Fair enough, clears up some of the confusion at least. Thanks. On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 9:32 PM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you look at breakout kits, you'll see they're made for either 250um > (bare) or 900um (tight buffered). > Pigtails are 250 or 900. > Furcation tubing can be for 250 or 900. > > ....probably other examples which my rum and coke are hiding from my > conscious mind. > > I read catalogs. Yeah I'm weird. > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Jason McKemie" <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: 8/10/2017 10:28:30 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] PLC Splitters > > Yeah, but I've never seen it referred to as 250µm. > > On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 9:24 PM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If the glass was truly "bare" it would be 125um and also be too fragile >> to handle. What is referred to as "bare fiber" actually has the 250um >> acrylic coating, probably with color added. It's the barest the fiber can >> be while still being workable. >> >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From: "Jason McKemie" <[email protected]> >> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Sent: 8/10/2017 6:24:08 PM >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] PLC Splitters >> >> That must be it, the "bare fiber" description is a bit misleading in that >> case though. Strange way to specify the diameter. >> >> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 5:08 PM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> A "bare fiber" pigtail has 250um acrylic coating. >>> >>> >>> ------ Original Message ------ >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: 8/10/2017 6:07:52 PM >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] PLC Splitters >>> >>> That sounds strange to me. >>> >>> Is there such a thing as PON on multi mode fiber? >>> >>> *From:* Jason McKemie >>> *Sent:* Thursday, August 10, 2017 3:37 PM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] PLC Splitters >>> >>> I'm looking to possibly do a trial GPON deployment on a leg of my active >>> network, it looks like the FS.com PLC Splitters are 250µm. However, >>> singlemode fiber is usually spec'd at a cladding of 125µm. Are they >>> just using a different measurement or some sort of oddly sized fiber? >>> >>> -Jason >>> >>> >> >
