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One thing I started to worry about and which wasn't addressed is that the technique of wrapping the cable around the power line hinders power line repair or cou
by cosmotic 6y ago
One thing I started to worry about and which wasn't addressed is that the technique of wrapping the cable around the power line hinders power line repair or could preclude future applications like this. Can the same robot traverse the same line with the cable already applied? Can a second cable be applied over the first?
- londons_explore 6y agothe actual lines themselves tend to not really have any repair - nobody sees one strand of a 50 strand cable looking a bit frayed and replaces it... You just replace the whole cable at its end-of-life.
- delfinom 6y agoHah, I've never seen a utility schedule end of life for cables. They just replace them as they break, they'll replace chunks if the cable itself is looking bad, but otherwise they'll just splice it together with a coupler. If fiber optic is in the way, they'll just cut it.