I worked at an internet company for a while doing things like splicing, installing ONTs & installing drops on homes that were upgrading to fiber. Wish I had had this training video when I first started. Very informative 👍🏻
been working in the telco business for 42 years,worked on open wire circuits andanalog stuff then learned to to mechanical fiber splice and now using fusing splicing machines and this is super easy,saves a lot of time...
Barely starting out in this field as a ground hand, I watched this video to get an idea of what I was getting myself into.. I was so intimidated watching this. It's been four months and I've been running them lashers, blowing the fiber, figure eights, digging trenches, setting anchors, peds, handholes, working in oilfield... Learning the ropes... WASNT what I expected at all. One day a splicer needed a hand.. that was me.. I saw him do all of this. Watching your video now, makes so much more sense and it's soo less intimidating now! Thank you for this. I appreciate it!! Good job.
The amount of useful information I learned from this one video is astounding. I was fortunate to build copper networking in my school, and saw a handful of initial installs of fiber lines. It is awesome how much has progressed, so more than ultra specialized roles can manage fiber.
I'm 32 and I'm starting work with a fiber optic cable company on Monday. I have no experience with this at all so I'm watching all the videos I can find on this. Yours was the best so far so thanks for uploading.
I hope they're at least giving you some kind of training! When I started contracting 14 years ago, they gave us 1 day of unpaid classroom & a 1 day ride along 🙄
I am looking at starting with a company doing fiber and cable installs after working 7 years in gas distribution. This was very informative and easy to understand
Thank you so much for this. I know underground utilities etc and just made the move to telecom. I've been in training all week and was feeling very lost. This video showed everything I need to know about splicing fiber! AWESOME!
Google Fiber is installing in our neighborhood. They completed the fiber installation along the streets, with fiber loops buried between pairs of houses. Next, they will be installing the DTC boxes in those holes, and then running the drops to the homes who ordered service (including me!). I'm anxiously awaiting when they show up with their fiber equipment so I can get a live view of what I just watched in your video. Thanks for posting this!
Never spliced fiber together, however I did put ST connectors on the end of fiber cable and it was a pain. That was about 17 years ago, glass fiber, trimming, sanding, and scoping. Not an easy task with a few hand tools.
@@ericpullen524 Oh wow, im pretty sure few people know how to put ST connectors on ends these days. I've done it a couple times (10 years ago or so) and it was indeed a pain! Sanding, polishing, scoping... EURH! Had to an entire data center like that becaus they required solid patches (security reasons).. it was hell.
During the last few years of my 34 years with a major telco, we made major fiber splices, cut fiber cable repairs, and ST connectors until we started fusion ST pigtails to the incoming fibers. Fusion machines changed drastically between my first just helping, to us building major splices. So has cases and the fiber itself. Those first fibers often had inconsistent diameters, which played havoc with splice losses.
Thank you for this amazing video. I'm actually going to be starting training for an ISP in my area, but getting to know the basics before I go in and watching you use your tools makes me feel more at ease with your explanations. Thank you for a great video.
Wow, this is so confusing its amazing how humans come this far to create all this technology so far, i want to do this but it would take me time to learn, i know cable and satellite but this is beyond that, good job
It makes sense to use the number 1 fiber first. The color code is based on the original telco color code where the secondary colors are blue (1), orange (2), green (3), brown (4), slate (5). I’m not sure why network cables use pairs 2 (white & orange) and 3 (white & green).
@@Mskspstheunique Well you need slack to either splice the fiber or install connectors. As far as loss is concerned, no noticeable loss is caused by your typical loops in a tray. You can have microbends if the the loops are too small, but trays account for the bend radius limitations of the fiber.
@@Mskspstheunique It's needed so that when the tech's need to spice there is enough fiber there for them to do so. The bend in the fiber isn't going to effect the signal as long as it's not a tight loop, or pinched.
@@fiberoptic166 the teacher only let us use it for a few weeks or so. i only did about 5 i think? i think i got it right on the first try, second one i did not have the two aligned right in the clamps so they did not make contact, i can't remember on the rest of them
I really liked your show. It was a very nice eye opener for me in what it takes to splicing a fiber cable. Really cool! I all way's wondered how that was done.
