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Cross-section of Undersea Cable.
May 4, 2017 8:58 PM
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tivvybrixx
What's the plug ends look like?i keep picturing a giant coaxel
getupgetouttaheregone
Captivating cross sections
ifounditunderthere
Sure that's not cat-7?
Fejerro
Now put that thing back where it came from, or so help me...
PhaseTwo
aka how America gets its Internets
ham11
Which one did Jaws bite?
DroolingHomer
Put...put your dick in it
Toonlink11
They look like cross sections of cells
sDsnAlien
I make the dies required to make these wires possible these are super cool
ahwhoamikidding
Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell
wizardfloww
I'm interested as to how are they routed across the ocean? Are they like 100 feet under or something?
kenfromcanada
Well, since the original post, I have been to several sites, understand cable laying ships, how dependant we are on these cable!Thanks again
probablyabnormal
Nature is beautiful.
wolvensong
barnwolf
Is there any optical fibre in those cables? I thought that was what all the major infrastructure was these days.
mikoh64us
When I saw the first one.. I thought it was one of the fucking spinners again.
doesmyusernamereallymatter
Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell
rname
My grandfather used to lay these cables for Bell Atlantic
ConvokeMyropolist
i've been told, the outer layer is peppered with pepper. this is to avoid the cable been eaten by shark. but shark still bite them.
JurassicParkIsFiction
This is why my internet is so unsteady, you people stop cutting the cables in half!
ManCameron
Thanks, now I want robot pizza!
biglongandgirthyusername
Neat
ec437
Looks expensive
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itzhope
33 shmeckles
remembergoliad
Wonder what the price per foot would be?
ec437
I'd pay a dollar for that
Flexibass
I wonder if there's somewhere you can buy a slice? I'd totally hang a slice in my garage
MrParticleboard
Yes, I would like this as well
YourgardenerElChapo
just go to the atlantic floor and cut some dont think they could keep an eye on all of it
swearsunnecessarily
UNDA DA SEA
theDoggetsmorelovethanme
Reasons like this is why I stand people lol
ErinFromTheOffice
UNda da sea
bugeyetex
Darling it's better down where it's wetter ;)
swearsunnecessarily
Man, someone went through all these like
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AFOpie
Take it from me
dundermifflininity2point0
benjikraut
We need more of these posts.
WhiteGlas
Can't you read? They're cables, not posts.
benjikraut
Ahhhh. Bravo (a)? You caught me slipping. I like you.
Jammiepak
Yeah but please stop cutting theses cables, they are kinda important and should be left where you found them.
benjikraut
HeartOfTheSunrise
Hey 9/10 times it's a shark attacking it rather than such a nice cross-section..
Dyslexicglove
I used to work for the national power grid, and they had some very awesome undersea cable cross sections. They are way heavier than expected
OfficialSponsor
how heavy are they?
missleadinginiformation
More than expected
AnythingMuchShorter
Odd, that's more than I would expect.
patec
I expected that.
djsdkdjsk
Odd, that's more expecting than I would expect.
kenfromcanada
Upvote for completly original post - any explanation of the types?
Strostkovy
The first one is for transporting power, I know that one for sure.
thejadedcynic
I'd say the first one is an old style co-axial communication cable. The other two look like subsea control umbilicals (oil & gas wells)
LeastInterestingManInTheWorld
Outer layer: anti-shark armor
HeadlessHershel
Legend has it every time someone posts underwater cables they make it to the front page
thejadedcynic
Horse-pukey. My post about installing them got maybe 4 up votes. Maybe if I had included a girl with big boobs...
DontcallmeLen
A black one, a yellow one, and a more yellow one.
drdavessardogs
Bumble Bee and Christmas Tree....
drdavessardogs
I see a blond, a redhead, a brunette.....
EngineerZero
Someone once commented that one of these are in fact used to connect to submarines too. I have no idea if it's true though.
YourUserNameIsWittierThanMine
I don't know if they are meant to but there are many Cold War stories about the US using subs to tap into Russian cables and vice versa.
eisenhornuk
I think - think - they're different generations of fibre optic cables. The big thick copper strands are to power fibre-optic repeater 1/?
thejadedcynic
Not quite. The first one is an older coaxial cable. Current ones are much smaller, and the copper conductor runs around the fiber package.
thejadedcynic
But you are entirely correct about the need for optical amplifiers at regular intervals. Source: I used to install said cables.
FamousOnce
I worked in the lab for the company that made said cables. Hours looking for insulation contaminants, stretching wires and stressing plastic
eisenhornuk
...units every few hundred kilometers, to keep the actual data flowing - so the copper is actually only carrying electricity, not the 2/?
dwarvenmurx
Imho the first one is an AC power distribution cable. I think each cable has a cross section of about 1200 to 1600 mm^2. 1/?
dwarvenmurx
the voltage would be around 150kV. from what I know is that fiber optic cables are used to monitor the cable joints to easily find... 2/?
dwarvenmurx
damaged ones. if you like to know more about them look at websites of Nexans cables for example.
eisenhornuk
...lovely digital 1s and 0s that make up your phone calls, or spreadsheets, or donkey-porn or whatever - that all goes down the tiny 3/?
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YOUREALLSOGODDAMNPATHETIC058
The only one you got right was internet
eisenhornuk
...little cores you can barely see. I would really, really recommend the following read: https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/
Burnadet
It's a wonderfull read! Thx for sharing!
SMurphey
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YOUREALLSOGODDAMNPATHETIC058
Why would electricity need to run under the sea?
Isorikk
You know how like you can visit websites from other countries?
youlooklikeasnake
I know it's crazy. But we have things under the sea that need power and data.
BohemicAnemic
Yeah, sea water is a conductor. No need for cables.
puddin151
....what?
Strostkovy
That's why my laptop works so much better in the ocean.
Isorikk
I got the joke. No one else did. But I did.