnect the Riser Cable pulling grip from the leader and pull just the cable (not the leader) an additional 10 feet (3 m) (Figure 17).
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