Yeah... I got FTH recently and got curious what was all that machine for 😂 older days they just brought a telephone cable then lan cables and now most complicated fibers 😣
FTTH is amazing. I watched them do this when we got wired up, was quite interesting. We get 2gbps to the home here then the router splits it to all equipments, so i can get 1gbps (940mbps actual) no matter what the other devices are doing, it's pretty cool.
I splice for a living and work on cars as a hobby. The skills of brute precision are interchangeable and attention to detail is paramount in both endeavors.
Love these tiny splicers, I have a Sumitomo Type-36, the thing is a beast, and it's stupid case weight 3 times what the splicer weights. I just don't do enough fiber to invest in a new one. Next time I have a big fiber job, I'll try to build the cost of a new one in.
So many people seem so amazed by this lol. This is like the pretty much the absolute end of the line when it comes to fiber to the home. All the tools you use to do this everything is already setup when you buy it to strip 250/900 cladding/coating, and cleaver is factory set as well. The actual interesting stuff is where this distribution line meets the splitter cabinet, and from the splitter cabinet to the trunk line, then the actual trunk to the CO. Im not sure how many times this fiber is split, I would assume at least 32 times. That is the cool stuff. Then for major crazy density in major cities they use DWDM for backhauling absolutely astronomical amounts of data over many wavelengths... and well, every cell tower I worked on has DWDM at the base to separate the providers over wavelengths instead of routing. I miss splicing a bit... was always fun working in crazy crowded splice cases with furcation tubing everywhere, the hours were just absolutely nutty though.
When I learned to splice fiber the system was in a huge trunk and weighed 80 pounds. We fused them together. Pain in the butt and slooooowwwww. New systems now anyone can do it.
We usually put the ends of the unused fibers in a shrink tube so we can easily just pull them out and figure out which one we need.... Saves you from digging around. Fiber Tech/ Wilson, NC.
That special tool is magic. I'm surprised you can take two optical cables, splice/fuse them together and they actually are able to communicate afterwards.
Very good video and you have good equipment. Just like every tech if you take care tools instead of been throwing tools around this video will be on 1M views
I am 2 years late , but damn ! That seems like alot of effort for just 1 splice , i have been doing fibre optics on the largest networks in africa. Here we it works different . You put your fibre into the little measuring bank ( dunno what to call it ) and then you strip off color coat and then putting that little bank back into cleaver to get your 90 degree cut , and finally you take that bank and place it into the machine , where as we individually strip the protective (color coat) from each fibre place it into the cleaver and using the bank that is attached to the cleaver , cleave it ( after cleaning with pressurised isopropyl) and then take your bare fibre out of the cleaver and place it into the splicer.
I do 12 strand fiber for commerical buildings(idfs to mdf)and your equipment is so much better. We have the manual version of these tools if that makes sense
Alot more goes into it opposrd to coaxil. The cable days were easy lol. Had it down to around 3 minutes for landing a drop. From taking the ladder off the truck to putting it back on the truck.
@@Tiki_2211 i didn't understand what you mean by landing a drop. I install satellite and though you were meaning running cable. I agree with just putting a connector on. Maybe our terminology is different. Lol
I am just learning how to work on fiber currently after leaving my job in the propane industry, it seems like forgetting the heat shrink is about as painful as flaring a copper tube without the nut on.
🙃 a lot of wow in this video! ... ill take a comm rack and panel any day over a pedestal thats for sure. People seem to NFG about their prep work.. if it fits it ships!
This is what I do every day but from the other side, planning and designing prints for fiber aerial, buried jobs. Looking for best locations to place handholes and ped box, conduits, microtrenching. hwy , pvt pole replacements or new pole placement, placing 432F hubs , cables, terminals assigning fiber counts to every unit designing jobs to feed as much living units as possible from one hub.
