The good SOCs are expensive and a pain. The Cheap SOCs are a real pain and it takes awhile to find good ones. Some of the ones we have gotten from China were just junk. Others were OK.
If you are going to do a fan out on loose tube, do it at 3mm and not 900um. On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 11:10 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > We use Unicams everywhere. > > *From:* Adam Moffett > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 29, 2017 9:01 AM > *To:* Animal Farm > *Subject:* [AFMUG] Splice on Connectors > > I have a vendor who's really pimping their SOC's. The idea is you can > splice the connector onto a 900um fiber and then plug directly into your > electronics. No splice tray. > > So in theory I could put a fan out kit on each buffer tube coming into an > enclosure and then with SOC's go directly into the switch. I do have a > space limitation at the moment (long story), so eliminating splice trays > and patch panels is sounding really good right now. > > Does anybody love/hate SOC's? > > Also how does the splice in the SOC not need additional support when a > normal splice sleeve does? Does the connector body really protect it well > enough? > -- Carl Peterson *PORT NETWORKS* 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 637-3707
