Minimum Cover Requirement for Fiber Optic Cable

[emccoy]

I am trying to determine if there is a minimum cover requirement for 2" PVC40 containing nonconductive fiber optic cable. It does not seem to be addressed in 770 and it is unclear if 300-5 applies. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[don_resqcapt19]

See the second sentence of 770.3.

 

[tom baker]

And it’s best to be at 24” cover as that is the depth it’s expected be at. Otherwise the fiber optic locator (backhoe) will find it.

 

[augie47]

And it’s best to be at 24” cover as that is the depth it’s expected be at. Otherwise the fiber optic locator (backhoe) will find it.

 

[petersonra]

And it’s best to be at 24” cover as that is the depth it’s expected be at. Otherwise the fiber optic locator (backhoe) will find it.

I think you are lucky in a lot of cases if they bury it all all. Sometimes they seem to just hide it in the grass like the cable installers do.

 

[tom baker]

Often fiber optic is installed by a telecom utility and if on the utility side of the demark it’s not regulated by the NEC.