How will they fix the submarine wires from the quake?

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  • NinjaSteve
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Dec 2003
    • 11089
    #1

    How will they fix the submarine wires from the quake?

    I wonder how they do it exactly and how long it will take after the quake near Taiwan. If you don't know what I'm talking about then here you go.
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    • baddog
      So Fucking Banned
      • Apr 2001
      • 107089
      #2
      I would guess that they will probably raise the cable off the floor, splice in a good section, then let it drop.

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        • crockett
          in a van by the river
          • May 2003
          • 76818
          #3
          Let's hope they don't.. I like not having any chinese traffic.
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            • BigCashCrew
              Registered User
              • Aug 2005
              • 3570
              #4
              I don't know, but that would blow!

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                • carol.prime
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                  • Jul 2006
                  • 6960
                  #5
                  i don't have any idea on how long will it take to fix that problem...
                  Let us just pray for easier results..
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                    • Cyndalie
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                      • Jan 2002
                      • 3615
                      #6
                      Originally posted by baddog
                      I would guess that they will probably raise the cable off the floor, splice in a good section, then let it drop.
                      Sounds logical
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                        • Gabriel
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                          • Apr 2002
                          • 4789
                          #7
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                            • baddog
                              So Fucking Banned
                              • Apr 2001
                              • 107089
                              #8
                              Originally posted by Cyndalie
                              Sounds logical
                              20+ years in the biz helps

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                                • baddog
                                  So Fucking Banned
                                  • Apr 2001
                                  • 107089
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by Gabriel
                                  old school cable, yes . . . fiber, not so much

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                                    • directfiesta
                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                      • Oct 2002
                                      • 30137
                                      #10
                                      I know that Asspimple is stoopid ... As he says, it is a FACT !

                                      But I can't figure out how he can breathe or type , at the same time ....

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                                        • reynold
                                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                                          • Oct 2002
                                          • 51271
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by NinjaSteve
                                          I wonder how they do it exactly and how long it will take after the quake near Taiwan. If you don't know what I'm talking about then here you go.
                                          Things only engineering experts know. Let's just hope they could fix those cables as soon as possible.

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                                            • KrisKross
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Jan 2006
                                              • 5025
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by baddog
                                              I would guess that they will probably raise the cable off the floor, splice in a good section, then let it drop.
                                              Exactly. They essentially run big hooks on the ocean floor until they snag them and then raise them and fix them.

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                                                • jeffrey
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Jul 2004
                                                  • 1864
                                                  #13
                                                  I remember seeing something on TLC or some channel like that aout how they do it.

                                                  They use sonar to find the cable, then use an rov to uncover it and hook something on, and then pull it up into a clean room in the ship.
                                                  Was pretty neat.
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                                                    • marketsmart
                                                      HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER
                                                      • Dec 2004
                                                      • 20419
                                                      #14
                                                      2-3 weeks they are saying....

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                                                        • biftek
                                                          So Fucking Banned
                                                          • Jan 2005
                                                          • 1030
                                                          #15
                                                          Send out a ship, power the cable down, cut the cable, grab one end and pull it up, buoy it off, grab the other end, splice it to a new cable section, recover the other end, splice at that end, test and drop. The splicing generally can be fusion splicing where the fibre is accurately aligned and actually melted until it flows together (~ 0.03dB loss) or a mechanical splice where the ends are effectively clamped together (~ 0.3dB loss). Not sure which they use nowadays at sea for repair.

                                                          there often isn't a 'lot' of slack - the above method ends up inserting some new cable and hence the initial cut. The strain of pulling up the uncut cable would probably break it anyway

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