
This is an external view of a Litespan 2000, model 2020. The smaller cabinet is a conventional cross-connect box and is described later. This cabinet is approximately 3 feet wide, 9 feet long and a little over 6 feet high. It rests on a 10 by 14 foot concrete pad. Prior to pouring the pads, four cable conduits were installed for telephone cable at one end and additonal conduits for commercial power were installed at the other end. This particular cabinet is designed to work with fiber optic transmission cables. At maximum capacity, this cabinet is capable of serving 2,016 lines. The base is designed to hold up to 40 12-volt batteries to maintain service in case of commercial power failure. These batteries can be recharged using a portable generator if the commerical outage is extensive.