@blastphame I was in plant maintenance before focusing on fiber. If you want to talk about it, I'd do a live stream with u as my guest. Either way, maintenance is definitely interesting and can be heartbreaking depending on the type and health of your plant. Thanks for your comment!
I use a chineese mini propane waterheater and a pump so I can cycle the water in the tote and keep heating it. The propane waterheater has a "shower" head hose connected to it so i can spray down the case. Once the splice case is open I just spray the hot water all over the ice block.
I wonder if you could have a little metal enclosed box that slots together so its normally flatpacked in the van. Then put the fosc inside the assembled box with a hole in the side for the heat gun. It would create a baffle to surround the fosc with hot air. Once the case is off, it could then continue melting the ice inside
Fantastic idea, but I think it's size would be a major concern in actual feasibility. Sure when it's collapsed, that would save space, but deploying it would be a problem. FOSCs come in various dimensions, so housing the frozen case depends on it's size. Furthermore, space inside of an trailer is always a concern for efficiency and safety. Perhaps, a collapsible heat box that can be deployed outside of the trailer with the option of propane or battery power. Thanks for the comment. LIKE, Share, SUB-scribe!!
I don't really see many enclosures that are as iced up as your experiment. Most are like the example you did at the end with the ribbon. But anyways, lots of frozen enclosures we swap out are Coyote Runts, swapping them to FOSC-450 Bs. If its just a node on an end of line run with forward and return only spliced, and there is enough slack, especially if its a Coyote Runt, I will clean cut it and prep the cables into a FOSC-450 B. But if there are active circuits or lots of splicing and cables, and only a fiber or 2 down, I put it in the back of my rig, I have a relatively new Pelsue custom body. Ill get it warm inside, and I usually go at the frozen enclosure with a heat gun and ice pick. We really only work on CommScope enclosures with the random Coyotes sprinkled in, not sure how you mount your enclosures when you are working on them inside your trailer, but we all only use drill press vises (the low profile ones) to physically attach the enclosure to the table while we work on it. They are the absolute best thing ever for CommScope enclosures, and on many Coyotes (except runts), and super cheap.
I think by far the easiest way would be if you can submerge the whole thing in a big pot of water sitting on a hot plate or with a submerged heater in the bottom. This way the maximum amount of heat goes toward melting the ice and nothing gets cooked because everything heats evenly, but it's a bulky piece of equipment to be hauling around.
@baldur gialason, that's a great idea! A submerged heater! I had not thought of that. Thanks for your comment sir as your input is very much appreciated! LIKE , SHARE, SUBSCRIBE!
If there is nothing metal to corrode inside; you can use calcium chloride. It's commercially available as desiccant dehumidifier. It lowers the freezing point of water to -25°F (-32°C). As an added bonus: it produces heat when being dissolved into water. Obviously afterwards wash it with fresh water. To my knowledge, this is the easiest, quickest way without introducing thermal shock. Theoretically, it should also be possible to microwave it. But most microwaves aren't big enough.
I have read that CaCl2 is a drying agent and one of its common uses is in deicing and preventing the formation of ice! Great way to think outside of the box. Rock salt could have netted me a completely different result. Thanks for sharing!
@@JBWR it’s used as de-icer in very cold areas. I also keep the liquid solution in bottles when I refresh my dehumidifier. In wintertime, I can use this to de-ice the walkway. I learned this stuff at school in chemistry. When you want to do a reaction at very low temperature, you put some calcium chloride brine in the freezer. Add some regular ice cubes right before the reaction. Fun fact: getting water from solid to liquid at 0C, you need about as much energy to make it boil (from 0C liquid to 100C).
Thanks! This takes some work... mental and physical 💪🏽💥
You know you're cool when you make a video about fibers sound like a broadcast of "Quiet Storm" 😉. Always interesting information. ✌🏾🙏🏾
Wow!😎 Thanks Audrey 😊!!!
Ft5.5 planning on making the jump to maint. A supe from a different office is trying to pouch me. Seems like an interesting gig.
