Re:Robot wraps fiber optic cables around existing power lines
by 0_____0 on Thursday July 16, 2020 @03:58AM
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Repairing the fiber is one thing, but what about when repairs on the power-carrying cable is needed? Wrapping them up in each other certainly seems like it would complicate things...
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Re:Robot wraps fiber optic cables around existing power lines
by Cthulhu_ on Thursday July 16, 2020 @07:59AM
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Yeah, they'd need to bring in a specialist to repair the fiber optics as well, that's a specialist job.
Of course, that aside, cables generally don't need repair that much / often if they aren't in areas with extreme weather. And if they are, medium-power lines can go underground (as can the fiber optics).