Hello I am a splicer since 10 years . I never done it like in the video. I always strip and cut with my fingers, i think if i use some of the clipmagnets For the fiber, i cant be so fast. But anyways thanks for the video nice technic I do 96 splice a day with measuring(10 sek ODTR) Greetings from austria
96 a day ? Mate here south africa myself i do a 288 fibre cable within 9 hours. According to world recognized FOA , you should be able to do a 72 within 3-4 hours
Am I understanding this right that there is many fiber "drops" coming from the "main" and then they splice them up, each for every house? Then we are gaming on this fibernetwork, this fragile glass. Amazing!
@@naghi32but that splitter is not here (the location in the video), that is well up the "street" in a cabinet. Headend -> Cabinet = 1-32 (or more in some configs) per fiber, from cabinet -> pedestal (where video is shot) = 1 cx per fiber (generally/standard, but not always)
whats that blue tube you have on the fiber as its coming in that's tie wrapped, or is it tape? We use a similar setup for our fire controls. It would be nice to have a softer point to tie to.
I've lapped and polished my fair share of ST fiber connectors, But I've never heard of a directional meter until today. A fusion splicer is a godsend, but a directional finder has got to be voodoo. How does it work??
@@fiberoptic166 Do you *ever* "connect" single mode to multimode? or otherwise bridge the two? I'm guessing the mismatch would cause all kinds of crazy reflections/etc. The cores are much smaller on single mode. Does fusion tool work for both types? or is it specific to one type of fiber and core size?
How does this work on overhead ariel poles? Do they add an enclosure? Fiber was added to my lines recently, but there is no loop or slack, how do they splice in?
Ah! I think I can answer this one. There is slack tho, its usually hidden inside the enclosure. For my country the requirement is 2m each side. I know burried stuff tends to have a decent amount of slack incase of repairs. Ariel poles... well... If something happens, its usually so bad that its all doomed anyway, no point in using tons of slack.
was sorta looking found this, I just went almost 2 weeks without internet, thanks to tv cable company digging putting in new lines, & cut main trunk line of the phone system of fiber optic for my whole area, im in rural area, only way to get internet is through phone, cell service doesnt exist until I drive 5 miles toward town. tv company wants to change and provide internet eventually
@@fiberoptic166 like any skill it just comes with practice. When we used to strip the plastic sheaf when making copper cables it was always a skill that you needed to practice. Fibres are so much more delicate you wouldn't want to let anyone loose on a real splice unless they were something of an expert :)
Some nodes, especially middle of the street nodes can have the individual fibers cut and swapped between different cables going in multiple directions as people/business change plans and other purchase new ones etc. Best to leave plenty of extra fiber to re-cut and splice many times without hassle. The fibers are quite stiff, so in when handled correctly and in a purpose built tray such as this they are reasonably easy to handle without getting tangled. That said, because they are stiff, if you mess up then they are a bit spring-loaded, so they can all launch out into a big mess for you to carefully wind back together.
That model of cutter has a tray and two wheels which pull the waste side of the cut into a reservoar on the camera side of the tool. (unless you mean the color he strips off, in which case it's only colored plastic. Glass goes into the waste reservoar)
I worked at an internet company for a while doing things like splicing, installing ONTs & installing drops on homes that were upgrading to fiber. Wish I had had this training video when I first started. Very informative 👍🏻
been working in the telco business for 42 years,worked on open wire circuits andanalog stuff then learned to to mechanical fiber splice and now using fusing splicing machines and this is super easy,saves a lot of time...
wow 42 years. that's cool
From the viewpoint of a retired industrial electrician familiar with solid state controllers, this is truly amazing.
Ahh the stories you must have Jim..
Was NOT recommended by TH-cam, I was actually looking for it. Thanks, it was interesting.
I'm glad you found it. Thanks for watching
Barely starting out in this field as a ground hand, I watched this video to get an idea of what I was getting myself into.. I was so intimidated watching this. It's been four months and I've been running them lashers, blowing the fiber, figure eights, digging trenches, setting anchors, peds, handholes, working in oilfield... Learning the ropes... WASNT what I expected at all. One day a splicer needed a hand.. that was me.. I saw him do all of this. Watching your video now, makes so much more sense and it's soo less intimidating now! Thank you for this. I appreciate it!! Good job.
