I thought it was due to being more resistant to moisture. I also wonder
if the goop in the tube cushions the fiber from being crushed.
On 1/4/2019 11:09 PM, Chris Fabien wrote:
Over never heard that comment of loose tube being better for
underground. Do you know the reasoning?
On Fri, Jan 4, 2019, 4:20 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
My only reason for sticking with the loose tube drop cable vs the
900um tight buffer is that it's my understanding that loose tube
is better for underground. Maybe I should get past my prejudice
against tight buffered fiber.
-Adam
On 1/3/2019 8:56 PM, Chris Fabien wrote:
My guys got good at using a AFL Fast Connect with a 3mm boot and
getting the distances right to just have the loose tube ending
inside the boot. Sometimes a piece of heatshrink over the end of
the boot as well. The loose tube is fairly rigid but it work OK
in our fairly large NIDs .
Now we are using tight buffer flat drop so it just has 900um
right in the cable. But we also switched to fusion splicing a
pigtail at the NID so don't use a field install connector any
more either.
On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 3:43 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I'm kind of winging it because I haven't found an example to
follow. Is
there a better way to do this?
That's the orange bare fiber inside 16" of clear 900um
furcation tube.
The connector is an SOC made for 900um cable. The furcation
tube is
pushed about 3/4" into the end of the buffer tube and then a
piece of
heat shrink ties the pieces of tubing together.
It seems durable enough, but it's a lot of finicky pieces.
Took about
10 solid minutes to do this. I'm sure with practice I can
shave that
down, but it just seems like there has to be an easier way.
In a moment I'll send a pic of why I'm bothering.....
-Adam
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