A Guide for Telecommunications Cable Splicing
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A Guide For Telecommunications Cable is available from Amazon.com
Author: John Highhouse
(C) 1997
ISBN: 0-8273-8066-6
Description:
Written by an experienced cable splicer (who also happens to be
a college instructor), this book is designed for the field technician
level reader who wants to learn the practical aspects of cable
splicing. It contains a wealth of information and technical specifications
for both paired copper as well as fiber optic cables.
Starting with a history of cable and progressing through the color
code, cable types, and connectors the text also discusses complex
subjects such as cable throws (transfers), load coils and troubleshooting
buried cable faults.
The text is designed to be used in an instructor-lead classroom/lab
situation or in the field as a reference for novice through experienced
technicians.
Table of Contents:
1. History of Telecommunications
Cables
2. An Overview of Outside Plant
3. The Telephone Cable Color Codes
4. Types of Cables and Their Locations
5. Making the Right Connections
6. Bonding the Cable Shield
7. Splice Closures
8. Cable Terminals
9. Cable Pair Treatments
10. Locating Cable Path and Depth
11. Cable Fault Analysis and Location
12. Reading Cable Prints
13. Cable Transfers
14. Setting Up a Splice
15. Fiber Optic Cables
and more
A Guide For Telecommunications Cable is available from Amazon.com
© 2002, The FOA