[AusNOG] Basic question about fibre visual fault locators

[Mark Smith]

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 <noel.butler at ausics.net> 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
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