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Moorings

Moorings

Friday, April 16, 2010

Ocean conditions surrounding the RSN are bracketed on the pelagic or open-ocean end by the OOI global site at Ocean Station Papa, and on the coastal ...

Connectors

Connectors

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Connectors and splices (Cable Termination Adapters, CTAs) are critical components in the extension cable assemblies as these are classic failure ...

Cables

Cables

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Backbone Cable The RSN will rely on the telecom industry standard sub-sea cable to provide power (10 kV DC, up to 8 A) and ...

Low Power J Boxes

Low Power J Boxes

Thursday, April 08, 2010

The second class of junction box is the Low Power J-Box (LP J-Box) that receives input voltage at 48 Volts DC and an input data link at 10/100Base-T ...

Medium Power J Boxes

Medium Power J Boxes

Thursday, April 08, 2010

The Initial RSN system will use two types of junction boxes (J-Box). The first type is a Medium Power J-Box (MP J-Box) that receives input voltage a ...

Low Voltage Nodes

Low Voltage Nodes

Thursday, April 08, 2010

The LV Nodes interconnect junction boxes and their associated instrument platforms to Primary Nodes. They are key to the expansion capability of the ...

Primary Nodes

Primary Nodes

Thursday, April 08, 2010

Primary Nodes are the terminal points for the backbone cable and are contractor-supplied components. The main function of the Primary Nodes is to di ...