It is bare after you strip it. But if you were to purchase a spool of
"bare fiber" it would have the 250um coating on it.
------ Original Message ------
From: "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: 8/10/2017 11:09:06 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] PLC Splitters
When you strip it, it sure looks bare. All the color is gone.
After you strip it, you wipe it off with an alcohol wipe.
And then when you see it in the fusion splicer screen, it looks bare
there too.
Actually it probably has to be totally bare or the coating would
contaminate the burn.
From:Adam Moffett
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2017 8:24 PM
To:[email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] PLC Splitters
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