I’m glad it helped, you will be an expert soon
This is the kind of thing that I want to see on the internet, very cool. Keep it up!
thank you
The amount of useful information I learned from this one video is astounding. I was fortunate to build copper networking in my school, and saw a handful of initial installs of fiber lines. It is awesome how much has progressed, so more than ultra specialized roles can manage fiber.
I'm lad it helped. Keep an eye out for new videos
zzz
I'm 32 and I'm starting work with a fiber optic cable company on Monday. I have no experience with this at all so I'm watching all the videos I can find on this. Yours was the best so far so thanks for uploading.
congratulations on the new job! I'm glad the video helped.
I hope they're at least giving you some kind of training! When I started contracting 14 years ago, they gave us 1 day of unpaid classroom & a 1 day ride along 🙄
Is this a good career to get into? What's the compensation like?
hows the job going for you?
Pays good 25-35 per. Hour and 45 when called in from home I’m from California
You haven't lived till you've made the perfect 12 strand ribbon then realized you forgot the heat shrink.
It happens
Yep it happens, me too
Sounds like what I'd do if I was an electrician.
Oh yes
You'll have that. I once mislabeled an entire 144ct. All it takes is one moment of not paying attention.
I am looking at starting with a company doing fiber and cable installs after working 7 years in gas distribution. This was very informative and easy to understand
cool I'm glad it help. Good luck at your new job if you decide to take it.
Thanks for making this video! I work in IT, but have little experience with fiber, nice to see how a splice is done. Can't wait for the next video.
Glad it was helpful!
Same. Love to get involved in some fibre one day.
Bro you where does the work?
Before i was retired this is what i did ,spliced many of fiber in central Missouri,thanks for the video
cool, do you do any contract work now?
Bro I want a work in another country..
M also a fibre technician..
From india
You guys were at my Mom's house today putting up most of the line and I can't wait until we get the internet! I'm so excited, especially my Mom!
Almost 7 years as a fiber technician. from nepal.
World link ma hola haina😆
copper: put wire together and add some eletrical tape or something
fiber: ACTUAL SCIFI WITCHCRAFT
funny 😂
soldering is underated ;P
YAHUSHA will judge u witch crafter moses destroyed u before messiah hamaysachi Yahusha will destroy u
Try doing that on a catv drop and you'll have ber and mer out the ass
Actually you just open it, cut and clean, and put into the machine
Thank you so much for this. I know underground utilities etc and just made the move to telecom. I've been in training all week and was feeling very lost. This video showed everything I need to know about splicing fiber! AWESOME!
I'm glad it helped
20 years ago, my fusion splicer was much, much larger. I kinda miss this work.
wow 20 years. cool
honourable
Google Fiber is installing in our neighborhood. They completed the fiber installation along the streets, with fiber loops buried between pairs of houses. Next, they will be installing the DTC boxes in those holes, and then running the drops to the homes who ordered service (including me!). I'm anxiously awaiting when they show up with their fiber equipment so I can get a live view of what I just watched in your video. Thanks for posting this!
That is awesome, let me know how it goes.
Thats so delicate, he strips it and everything. crazy.
Takes practice strip it without damaging the fiber. They also make an automatic stripper.
Just started my fiber splicing journey today. Got 12 years into the osp side of things. Time to switch gears!
cool, congratulations
This video is Making Fiber Great Again! 🇺🇸
😂😂😂😂
I remember doing this 30 years ago when it was challenging....modern tech is a wonderful thing.
cool
Never spliced fiber together, however I did put ST connectors on the end of fiber cable and it was a pain. That was about 17 years ago, glass fiber, trimming, sanding, and scoping. Not an easy task with a few hand tools.
@@ericpullen524 Oh wow, im pretty sure few people know how to put ST connectors on ends these days. I've done it a couple times (10 years ago or so) and it was indeed a pain! Sanding, polishing, scoping... EURH!
