strange problem with internet into the observatory

[Shano592 (Shane)]

Interesting... so these should then work with dedicated IP phones then, no?

I am thinking of the inevitable loss of the copper lines at work to the NBN...

[Shano592 (Shane)]

Aidan, is the Cat6 in Class12 or above conduit?

I believe that this is a minimum standard for moisture blocking. A sparky can tell me otherwise.

I wonder if it is a condensation issue.

Aaaaaand the segue...

On a side note. We were having all sorts of grief at home with the Telstra line. A month ago, the techie admitted to finding a fault in the pit, and that all was good...

First internet, then dial tone dropped off, and 2 weeks later a new techie is out. He did his test probe thing, and determined that the issue was in the pit. Imagine my surprise.

I wandered down to the road with him, and the little black thing that holds the lines, was completely underwater. The entire pit was full to the top. "No problem," he says. "This thing is waterproof, as long as the last guy sealed it properly."

He unscrewed it, and about a litre of water fell into his lap. "There's your problem," I said, as I walked off.

They still haven't offered any compensation for the downtime.

Now that the NBN is available. I think I'll make a move away from the big T-urkey.

[The_bluester (Paul)]

Working in the comms industry I would say that trying to keep water out of conduits is a fairly fruitless exercise particularly if there are any pits involved, they may as well be connected to the stormwater system!

I have not looked recently but I imagine mine is full of water by now. I put in a P2 pit where my conduit ends at my shed so that when I finally build my obs I can extend the conduit out to it from the pit and have a ready built comms pipe to extend the fibre through. Along with a separate power conduit to extend 240V out there too. If the pit and some of the conduit is not full of water by now with the rain we have had I will be very surprised. I will just have to do what the Telco workers all do. Pump it out and get on with it.

[Somnium (Aidan)]

Originally Posted by Shano592

Aidan, is the Cat6 in Class12 or above conduit?

I believe that this is a minimum standard for moisture blocking. A sparky can tell me otherwise.

I wonder if it is a condensation issue.

It is in the Bunnings class conduit ... So no idea

Originally Posted by The_bluester

Working in the comms industry I would say that trying to keep water out of conduits is a fairly fruitless exercise particularly if there are any pits involved, they may as well be connected to the stormwater system!

I have not looked recently but I imagine mine is full of water by now. I put in a P2 pit where my conduit ends at my shed so that when I finally build my obs I can extend the conduit out to it from the pit and have a ready built comms pipe to extend the fibre through. Along with a separate power conduit to extend 240V out there too. If the pit and some of the conduit is not full of water by now with the rain we have had I will be very surprised. I will just have to do what the Telco workers all do. Pump it out and get on with it.

That is probably true , the powerline network is actually working really well so I might just stick with it