It comprises of glass threads that carries messages in form of light signals. If not properly taken care of or inappropriately installed, it can easily develop faults. Special handling of the fibre optic cable installation is therefore of great essence when doing this procedure for smooth functioning.

The placement of the fibre cable in either indoors or outdoors environments follows basic guidelines that must be followed to ensure proper handling, placement, smooth operation and possible easier maintenance in future.

The first thing you need to do is conduct a thorough site survey prior to optic fibre placement. This tries to find out if prevailing conditions on the site require some attention. Probable risks such as high level of temperatures or difficulty in handling machinery should be noted and necessary plans undertaken. Moreover, regulations relating to constructions should be considered. In case of queries regarding the same, they should be addressed by the highest authority.

A comprehensive design before diving in to deployment is then done. This involves establishing criteria for deployment, with regards to the communication paths required, evaluating total hardware requirements, lengths of cable and finally coming up with a breakdown list of hardware components required and specific places they will be used.

Formulate a wire pulling strategy. The system should represent the deliberations taken in during the site survey to the deployment team. For example, the location of transitional access points, the procedures of securing wires and other operating equipment and defined tasks of every individual of the team performing deployment.

Right guidelines should be adhered to. Due to sensitivity of it to moisture, its end needs to be covered always in either end cap or heavy tape. Attending to its indentations must be a norm during a pull since extra or difficult pulls, back feeding or center-pull techniques may be used.

The wires minimum bend radius should not be topped. When doing the placement, it is of essence not to bend to a radius that is beyond its original radius value. Immediately after its installation, and removal of the pulling tension, it cannot be bent to a radius other than the original radius that was defined. The cable is allowed to undergo alterations provided there is no desecration of the lowest bend radius limitations.

Maximum Recommended Load should never be surpassed during any stage of cable deployment. Each wire has a specific strength rating, hence upon placement completion the outstanding tension on the cable should always be less than this value.

It is always a common exercise to ensure you leave an extra cable at both the start and end of the optic wire run. In addition to this, an extra cable should be placed at strategic points to ensure smooth and reliable operation.

Lastly, document your installation guidelines and steps in simple to revise but organized manner. This will help to ensure that the wire plant is installed correctly and that future trouble shooting and upgrading will be simplified.