Protection system
AssigneeBritish Telecommunications public limited company
InventorsDaniel Calver, Martin Nottage
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Abstract
A telecommunications cabinet (100) for enclosing telecommunications equipment (110) of a telecommunications network, the telecommunications cabinet comprising: an electric water pump (140); a water detector (160), wherein the water detector is configured to cause activation of the electric water pump upon detecting water; a power supply (150) for powering the electric water pump; and a fluid conduit (170), coupled to the electric water pump, extending from within the cabinet to an outside of the cabinet via an aperture (180) in the cabinet so as to convey water out of the cabinet.
Claims24
A telecommunications cabinet for enclosing telecommunications equipment of a telecommunications network, the telecommunications cabinet comprising:
- an electric water pump;
- a water detector, wherein the water detector is configured to cause activation of the electric water pump upon detecting water;
- a power supply for powering the electric water pump;
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- a fluid conduit, coupled to the electric water pump, extending from within the cabinet to an outside of the cabinet via an aperture in the cabinet so as to convey water out of the cabinet;
- wherein the power supply, the water detector and/or the electric water pump are/is arranged so as to weigh down the telecommunications equipment when said equipment is enclosed within the telecommunications cabinet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.