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Wasn't as tough as I thought it would be, yes pressure dams.
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I believe that the NEC rules do not apply to utilities on their on property.
Yes, they are air dams, or plugs. They are created either at the factory or in the field (not a pleasant task).
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Thanks for the responses. Another contractor pulled it in. There's conduit to get to the other side of the room for it but they just ran the perimeter of the room. It's not secure terminated on a 66-block when all the previous cables are on 110 blocks for organization and space. In general just crap work. I'm pushing them to get it rerouted and terminate.
Thanks again,
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It's all the icky-pic accumulating and getting ready to explode  !
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I believe that the NEC rules do not apply to utilities on their on property. Exactly so. NY Tel used to do some of their own electrical work (mostly receptacles to racks) and it was a disaster. Nobody licensed, nothing filed, NOTHING to code. A fire waiting to happen. Sam
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On the other hand, I worked for a while in a gang that installed line voltage circuits in CO's in Manhattan, and we were very meticulous about doing picture-perfect work. Our foreman appreciated the fact that neat and code-compliant work required sufficient time to perform. His favorite expression was "When it's finished, it should look like it grew there."
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Where is the protection? Any time I ever saw something like that the OSP cables were spliced to stubs going to BEP terminals. From there there was a wall full of 66 blocks to cross connect to the building risers. Not directly spliced like that.
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On the other hand, I worked for a while in a gang that installed line voltage circuits in CO's in Manhattan, and we were very meticulous about doing picture-perfect work. Our foreman appreciated the fact that neat and code-compliant work required sufficient time to perform. His favorite expression was "When it's finished, it should look like it grew there." The way it should be. Sam
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Where is the protection? Any time I ever saw something like that the OSP cables were spliced to stubs going to BEP terminals. From there there was a wall full of 66 blocks to cross connect to the building risers. Not directly spliced like that.
-Hal Hal, when we did large jobs that require this we used CO protection and fuses to terminate the stubs. Look exactly like a CO frame.
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LOL...if you guys want a good laugh, just come to Pittsburgh and check out how Bell Telephone used PE cable to run to any floor in a building. Some buildings have thousands of feet of it in ceilings, wiring closets and walls. It was the "soup du jour" of the techs tasked with delivering circuits to the tall buildings in the city.
Our COs, however, were pristine. The electrical work was all done by Local 5 electricians and the CO wiring was perfect. In the early 60s, Bell Telephone made several instructional movies to show other BOCs how to do it correctly. Of course, now...things have changed.
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