General Machine Products 89010 Breeze Micro Fiber Cable Blowing Machine - Manual (Page 16)

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Set up for installing cable with the machine mounted below ground:
The set up is similar to the set up for installing cable above ground, (described previously)
typically this type of installation is demanded for “series blowing” i.e. when a length of cable is
already installed, and the limit of installation distance is reached. In such cases it is customary
to couple a “series machine” sited down a manhole some distance from the point of main in-
stallation. This machine operates in conjunction with the machine sited at the main point of
installation. The GMP Breeze machine is ideally suited to this type of operation, it may be
coupled with a second machine to increase the distance a single cable can be installed with-
out splices. The only difference between this set up, and the set up for installing cable with
the machine above ground, is that there will be no drum stand carrying the cable drum. The
cable will be exiting from one side of the manhole and blown into the tube at the other side of
the manhole. The machine should be aligned with both the incoming cable and the outgoing
tube path, both side to side and up and down.
NOTE: THE MACHINE MUST NOT BE SUBMERGED IN WATER.
If the hole is full of water it must be pumped out before placing the machine on the bottom of
the hole.