Had to an entire data center like that becaus they required solid patches (security reasons).. it was hell.
During the last few years of my 34 years with a major telco, we made major fiber splices, cut fiber cable repairs, and ST connectors until we started fusion ST pigtails to the incoming fibers.
Fusion machines changed drastically between my first just helping, to us building major splices. So has cases and the fiber itself. Those first fibers often had inconsistent diameters, which played havoc with splice losses.
@@jamiepatterson1214 Oh yeah way back in the days just after mechanical splices it could be rough for sure.
For these days we don't need to strip fiber manually cuz the fusion splicer has everything on it, but I salute you for your hard work sir❤
nice
A close up fibre splicing Good video 🥇🕺
Thank you for this amazing video. I'm actually going to be starting training for an ISP in my area, but getting to know the basics before I go in and watching you use your tools makes me feel more at ease with your explanations. Thank you for a great video.
I’m glad the video was helpful. Good luck at your new job.
Wow, this is so confusing its amazing how humans come this far to create all this technology so far, i want to do this but it would take me time to learn, i know cable and satellite but this is beyond that, good job
maybe you can share a video, I like learning from everyone.
👍
I always use the blue first too. Makes the most sense due to the order of the typical 12F ribbon.
It makes sense to use the number 1 fiber first. The color code is based on the original telco color code where the secondary colors are blue (1), orange (2), green (3), brown (4), slate (5). I’m not sure why network cables use pairs 2 (white & orange) and 3 (white & green).
Why is important or necessary to wind the optic fiber string in loops? Doesn’t that make the fiber loose signal strength? Why do they do it?
@@Mskspstheunique Well you need slack to either splice the fiber or install connectors. As far as loss is concerned, no noticeable loss is caused by your typical loops in a tray. You can have microbends if the the loops are too small, but trays account for the bend radius limitations of the fiber.
@@Mskspstheunique It's needed so that when the tech's need to spice there is enough fiber there for them to do so. The bend in the fiber isn't going to effect the signal as long as it's not a tight loop, or pinched.
i got to use one of those in my vo-tech class back when i was in school, i thought it was always cool how they worked
how many splices did you get to do?
@@fiberoptic166 the teacher only let us use it for a few weeks or so. i only did about 5 i think? i think i got it right on the first try, second one i did not have the two aligned right in the clamps so they did not make contact, i can't remember on the rest of them
today's episode on why was i recommended this
Now I understand the ego of a fiber Tech when faced with the overdriven ego of a cable tech...
Fiber is so much more fun.
Yeah till you forget something and you have to do it all over
I really liked your show. It was a very nice eye opener for me in what it takes to splicing a fiber cable. Really cool! I all way's wondered how that was done.
Glad it was helpful!
Holy shit this is not what I expected splicing to be like but It definitely exceeded my expectations.
I've watched entire process live when I took my FTH connection. Yep , it was all surprising 😱
Yeah... I got FTH recently and got curious what was all that machine for 😂 older days they just brought a telephone cable then lan cables and now most complicated fibers 😣
Awesome video thank you very much. I’m getting involved in Fiber to the Home did a lot of splicing with cases 864, 144 so forth.
I'm glad you liked it
Very informative. Made it look easy. Great job.
Just like your channel name, it was fun to watch, I enjoyed it, watched many videos like this, but this one turned out to be the one I truly Enjoyed.
thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Cool video , fibre optics internet was a complete mystery for me , this really helps ! 🧐🇬🇧🤔👍🏻🤝❤️🤓🤓🤓
glad I helped, thanks for watching
FTTH is amazing. I watched them do this when we got wired up, was quite interesting. We get 2gbps to the home here then the router splits it to all equipments, so i can get 1gbps (940mbps actual) no matter what the other devices are doing, it's pretty cool.
tfw australia, 5mbps when im lucky at 3am.
@@Finnnicus I went from 12/1 to 1000/600 I know the pain lol. Games and updates would take HOURS, red dead 2 115gb took me 20mins.
