Hi all--
I've done some very minor pulls in the past and am now looking to run some new 6a and two 135' armored SMF cables. There are 4 existing drops there and it runs through a very clean crawl space and then up to a second floor attic then down an outside wall. The point where it runs up from the crawlspace to the second floor i have complete access to so I'm feeling confident about if there's a snag it will be there and i'll be able to get to it.
My thought process is to get poly pull line, take one of the existing cat5 drops cut the rj45 end from the remote end, attach the poly pull line to it and then electrical tape the end. Pull the existing cat5 from the source and the poly cord with it until the poly cord from the remote location shows up. Attach the SMF fiber cable to the source side poly cord and pull it back to remote site. This is where it gets a bit confusing for me---should I attempt to pull BOTH SMF cables at the same time (they are about the thickness of a cat5e cable) back or is there a more preferred method to get the back and forth done? Do I attempt to attach all the cables and pull them all at one time (2x SMF and ideally 4x cat6a).
Thank you for the insight and recommendations!
I've done some very minor pulls in the past and am now looking to run some new 6a and two 135' armored SMF cables. There are 4 existing drops there and it runs through a very clean crawl space and then up to a second floor attic then down an outside wall. The point where it runs up from the crawlspace to the second floor i have complete access to so I'm feeling confident about if there's a snag it will be there and i'll be able to get to it.
My thought process is to get poly pull line, take one of the existing cat5 drops cut the rj45 end from the remote end, attach the poly pull line to it and then electrical tape the end. Pull the existing cat5 from the source and the poly cord with it until the poly cord from the remote location shows up. Attach the SMF fiber cable to the source side poly cord and pull it back to remote site. This is where it gets a bit confusing for me---should I attempt to pull BOTH SMF cables at the same time (they are about the thickness of a cat5e cable) back or is there a more preferred method to get the back and forth done? Do I attempt to attach all the cables and pull them all at one time (2x SMF and ideally 4x cat6a).
Thank you for the insight and recommendations!