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SCOPE – The detailed instructions and drawings contained herein are intended
to describe and illustrate the more common types of construction used to install and
maintain our supervisory cable system. Emphasis is placed upon Figure 8 cable, as all
new installations and replacements are made with type cable. Lashed wire cable is
illustrated only for pole relocation and maintenance purposes. Any special types of
construction should closely follow the basic clearances and fundamental dimensions
shown on the detailed drawings.
ROUTE PLANNING – Existing pole lines, except 34.5 KV and 138 KV, should be
utilized wherever possible in selecting the route the supervisory cable will take from
substation to substation.
Installing the cable on 34.5 KV and 138 KV lines shall be avoided because of the
possibility of accident or storm. A transmission line that was down could not be
indicated OPEN because the cables that controlled the supervisory equipment were
also down for the same reason. The status of the other lines at the sub would not be
known, and if any control was needed it would have to be done manually.
Notes of line numbers and lengths of exposure are to be put in the cable routing
and pair assignment computer program where high voltage lines cannot be avoided.
14.1 14.1
The cable core contains 25 or 50 pairs of 19 gauge copper wire which have a 15
mil polyethylene color coded 300 volt insulation. This core of pairs is wrapped with a
non-hygroscopic tape to eliminate moisture and a 5 mil copper shield surrounds the
taped core to prevent spurious or transient signals from being induced upon the pairs.
A ¼ inch seven strand extra high strength galvanized steel messenger supports the
core. The core and support messenger are covered with a single extrusion of high
molecular weight polyethylene which forms a jacket over the core and messenger
simultaneously with a joining web between. A cross section view of a cable so formed
is that of a Figure 8, hence, its name.
REEL LOADING – Figure 8 cable reels should be loaded so that the cable pays
out from the BOTTOM of the reel during installation to prevent a buildup of excess slack
cable on the reel while stringing.
14.2 14.2
STRINGING CABLE – The cable may be reeled out by either mounting the
payout reel on a portable standard (payout side down) and drawing the free end of the
cable out along the line in stringing sheaves, or by mounting the payout reel on a truck
or trailer and moving the reel along the line with the free and attached to a pole or other
fixed object. Generally, the first method is preferable where communication lines are
crossed over or where tree interference is bad.
Polished aluminum stringing sheaves are to be used in stringing Figure 8 cable.
The base of the sheave should be tied to the pole to prevent it from being flipped up as
the cable rotates during stringing. A swivel should be installed between the pulling rope
and the kellem grip to allow the cable to rotate as it is payed out of the reel.
0 – 12 DEGREE CABLE ANGLE – Pole with less than a 12 degree cable angle
will be constructed as a straight line pole as shown on Drawing C1412. The jacketed
messenger is placed directly into the clamp.
SAGGING – The cable is sagged in sections of less that 2,000 feet, whatever
local line conditions will permit, and from all points where it is necessary to dead-end
the messenger. The cable should be tensioned at a distant point from the last clamping
point of a sagging section to minimize the downward pull of the cable in the clamp.
Upon completion of the tensioning operation, the cable shall be lifted from the stringing
sheaves and secured in the jaws of the clamp.
14.3 14.3
To sag cable, select a span of about average length on level ground and near the
center of section being sagged. The actual span length and air temperature should be
determined. The proper stringing sag may then be found from the chart on C1401.
Next, a target or board is nailed temporarily to each pole of the span being sagged at a
distance below the cable messenger equal to the sag determined from the chart. A
lineman is then stationed at one of the targets and the cable is pulled up until he can
see that the low point of the messenger is in line with the targets.
Figure 8 cable should not be tensioned around corners exceeding 12 degrees.
Where such corners exist, the tensioning section length shall be reduced and the cable
dead-ended in both directions.
At the end of each tensioning section, a temporary guy shall be placed ahead to
the adjacent pole or other suitable object. This holds the cable tension until the next
section is sagged. The cable is now ready to be spiraled and clamped in.
14.4 14.4
SECTION 14 – SUPERVISORY CABLE
INDEX OF DRAWINGS
FIBER OPTIC
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SUPERVISORY CABLE
50/PR #19 SOL CU
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SUPERVISORY CABLE
25 PAIR #19 SOL CU
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TYPICAL DEAD-END
FIGURE 8 SUPERVISORY CABLE
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DEAD-END-SLACK SPAN
FIGURE 8 SUPERVISORY CABLE
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0° TO 10° ANGLE
FIGURE 8 SUPERVISORY CABLE
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CATENARY CORNER
FIGURE 8 SUPERVISORY CABLE
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EXTENSION INSTALLATION
FIGURE 8 SUPERVISORY CABLE
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SPLICING DETAILS
FOR MESSENGER AND CABLE
FIGURE 8 SUPERVISORY CABLE
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GROUNDING DETAILS
FIGURE 8 SUPERVISORY CABLE
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KEY
SUBSTATION
TYPICAL UNDERGROUND
AND OVERHEAD
SUPERVISORY CABLE CIRCUIT
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POLE ATTACHMENT
LASHED WIRE
SUPERVISORY CABLE
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0 - 20 DEGREES
FIBER OPTIC INSTALLATION WITH
SINGLE PHASE TRANSFORMER
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IPL
0 - 20 DEGREES
FIBER OPTIC INSTALLATION WITH
SINGLE PHASE TRANSFORMER
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0 - 20 DEGREES
FIBER OPTIC INSTALLATION WITH
EXISTING SINGLE PHASE TRANSFORMER
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IPL
0 - 20 DEGREES
FIBER OPTIC INSTALLATION WITH
EXISTING SINGLE PHASE TRANSFORMER
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IPL
DEADEND DETAIL
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DEADEND DETAIL
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FIBER OPTIC
TEMPORARY SLACK STORAGE
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IPL
DEADEND DETAIL
FIBER OPTIC
TEMPORARY SLACK STORAGE