All orange would generally indicate MM. All yellow would be SM. You can get them color coded as well. http://www.fiberinstrumentsales.com/cable/fan-out-break-out-kits/fis-12-color-coded-break-out-kit-40-tubing-3mm-for-250um.html
On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 11:31 AM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > Last night I had looked at the Corning Spider....which is a 3mm fan out, > but every tube is orange, whereas the 900um ones kept the color coding. If > I can get 3mm without losing the color coding I'll definitely do it. > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Carl Peterson" <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: 3/29/2017 11:17:26 AM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Splice on Connectors > > 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 > > -- Carl Peterson *PORT NETWORKS* 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 637-3707
