Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Philippe, that is my sentiment exactly. The issue is cost today versus long term costs for continuous repair of exposed cables. There are also access issues if you have to dig up the cables periodically. However, as extensions are made to the grid we should build tunnels and bury the lines. I am sure that our friends in California would like the lines to be underground and not either causing fires or causing blackouts due to burned out lines. Always money. On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 2:32 PM Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Just my feelings. I noticed that power lines and calbes inthe UK are > mostly underground, which saves the landscapes and trouble from predicatble > hurricanes ? > . > Here, it is a mixed bag - sometimes underground, other times not. And I > don?t like that. Visually I mean. Cables and technology spoil the lanscapes > no end. > > Visible overhead powerlines, telephone lines, or cable / fiber optic are > always a pain in my eye - don?t ask me why, I just suffer from their sight. > > And not many a country fares much better in that respect ?. > > Amities > > Philippe > > > > > Le 6 oct. 2020 ? 21:14, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> a ?crit > > : > > > > Don Dory introduced the subject of power poles, and Sonny Carter > mentioned that there are other communications uses besides telephone on > them now, probably referring to fiber optics and the internet. Having > observed the damage a squirrel can do to a fiber cable, I thought I would > point out some things most people don't recognize. Damaged fiber cables > are spliced inside a sealed tank-like container, that is then attached > beneath the original carrier cable. > > > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20201006-DSCF2126.JPG.html > > > > Then, the surplus cable that allowed the technician to make the repair > on the ground is pulled up and secured along the carrier cable as a loop, > ending in the large-radius bend frequently seen along overhead cable runs. > > > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20201006-DSCF2125.JPG.html > > > > Never give a squirrel a limb to sit on near a cable run. He will work > mischief every time, and it is expensive. > > > > X-T2 and Leica-R 60 Macro with 2X extender. (Yes, it will work.) > > > > -- > > Jim Nichols > > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Don don.dory at gmail.com