Chapter 4: Installing the Ripple-2 Node
Tools, test equipment, and fasteners
The following tools and test equipment are required for installation:
Tools and test equipment
• Torque wrench capable of the torque requirements in the Node fastener torque specifications table
below
• Hex-socket 13mm wrench deep-well socket
• Small and Medium flat screw drivers
• #1 and #2 Phillips-head screwdrivers
• Open end hex 20mm wrench with long handle
• True-rms digital voltmeter (DVM)
• EXPO FOT 22AX optical power meter with adapters
• Optical connector cleaning supplies
• Optical connector microscope with appropriate adapters for your optical connectors
Node fastener torque specifications
Follow these torque specifications when assembling and mounting the node and its components.
Fastener Torque Specification
Housing closure bolts 5 to 12 ft-lbs (6.8 to 16.3 Nm)
Test point port plugs / Housing
plugs
5 to 8 ft-lbs (6.8 to 10.8 Nm)
Strand clamp mounting
bracket bolts
5 to 8 ft-lbs (6.8 to 10.8 Nm)
Pedestal mounting bolts 8 to 10 ft-lbs (10.8 to 13.6
Nm)
Module securing screws
(Tx, Rx, PS, and SM/LCM
modules)
25 to 30 in-lbs (2.8 to 3.4 Nm)
RF Amplifier assembly
shoulder screws (cross head
screw)
18 to 20 in-lbs (2.0 to 2.3 Nm)
Seizure nut 2 to 5 ft-lbs (2.7 to 6.8 Nm)
RF cable connector Per manufacturer instructions
Fiber optic cable connector 20 to 25 ft-lbs (27.1 to 33.9
Nm)
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