Damn. Does that mean I'm not allowed to touch fibre patch leads anymore, and have been a criminal since 1990? I knew it felt wrong to be pushing hard on a $300 MM fibre patch lead to get it to engage on the SC connector, now I know why.
On Sat, 26 Sep 2020 at 09:57, Noel Butler <[email protected]> wrote: > If you (or the staff member performing this) were ACMA registered cabler > and accredited for fibre, as required by law to touch any of this stuff, > you wouldnt be asking this question. > > > On 25/09/2020 18:26, Rhys Hanrahan wrote: > > Hi Everyone! > > > > I have a pretty basic question about VFLs. I haven't used one before but > we need to trace some existing old MMF at a site and am about to buy a > cheap VFL that has a universal connector for SC, ST, FC. We need LC as all > the patch leads convert to this. But all the LC female to SC male > connectors I can see around are either SMF, significantly more expensive or > internationally shipped. Need to get my hands on this for next week. > > > > I understand that in normal circumstances that mixing MMF and SMF spec > equipment would be a no go, *but would it be sufficient to use a SMF > adaptor just for the purposes of fault-finding/tracing in this case?* > > > > I was looking at an adaptor like this one, coupled with a separate cheap > VFL: > https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SC-Male-to-LC-Female-Single-Mode-Fiber-Optic-Hybrid-Optical-Adaptor-Converter/353200623750 > > > > This "looks" like it is the same adaptor all the VFLs are bundling in with > the tool anyway (but they are all being shipped internationally). Is there > any reason not to settle for this? Thanks! > > > Rhys Hanrahan > Chief Information Officer > Nexus One Pty Ltd > > > E: [email protected] > P: +61 2 9191 0606 > W: http://www.nexusone.com.au/ > M: PO Box A356 Sydney South, NSW 1235 > A: Level 12 227 Elizabeth St, Sydney NSW 2000 > > [image: ttp://quintus.nexusone.com.au/~rhys/nexus1-email-sig.jpg] > > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > > > -- > > Regards, > Noel Butler > > This Email, including attachments, may contain legally privileged > information, therefore at all times remains confidential and subject to > copyright protected under international law. You may not disseminate this > message without the authors express written authority to do so. If you are > not the intended recipient, please notify the sender then delete all copies > of this message including attachments immediately. Confidentiality, > copyright, and legal privilege are not waived or lost by reason of the > mistaken delivery of this message. > > > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >
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