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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi Everyone!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">I understand that in normal circumstances that mixing MMF and SMF spec equipment would be a no go,
<b>but would it be sufficient to use a SMF adaptor just for the purposes of fault-finding/tracing in this case?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">I was looking at an adaptor like this one, coupled with a separate cheap VFL:
<a href="https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SC-Male-to-LC-Female-Single-Mode-Fiber-Optic-Hybrid-Optical-Adaptor-Converter/353200623750">
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SC-Male-to-LC-Female-Single-Mode-Fiber-Optic-Hybrid-Optical-Adaptor-Converter/353200623750</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">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!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Nexus One Pty Ltd</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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