Very nice, i did something similar on my channel. We are using in Europe different splice protection. Greetings from Munich
cool
All of this delicate, intricate work gone when some idiot doesn't watch where he's going and crashes into the pedestal 😢
I agree. I might do a video about that
@@fiberoptic166 you should!!
I work on cars where we use hammers and impact guns, can't imagine having to be this delicate all the time.
I splice for a living and work on cars as a hobby. The skills of brute precision are interchangeable and attention to detail is paramount in both endeavors.
not sure why I was recommended this today but interesting to watch all the same
nice video
Glad you enjoyed it!
Looks like fun we used to run the cable itself in the ground and somebody else would come back behind us and terminate it.👍✌
nice, placing cable is interesting as well
You, sir, gave a lot of people a job.
Unix as in the OS
@@fiberoptic166 Yep, always. I mean the distro that I use is Ubuntu, but AngelUbuntu wasn't as catchy.
cool, I have also used ubuntu
thank you i learn some thing about fiber optic from you
Love these tiny splicers, I have a Sumitomo Type-36, the thing is a beast, and it's stupid case weight 3 times what the splicer weights. I just don't do enough fiber to invest in a new one. Next time I have a big fiber job, I'll try to build the cost of a new one in.
Keep making videos of your work man it's very interesting
Thank you for watching and your kind words
So many people seem so amazed by this lol. This is like the pretty much the absolute end of the line when it comes to fiber to the home. All the tools you use to do this everything is already setup when you buy it to strip 250/900 cladding/coating, and cleaver is factory set as well. The actual interesting stuff is where this distribution line meets the splitter cabinet, and from the splitter cabinet to the trunk line, then the actual trunk to the CO. Im not sure how many times this fiber is split, I would assume at least 32 times. That is the cool stuff. Then for major crazy density in major cities they use DWDM for backhauling absolutely astronomical amounts of data over many wavelengths... and well, every cell tower I worked on has DWDM at the base to separate the providers over wavelengths instead of routing. I miss splicing a bit... was always fun working in crazy crowded splice cases with furcation tubing everywhere, the hours were just absolutely nutty though.
why youtube recommend this vid to me..? btw it's interesting
Im glad you liked it
When I learned to splice fiber the system was in a huge trunk and weighed 80 pounds. We fused them together. Pain in the butt and slooooowwwww. New systems now anyone can do it.
exactly...put yur blindfold on and go!
I don't know what you are doing bet I just can not stop watching
I'm glad you enjoyed the video
Thank you for sharing your Knowledge by posting this video.
Thank you for watching.
This is awesome. i c you do your work for life. thanks.
Good ol fusion splice
I'm guilty myself but use flush cuts on those zip ties. Snips leave a sharp edge. The next guy will curse you when he leaks.
Nice, Fiber connection is the hot stuff these days here in Israel
I'm a splicer from Nigeria add me to your Whatsapp if anyway you can help me get the job in Israel 🙏
We usually put the ends of the unused fibers in a shrink tube so we can easily just pull them out and figure out which one we need.... Saves you from digging around. Fiber Tech/ Wilson, NC.
hey youtube algorithm.... doctor says i need more fiber.
i cut my fiber drop the other day and spliced it myself so i wouldnt get charged for it ... Purchased a $4k fiber splicer on ebay and did it myself.
How much were they charging you to splice?
That special tool is magic. I'm surprised you can take two optical cables, splice/fuse them together and they actually are able to communicate afterwards.
yes, its a neat tool
@@fiberoptic166 neat and very expensive 😂😂😂
@@btudrus thanks
@@btudrusYeap my splice machine is 10k
Very good video and you have good equipment. Just like every tech if you take care tools instead of been throwing tools around this video will be on 1M views
thank you
I am 2 years late , but damn ! That seems like alot of effort for just 1 splice , i have been doing fibre optics on the largest networks in africa. Here we it works different . You put your fibre into the little measuring bank ( dunno what to call it ) and then you strip off color coat and then putting that little bank back into cleaver to get your 90 degree cut , and finally you take that bank and place it into the machine , where as we individually strip the protective (color coat) from each fibre place it into the cleaver and using the bank that is attached to the cleaver , cleave it ( after cleaning with pressurised isopropyl) and then take your bare fibre out of the cleaver and place it into the splicer.
hey i love that supp essex table
I do 12 strand fiber for commerical buildings(idfs to mdf)and your equipment is so much better. We have the manual version of these tools if that makes sense
you defiantly need the right tools to make the job easier
Master craftsman at work.
