check wispa I put a ebay link On Aug 18, 2015 7:21 AM, "Paul McCall" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Based on TJ’s recommendation, I bought some of these to use on each end a > duplex coupler to join it together. I found a way to do this above ground, > so will just use shrink tubing to protect it a bit. > > http://www.fiberoptic.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=FAST-ST-MM625-6&eq=&Tp= > > > > What I am struggling a bit on is finding the cleaver. Since I know > nothing about them, I am kinda guessing. Some I guess are fixed length and > not adjustable? The only thing I see on Ebay around $ 40 comes from Asia > (which will take too long to receive it). > > There is this one, but no info on it… no idea if it will work?…. > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fiber-Cleaver-2-/190857336150?hash=item2c6ffbd556 > > > > > Then this one that says fixed length… > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fiber-Optic-Cleaver-S310-/281771285074?hash=item419ae09a52 > The S215 is adjustable but $ 190 bucks. I am doing this fix for a friend > (no money being made) so tis is pretty much a one-time use tool and I am > not wanting to spent much. > > > > Does anyone have an appropriate cleaver that I could borrow for a couple > days? Or a recommendation of a low-cost tool that can actually be > purchased today (like $ 60 or less) ?? > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *TJ Trout > *Sent:* Monday, August 17, 2015 11:05 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Fiber splicing > > > > AFL fast connectors are $8 each and all you need is a $40 cleave from ebay > that's it. > > > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 7:57 AM, Justin Wilson - MTIN <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Paul, > > If it’s just 350 feet is it possible to just order a new fiber and run a > new 4 strand fiber? The reason I ask is you can get a new, pre-made run for > abut $400 shipped to you. Thats ends, tested , and ready to go. You are > going to probably spend that much in labor and the such to splice it. > > > > > > Justin Wilson > > [email protected] > > > > --- > http://www.mtin.net Owner/CEO > > xISP Solutions- Consulting – Data Centers - Bandwidth > > http://www.midwest-ix.com COO/Chairman > > Internet Exchange - Peering - Distributed Fabric > > > > On Aug 17, 2015, at 9:19 AM, Paul McCall <[email protected]> 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] > > > > >
