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| Why would you contact area manager or phone company supervisor? | Turnback, can't find, high profile, damage, invite to lunch |
| Why would a phone cable not locate? | Damage, corrosion, unbonded (open circut) |
| .9mA return on a phone line at 2 ft could this be the target line? | Could be target line, but it is weak. CYA |
| Prints | Just a guide |
| Locate a job and get a bad feeling, what should you do? | Contact person who is digging, go back to the ticket |
| Open up a PED and notice bonding strips are undone, what to expect? | Unbonded straps on next pad as well |
| EMF | Electromagnetic field |
| Print shows has five cables, PED only shows 4 | Verify right location and PED # on prints and ticket. if still wrong call manager and phone company personnel |
| Can you tip a spare pair? | No, spare pair is not active, Must be on a live pair |
| Whats the advantages of Fiber over copper? | Capacity, Size of cable, No signal degradation, faster |
| What should you do to a common ground? | Disconnect from common ground (will cause other utility to locate) Disconnect the fargo |
| NID and SID are known as | Point of demarcation |
| What is a spare pair? | Pair not being used |
| What is a high profile for phone line? | 600 pair or above for copper ALL FIBER Duct Run SLC |
| What is a Load Coil? | Eliminates cross talk, No continuity |
| Why do we look up prints and what do we find on them? | See what utilities are in the area |
| House Building Pad | Foundation of a building |
| Bonding strap | Grounding point for a PED |
| Repeater filter | Device that reshapes, cleans up and or amplify signal |
| Pulp Cable | Paper Cable |
| Air Core Cable | Cable filled with dry air or nitrogen |
| Match stick | Route marker, can also serve as an easy test point |
| Shield connector | Connects bond strap to the shield |
| Terminal Strip | Ceramic strip within a ped where a drop connects to be run out to the customer |
| Splice Case | Housing that protects splice |
| U Guard | U shaped metal guard that protects a dip |
| Slack Loop | Extra cable that is coiled up, usually in a hand hole |
| Dip | Where cable goes form aerial to ground or ground to aerial |
| Hand Hole | Small vault access point to cables or splices |
| Red Caps | Special circuit usually for sensitive items such as alarms |
| Man Hole | Access point to a duct run |
| SLC | D-Screen Cable that contains multiplexed pair |
| Fargo | Metal connector for bonding grounding of drops |
| Multiplex/ Pair Gain | Place up to 96 customers on a pair |
| Sheath-less or unshielded drop | No metal shielding in it (floppy drop) |
| Duct (Conduit system) | Series of Conduits for future placement of communication cable that run |