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The crux of the problem: water getting in where it doesn't belong.
Two episodes of water contaminating cables have occurred during
recent rains. Add water in with electricity and you get trouble.
The grey cables in the background connect to the main cable that
services all of the floors of the building.
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A view of the plastic "tent" that the building management staff have
constructed over SNET's patch panel. Water is entering through the
side doors at the MM level on Talcot Street and seeping down to the ST
level through cracks in the floor. There are signs of water seeping
all the way down to SSB in this area. Due to construction damage the
doors on Talcot Street no longer close tightly; the door sill is broken
up as well.
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Another view of the patch panel with plastic sheeting over it. The
right side of the panel terminates SNET's underground cable. The
left side terminates the building riser cable. Cross-connections
are made between cable pairs in the two panels to connect a circuit
coming in from the street to a customer in the building.
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A closeup of the "premise" side of the patch panel. You can see drops
of water beading and running down the plastic. The black and red squares
are lightning arrestors to protect the circuits.
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Despite building management's efforts some water is seeping down behind
the patch panel as evidenced by the darker wet plywood and the water
on the floor.
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