I hate ribbon. Seems every time I try to splice it one of the ribbons does not fuse right. I lose patience. Others eventually get it to work or they note the bad burn on the records. It does not seem to be a time saver to me.
From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Monday, September 22, 2025 10:28 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 2" conduit vs. 1 1/4"? Both ways. If you spent the money on ribbon, you can just pinch it from the sides and the glue breaks them apart. Gotta be careful and all that, never know when not to push it. You can also buy the cheaper loose tube stuff and ribbon it yourself. My techs are good enough to just do it by hand, but I use a bottle of glue and some cheap plastic clips. Assuming it's modern stuff. If this free 48ct is from pre-2010 it could be the same or totally different. On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM Dev <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Can you peel apart the 12 count into individual strands and splice them, or do you have to have a ribbon splicer? On Sep 22, 2025, at 9:12 AM, Josh Luthman <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: I'm pretty confident the guys in the trench will disagree it's no additional cost difference. On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM Dev <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: We’re drilling it ourselves, so no cost differential there, and the city didn’t know what to do with a few thousand feet of 48 count ribbon, and some 12 and 4 count, so they donated it, so that part is free, except labor, which or course isn’t. On Sep 22, 2025, at 6:33 AM, Josh Luthman <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: If the drill cost is the exact same, go for it. But I doubt a driller is going to look at 2" for the same price as a 1.25". Why you're doing 48 ribbon is beyond me. I didn't even know they made it in that low of a count. We have 288 LT and ribbon in 1.25". I sincerely regret every bit of ribbon cable - it's a waste of money, eats a ton more labor, and provides little to no value. If you're paying an extra 50c for 2" labor and saving 37c for pipe...that's just dumb... On Fri, Sep 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM Chuck <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Never. But i have had gophers eat .75 and microduct before. Even 1.25 once. So i guess 2” would more gopher resistant. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 19, 2025, at 1:33 PM, Dev <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: > > We’re drilling a development, and we have some spare 2” sitting around, but > wondering whether for two rows of 50 homes we could really get away with > ordering a roll of 1 1/4” to do that rest? We’re likely doing GPON and have > some 48 count ribbon fiber for the project, and some 4 and 12 count drops. > Will we ever wish we used 2” for everything? > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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