[chbot] Willowbank fibre network.

[Brett Davidson]

Hurro.

Have you had some success with this project yet?
I myself don't have access to the splicing gear involved but I do know 
someone who I'm sure would be pleased to help.
If you still need this assistance, contact me off-list and I'll ask him 
when he's free. :-)

Tables,
Brett.

On 20/11/2019 12:25 am, Peter Ellens wrote:
> On 11/20/19 12:01 AM, Andy Gardner wrote:
>>
>> Is fitting a connector on the end as difficult as splicing two fibres 
>> together to lengthen a cable?
>
> You typically splice "pig tails" on the end of your fiber. They have 
> connectors at one end.
>
> What you normally have is a big coil on the wall at each end of the 
> filly insulated multi core fiber that is run between buildings. (as it 
> is better to have to much than to little fiber) This is joined to 
> pigtails in a box on the wall. You then run patch cables from that box 
> to your equipment.   (because we where cheap, we didn't use a box, we 
> just ran the pigtails into our gear, but we knew it was physically 
> secure and unlikely to ever be damaged or even touched. Not a 
> recommended practice)
>
> But I have put connectors on, we made our own patch cables. On large 
> old ST connectors. Its is fiddly.  You strip the fiber bare, fill the 
> connector with epoxy, poke the fiber through the connector (fiber 
> poking out). Wait for it to cure, cleave off the excess fiber a little 
> way from the end and then grind the end down smooth to an optical 
> finish.  It takes a while.... It was all done by hand.
>
>
>
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