cable television entrance facility and in any auxiliary closet identified
in Section 16402 INTERIOR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM or otherwise indicated.
Equipment racks shall be connected to the electrical safety ground.
3.4
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
The Contractor shall provide the following additional materials required
for facility startup:
a.
10 of each type of connector used.
b.
10 of each type of cover plate, with connector.
3.5
LABELING
Cables shall be labeled on both ends with circuit number, room number, or
other appropriate marking allowing for correct identification of the cable
and its destination.
3.6
TESTING
Materials and documentation to be furnished under this specification are
subject to inspections and tests.
a. The Contractor shall submit a Test Plan as specified in the
Submittals paragraph.
b.
Components shall be terminated prior to testing.
c. Equipment and systems will not be accepted until the required
inspections and tests have been made, demonstrating that the cable
television premises distribution system conforms to the specified
requirements, and that the required equipment, systems, and
documentation have been provided.
d. After installation of the cable and before connecting system
components, each cable section shall be end-to-end tested using a time
domain reflectometer (TDR) to determine shorts, opens, kinks, and other
impedance discontinuities and their locations. Cable sections showing
adverse impedance discontinuities (greater than 6 dB loss) shall be
replaced at the Contractor's expense.
e. There shall be no cable splices between system components unless
approved by the Government.
3.7
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE MANUALS
The Contractor shall submit Operation and Maintenance manuals as specified
in the Submittals paragraph.
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