Thanks
Thanks for sharing.
It will be best if you share the machine functionality too.
Can't believe how small that splicer is , when I did Fusion Splices it was a big as a bread maker
I remember those old Fujitsu splicers the size of a bread maker. They were still in use when I retired a few years ago.
Alot more goes into it opposrd to coaxil. The cable days were easy lol. Had it down to around 3 minutes for landing a drop. From taking the ladder off the truck to putting it back on the truck.
Lie
@@lavelbrown9352 to put an end on a coaxial? No legit takes 3 minutes. Thats obviously parking beside the pole and not having to walk through a yard.
@@Tiki_2211 i didn't understand what you mean by landing a drop. I install satellite and though you were meaning running cable. I agree with just putting a connector on. Maybe our terminology is different. Lol
@@lavelbrown9352 must be. We always called it landing the drop.
I am just learning how to work on fiber currently after leaving my job in the propane industry, it seems like forgetting the heat shrink is about as painful as flaring a copper tube without the nut on.
exactly
Very, very awesome video
Thank you very much!
🙃 a lot of wow in this video! ... ill take a comm rack and panel any day over a pedestal thats for sure. People seem to NFG about their prep work.. if it fits it ships!
This is what I do every day but from the other side, planning and designing prints for fiber aerial, buried jobs. Looking for best locations to place handholes and ped box, conduits, microtrenching. hwy , pvt pole replacements or new pole placement, placing 432F hubs , cables, terminals assigning fiber counts to every unit designing jobs to feed as much living units as possible from one hub.
cool
whats is the power meter used to check fiber power
Halfway through a 576f straight through and decided to watch someone else splice 🥱🙄
Wow, 576f thanks crazy. How long does that take you.
@@fiberoptic166 3 days solid 🙄
Hello
I am a splicer since 10 years .
I never done it like in the video.
I always strip and cut with my fingers, i think if i use some of the clipmagnets For the fiber, i cant be so fast.
But anyways thanks for the video nice technic
I do 96 splice a day with measuring(10 sek ODTR)
Greetings from austria
96 a day ? Mate here south africa myself i do a 288 fibre cable within 9 hours. According to world recognized FOA , you should be able to do a 72 within 3-4 hours
Am I understanding this right that there is many fiber "drops" coming from the "main" and then they splice them up, each for every house? Then we are gaming on this fibernetwork, this fragile glass.
Amazing!
Actually, in todays PON networks, one single fiber can serve up to 64 or 128 connections, using passive splitters.
Its actually really strong glass because it is so thin.
@@naghi32but that splitter is not here (the location in the video), that is well up the "street" in a cabinet. Headend -> Cabinet = 1-32 (or more in some configs) per fiber, from cabinet -> pedestal (where video is shot) = 1 cx per fiber (generally/standard, but not always)
can I splice fibers with a visual fault locator currently on? would the laser cause damage to fusion camera?
I don’t think it is recommended.
@@fiberoptic166 but can I splice fibers while PON/OLT is on? I notice on 4:26 you splice the fiber with dB of 8.3.
We do.
whats that blue tube you have on the fiber as its coming in that's tie wrapped, or is it tape? We use a similar setup for our fire controls. It would be nice to have a softer point to tie to.
Its called felt tape
fiberopticsupply.com/preformed-line-products-blue-felt-strips-6-pack-8003490/
So fun
I like
nice work
hitting this box with a car is a mess 😂
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Flush Cut The Zip Ties! LOL
Is this resi? Lots of nice fiber runs. I wish this was my neighbourhood.
yes, its residential
I've lapped and polished my fair share of ST fiber connectors, But I've never heard of a directional meter until today. A fusion splicer is a godsend, but a directional finder has got to be voodoo. How does it work??
