Exactly. Extra money for ribbon, then extra labor for getting to the buffer tube, extra labor to neatly basket it and then you end up single splicing it :/
At 1-288 loose tube is definitely the way to go. At a certain point you're going to have to ribbon, but I don't know if that's 576 or 6912. On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM castarritt <[email protected]> wrote: > I think a lot of people that use ribbon end up breaking it out and > splicing one at a time anyway for that exact reason. When we got our > splicer, the Sumitomo guy also demoed a ribbon machine, and after like a > dozen tries even with him doing half of them, we couldn't get a good burn > on all 12. > > On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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]> 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]> >> 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]> 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]> >> 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]> 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]> 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] >> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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