@blastphame I was in plant maintenance before focusing on fiber. If you want to talk about it, I'd do a live stream with u as my guest. Either way, maintenance is definitely interesting and can be heartbreaking depending on the type and health of your plant. Thanks for your comment!
Salute 🫡 to you Kat, making videos out of practical knowledge gained from work experience.... Imagine that!!!
I use a chineese mini propane waterheater and a pump so I can cycle the water in the tote and keep heating it. The propane waterheater has a "shower" head hose connected to it so i can spray down the case. Once the splice case is open I just spray the hot water all over the ice block.
I wonder if you could have a little metal enclosed box that slots together so its normally flatpacked in the van.
Then put the fosc inside the assembled box with a hole in the side for the heat gun.
It would create a baffle to surround the fosc with hot air.
Once the case is off, it could then continue melting the ice inside
Fantastic idea, but I think it's size would be a major concern in actual feasibility. Sure when it's collapsed, that would save space, but deploying it would be a problem. FOSCs come in various dimensions, so housing the frozen case depends on it's size. Furthermore, space inside of an trailer is always a concern for efficiency and safety. Perhaps, a collapsible heat box that can be deployed outside of the trailer with the option of propane or battery power. Thanks for the comment. LIKE, Share, SUB-scribe!!
Wooooow
I don't really see many enclosures that are as iced up as your experiment. Most are like the example you did at the end with the ribbon. But anyways, lots of frozen enclosures we swap out are Coyote Runts, swapping them to FOSC-450 Bs. If its just a node on an end of line run with forward and return only spliced, and there is enough slack, especially if its a Coyote Runt, I will clean cut it and prep the cables into a FOSC-450 B. But if there are active circuits or lots of splicing and cables, and only a fiber or 2 down, I put it in the back of my rig, I have a relatively new Pelsue custom body. Ill get it warm inside, and I usually go at the frozen enclosure with a heat gun and ice pick. We really only work on CommScope enclosures with the random Coyotes sprinkled in, not sure how you mount your enclosures when you are working on them inside your trailer, but we all only use drill press vises (the low profile ones) to physically attach the enclosure to the table while we work on it. They are the absolute best thing ever for CommScope enclosures, and on many Coyotes (except runts), and super cheap.
I think by far the easiest way would be if you can submerge the whole thing in a big pot of water sitting on a hot plate or with a submerged heater in the bottom. This way the maximum amount of heat goes toward melting the ice and nothing gets cooked because everything heats evenly, but it's a bulky piece of equipment to be hauling around.
@baldur gialason, that's a great idea! A submerged heater! I had not thought of that. Thanks for your comment sir as your input is very much appreciated! LIKE , SHARE, SUBSCRIBE!
If there is nothing metal to corrode inside; you can use calcium chloride. It's commercially available as desiccant dehumidifier. It lowers the freezing point of water to -25°F (-32°C). As an added bonus: it produces heat when being dissolved into water. Obviously afterwards wash it with fresh water. To my knowledge, this is the easiest, quickest way without introducing thermal shock.
Theoretically, it should also be possible to microwave it. But most microwaves aren't big enough.
Clearly, you're one of the rarest minds this planet will ever know! CaCl2!!!!! Absolutely fascinating! Where did you learn this?
I have read that CaCl2 is a drying agent and one of its common uses is in deicing and preventing the formation of ice! Great way to think outside of the box. Rock salt could have netted me a completely different result. Thanks for sharing!
@@JBWR it’s used as de-icer in very cold areas. I also keep the liquid solution in bottles when I refresh my dehumidifier. In wintertime, I can use this to de-ice the walkway. I learned this stuff at school in chemistry. When you want to do a reaction at very low temperature, you put some calcium chloride brine in the freezer. Add some regular ice cubes right before the reaction. Fun fact: getting water from solid to liquid at 0C, you need about as much energy to make it boil (from 0C liquid to 100C).
Interesting
why do these get water inside of them? is there some reason that they can't be designed to prevent water from getting inside of them?
Mmm forbidden popsicle