Please tell me, what is that blue adhesive sheet for protection? Where can I find it? A link please if you can. Thank you
Its called felt tape.
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Cool seeing my job being done in the USA, does USA not have PPE?
Why didn't you measure your fibers to the chip holder before you started stripping and splicing?
The smaller unit does that itself. You just put it in and it cuts it to the correct length.
Do fiber techs have to buy all their own tools, or does the company typically help?
My employer provides the tools. Contractors have to buy theirs
Is that single mode or multimode? always single mode if a long way back to the office right?
Multi inhouse stuff only usually?
Sorry I'm new.
Your correct, it’s single mode👍
@@fiberoptic166 Do you *ever* "connect" single mode to multimode? or otherwise bridge the two?
I'm guessing the mismatch would cause all kinds of crazy reflections/etc. The cores are much smaller on single mode. Does fusion tool work for both types? or is it specific to one type of fiber and core size?
Hello. I was interested in the vertical box where the cable is attached. What is it called? I want to know more about her.
The fiber pedestal is a Pedlock® BDO Series Fiber Pedestals
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Superb. Do you know which company does good hands-on training on fiber splicing & design?
How does this work on overhead ariel poles? Do they add an enclosure? Fiber was added to my lines recently, but there is no loop or slack, how do they splice in?
Good question. I'm not sure, I only work with buried stuff.
Im stickin to my 16 ga. licorice rope cable and linemans tape, the hell with this!
Ah! I think I can answer this one. There is slack tho, its usually hidden inside the enclosure. For my country the requirement is 2m each side. I know burried stuff tends to have a decent amount of slack incase of repairs. Ariel poles... well... If something happens, its usually so bad that its all doomed anyway, no point in using tons of slack.
was sorta looking found this, I just went almost 2 weeks without internet, thanks to tv cable company digging putting in new lines, & cut main trunk line of the phone system of fiber optic for my whole area, im in rural area, only way to get internet is through phone, cell service doesnt exist until I drive 5 miles toward town. tv company wants to change and provide internet eventually
This is what we do..I have my fusion splicing machine with OTDR pls kindly recommend for a job
How much training does it take to make that look so easy. Suggests a lot of broken fibres in the learning process.
I saw it done a few times before I started doing it. Im sure anyone could do the same. Of course the more you practice the faster you get at it.
@@fiberoptic166 like any skill it just comes with practice. When we used to strip the plastic sheaf when making copper cables it was always a skill that you needed to practice. Fibres are so much more delicate you wouldn't want to let anyone loose on a real splice unless they were something of an expert :)
@@fiberoptic166 is it mostly internet jobs that you can do this? how much is the pay?
Excellent
Thank you
Try doing this from a ladder, in 0 degree weather, with wind. Not much fun !! hahaha
No, thank you
be safe up there.
Cool, now can you do that at my house.... oh yeah we don't have fiber yet because comcast blows balls.
why do you leave so much assess fiber in the fiber node? and does that never get tangled?
Some nodes, especially middle of the street nodes can have the individual fibers cut and swapped between different cables going in multiple directions as people/business change plans and other purchase new ones etc. Best to leave plenty of extra fiber to re-cut and splice many times without hassle. The fibers are quite stiff, so in when handled correctly and in a purpose built tray such as this they are reasonably easy to handle without getting tangled. That said, because they are stiff, if you mess up then they are a bit spring-loaded, so they can all launch out into a big mess for you to carefully wind back together.
Question: what are the best cutters for fiber, 4...6, 8 and 144?
What do you do with the garbage you cut from the fibre? do you vacuum the lawn? or just leave it for some kid to get hurt on?
That model of cutter has a tray and two wheels which pull the waste side of the cut into a reservoar on the camera side of the tool.
(unless you mean the color he strips off, in which case it's only colored plastic. Glass goes into the waste reservoar)