Corning Unicam works pretty well for SM. From: David Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 7:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Fiber splicing
I am thinking not so much a splice but just put new heads on. �I am looking for a kit to do this with some single mode we have. On 08/17/2015 08:19 AM, Paul McCall wrote: Since we don�t have fiber splicing experience, I figured I should query the crowd. � We have a customer with a small tower about 350 feet from their home that was installed 6 years ago.� Since electrical had to be run from the home out to the tower, they opted to pull fiber (4-stand Multimode) from the house to the tower through the same 2� conduit as the electrical. � One of the above ground �pull boxes� (12x12x4�) at the house had an extra hole in it that they plugged at the time of installation.� Last week they discovered that the hole plug had failed (seal problem) and mice/rats had gotten in and chewed through the fiber (all 4 strands).� Coming one direction there is plenty of extra fiber to pull into the box area to make a splice.� In the other direction is only a couple inches of slack so I have to go to the next pull spot (a 90 deg. right angle) they need to pull a new section of fiber to that spot.� (approximately 30 feet).� I am talking to a local contractor about doing the splices for me, and he wasn�t sure he had a splice kit that would fit into the 12x12x4� box when finished. � Is there a simple splice kit (for 4 strands) that can fit inside the box that you can recommend?� � Paul � � � Paul McCall, Pres. PDMNet / Florida Broadband 658 Old Dixie Highway Vero Beach, FL 32962 772-564-6800 office 772-473-0352 cell www.pdmnet.com [email protected] �
