squirrel dog
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are you kidding?Call in a trouble report,a phone rat will come out and sling out a new temp wire,three weeks later another phone rat will bury it 2" deep and cut it over . It's all good.
FTFY.
6 inches still isn't deep enough to bury a cable. Minimum of 1 foot, preferrably 2-3.
Call DH tell them you will be aerating your lawn, they will tell you you are good to go.
THEN call verizon.
Debating whether I was a bonehead or verizon was lazy in burying their cable. I was prepping my lawn for new grass seed and cut the FIOS cable buried two inches down with an aerator. Will verizon charge me to fix it? If it costs me alot I think I will just cancel the service.
It was a piss poor instillation, but you might still be on the hook for it. The reason is that a lot of places have no low voltage codes.
Lov voltage cables may not be any less than 18", iirc.
120/240v direct burial cable may not be less than 24''.
Lov voltage cables may not be any less than 18", iirc.
120/240v direct burial cable may not be less than 24''.
My NEC book is in storage.
This is why I read threads before posting. My response would have been identical.
MotionMan
Ummm...guys....fiber optic is not subject to the same code as copper wire. It does not carry any current at all and the cable is non conductive.
Ummm...guys....fiber optic is not subject to the same code as copper wire. It does not carry any current at all and the cable is non conductive.
The jacket has a metal sheath to protect from animals. The same low voltage cable regs and grounding apply. Also called direct burial or armored fiber.
in my experience, armored cable prevents no damage and is a complete nightmare to work with. also, there's aluminum threads in any fiber cable there to make it detectable with a cable locator.
IIRC it generally needs to be at least 6" down
ftfy :sneaky:It was a piss poor instillation, but you might still be on the hook for it. The reason is that a lot of places don't enforce or inspect any low voltage codes.
Yeah, but you're in Canadia, and as we all know, those people are just too damn reasonable. :sneaky:I do this for a living and the code for communications cable under landscaped ground is .76m (~30 inches.) we generally stick to having at least 1m of cover (~40 inches).
Lov voltage cables may not be any less than 18", iirc.
120/240v direct burial cable may not be less than 24''.
My NEC book is in storage.