In reply to a post by witchunt:

That's all correct. What you see is the power piller that has the 230v LV power feed. The DSLAM is in a white hardened enclosure and located underground . There is a multi pair copper cable connecting to the power pillar . Also Underground will be the hybrid enclosure connecting the fibre to the DSLAM the copper terminations which will make up the new 'PCP'

Which makes me think the DSLAM isn't going to be very big?

In which case why not just make the cab slightly larger and house the DSLAM inside the cabinet? surely it would make it much easier to work on instead of being in a pavement chamber?

In reply to a post by connormill:

In reply to a post by witchunt:

That's all correct. What you see is the power piller that has the 230v LV power feed. The DSLAM is in a white hardened enclosure and located underground . There is a multi pair copper cable connecting to the power pillar . Also Underground will be the hybrid enclosure connecting the fibre to the DSLAM the copper terminations which will make up the new 'PCP'

Which makes me think the DSLAM isn't going to be very big?

In which case why not just make the cab slightly larger and house the DSLAM inside the cabinet? surely it would make it much easier to work on instead of being in a pavement chamber?

It will most likely be mounted on an arm in the chamber that rotates up, a bit like a FibreDP and Splitter Node etc.

So the engineer either sits on their little stool or they sit on the edge of the chamber.

Paul

Something like this?

http://resources.mynewsdesk.com/image/upload/c_limit...

Or this?
http://www.johnhenrygroup.co.uk/g-fast-technology-jo...

Both are G.Fast nodes, but the hardened white DSLAM casing appears similar.

Edited by deleted (Wed 31-Jan-18 04:39:48)

In reply to a post by connormill:

In which case why not just make the cab slightly larger and house the DSLAM inside the cabinet? surely it would make it much easier to work on instead of being in a pavement chamber?

I suspect there's some desire to keep mains electricity separate from the telephone wiring as much as possible.

And, because underground chambers are known to suffer from the effects of water, there's probably a desire to keep mains above ground as much as possible. And, where underground feeds are necessary, that they're in their own ducts.

Yeah, that's the ones

Paul