Ok cheers guys!

Think that has answered my question! I'll stick to the cwdm optics! Would 
rather pay a little more and not have issues!

Regards

Joe Waite

> On 11 Sep 2014, at 12:10, "Neil J. McRae" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Also beware of the fringes - something that works on your span today might 
> not after a fibre break or other incident.
> 
> Cheers
> Neil
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On 11 Sep 2014, at 10:08, "Brandon Butterworth" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>>> Well I'd certainly try this first with a stock inventory part before
>>> spending unnecessary money on the expensive vendor optic...
>> 
>> I'd find the mux spec before puting something live that may only
>> be on the edge of staying live
>> 
>>> Vendors do give different tolerances for what the actual wavelength
>>> transmitted will be and this will fluctuate slightly due to the
>>> manufacturing process
>> 
>> Yes, that's the wide range I quoted, devices can be anywhere within that
>> (I've measured them), there's no reason for non cwdm be close to 1310
>> 
>>> optic sold as cwdm will have been checked against a tighter limit but I'd
>>> be shocked if you're buying LR that isn't almost exactly 1310.
>> 
>> It may be some manufacturers use the same lasers for both parts but
>> usually the cwdm have a laser designed for stability, which costs more
>> (DFB vs Fabry-Perot)
>> 
>> brandon
> 

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