[AusNOG] Basic question about fibre visual fault locators

[Mark Smith]

On Sat, 26 Sep 2020, 14:44 Nathan Brookfield, <
Nathan.Brookfield at internet.asn.au> wrote:

> See you in the big house!
>

I've also committed the crime of forgetting it was an ST connector. $610
patch lead today!

Hopefully the judge will reduce my sentence since I haven't seen one of
those for at least 20 years.



> On 26 Sep 2020, at 11:49, Mark Smith <markzzzsmith at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> 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.
>
>
>
>
> Nathan Brookfield
> Secretary
>
> Internet Association of Australia Inc
> http://www.internet.asn.au
> 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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