AWESOME, WATCH THESE PRO TECHNICIANS PREPARE TO LAY FIBER OPTIC CABLES UNDERGROUND

[@Caliber8Tools]

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[@andrewsmith9174]

Splicer for now 27 years. Worked for AT&T after for about a decade, but that was after they were bought by SBC, who bought my original company, and now they sold me to someone else. 27 years and we just change the names on the shirt. I do exactly this with the exact same tools. Some slight differences in techniques, but that’s a local practice thing. Some of your commentary was off about what was going on early in the video, but whomever filmed this did a pretty good job of showing what practiced, patient craftsmen do. We are currently inundated with a ton of temp contractors getting the lions share of the new build on our fiber to the home product. Their work is nothing like this, or mine. We spend sometimes days cleaning up the trash work, but the company loves these hacks because they are fast. Be a craftsman people. It doesn’t really take too long to label a splice inside and outside. It doesn’t take long to do it like the prints say to do it, even if it’s not the easy way. It doesn’t take long to be sure you have the right length of fiber in the splice, or to have care in how you handle it.

[@fps_purple9556]

Great cable and enclosure prep work, surprising for AT&T good techs

[@Caliber8Tools]

Haha, right.

[@mohdgn8609]

I have been a fiber optic technician and team leader of technicians for the last 9 years in morocco and we use the same exact equipments man i wish I could apply for this job in the us

[@celticdabs6428]

If you have certs, look up jobs for tsmc and intel

[@BEEFjrMUSIC]

i work a media distribution company and we use fiber for some of our acquisitions as well as our circuits. We often have disruptions due to fiber cuts which prompted me research and learn how fiber is ran and repaired. Great video

[@Caliber8Tools]

Interesting. Thank you.

[@leogolive]

I’m in training as we speak learning fiber distribution. Learned how to do a fiber lock today between my the fiber in my drop and the ribbon inside the terminal.

[@Caliber8Tools]

Proud of you. Keep going.

[@presentalinkwalterbak2426]

Nice job! It was pleasant to watch.

[@Caliber8Tools]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.

[@ebaystars]

well here in sunny thailand (37C) was feelin pretty pleased with myself running fibres around my house and garden and garage UNTIL I saw this hehehe great!

[@Paragon_Reason]

Would you say this is a difficult job as far as physically? I'm 36 and hurt my back as a firefighter, unemployed for a year, and needing a change. I saw a help wanted for a fiber optic splicer trainee in my area. Do they get paid well and is there room to expand the celery and grow

[@Caliber8Tools]

Looks like that job can start off at about $21 per hour and can go up from there. Depends on the state.

[@memback]

Always gotta expand your celery.

[@ebaystars]

@@memback you gotta expand your lettuce too!

[@paulinotech]

Esos muchachos al parecer le están Armando un gran proyecto realmente majestuoso

[@mikesosa808]

very informative video. I was able to catch the name of the table they are using. Would you be able to tell me what the name of the bracket is called that holds the base part of the splice case? the bracket is installed at the end of the table and the case is bolted to the bracket. I am interested in getting this set up. any and all help would be greatly appreciated. thank you for your time

[@jamielpatterson2576]

That heat shrink isn't used to insulate the cables but to seal the end of the case the cable was placed through. It also has to be remembered, that different companies have different requirements when setting up fiber splices, the cases used, and the length of fiber stored in the tray. They may also require color tape to be used to identify the field cable and the office cable, or any fiber drops leaving the splice.

[@Caliber8Tools]

Interesting, taught me something.

[@papertrader3269]

Good job guys, I like the 450 enclosures with the gel pack. Why do you use the 400's with the heat shrink? Do they have better resistance to water infiltration? Cheaper? They are much more time consuming to setup by the looks of it.

[@mnkrause]

They are so much faster and easier to put on than the 450's. The gel system is a pain in the ass. I hate it.

[@hobbesip1]

How does this splice operation work overall? Looks like 3 Dcans are involved? One "trunk" can (down in the pit), an intermediate service area splice can, and then a Customer splice can? I am curious

[@Caliber8Tools]

Good question.

[@jamiepatterson1214]

What those two guys are working on are main fiber splices. The guy placing the one cable is adding it to an existing fiber splice. What was shown as he started pulling out individual fibers were the fibers he will be splicing the new fibers to. Once he gets everything sorted, he will then use a fusion machine to join the fibers together. Depending on the fusion machine, he may have to strip off the coating manually, or the fusion machine may do it actomatically. (The coating is the thin colored coating put on the individual fibers.) Then the fiber will be cleaved, scored, then pressure applied to break that portion of the fiber at the cleaved location. An alcohol pad is used to clean off anything on the bear fiber before it's placed in the fusion machine. After both fibers are placed in the fusion machine, the cover is closed, a button is pressed, and the guy can watch a screen built into the fusion machine to watch the fusion machine line up the two fibers, pre flash them before finally a strong electrical arc melts the fibers together. Then, a splice protector is slid over the created splice, having been slid over one fiber before being spliced, placed in a heater on the fusion machine, and when the timer goes off, the splice protector has been heated until it shrinks over the splice. In that video, it looks like he'll be splicing each fiber individually, unless he ribbonizes those fibers he's pulling out. It he was making a ribbon to ribbon splice, the fusion machine would fuse 12 fibers at one time. This is the basics of splicing fibers in a new or existing splice.

[@jshockey34]

What brand heat gun did they use?, seemed to work well for such a large shrink.

[@Caliber8Tools]

Not sure. Wagner is good.

[@SalvadorVelasquez-o7w]

Great video.

[@jameshruska273]

AT&T Technicians, recognized the employee ID 🙂

[@dhaire1982]

I noticed a crown castle cable when they showed down the MH I work for them lol.

[@aubreyadams8568]

There`s no need to put vinyl tape over the buffer tube opening to hold the ribbons. there`s no need for the 10 plus feet of slack he leaves in the slack basket. That will just add to the mess. 39 inches is what`s recommended. Also, putting vinyl tape on the slack he rolled up is the worst thing you could do. Paper tape is safer as when you try to pull the vinyl off the coiled up slack if you`re not careful you can break fibers in the ribbon. It takes a lot longer to coil up your slack as well instead of just running it around the slack basket.

[@Caliber8Tools]

Alrighty then.

[@user-xx5lc5ft5j]

Tape not needed. Let it flow in the basket. Creating more work for the next guy.

[@papertrader3269]

Strain relief from buffer tube to fibers is a good idea. That colored tape, i have a yellow roll, is very low stick glue. He is probably using that. Always leave a lot of slack for the next guy. If you are worried about slack, why not go straight into the splice tray? Don't worry about saving time. Money is not everything. You are just making more money for the corps. Good job guys.

[@replynotificationsdisabled]

@@papertrader3269 time is everything though. Irreplaceable, especially when it doesn't have to be wasted. Somehow you made time and money the same exact word, but when we have more money we have more time. Because yeah, trust me. I'm God

[@jamiepatterson1214]

That guy looks to be making easier for the next guy who gets in that case. It's been my experience having retired after 34 years as a cable splicer, paper tape if fine for paper insulated cables, but over time becomes harder to remove than vinyl tape. We use the gel end cases for our fiber splices. One because that's what the company decided and because they were faster to assemble. We also used fiber cables with steel strength members instead of the ones in the cable in the video. That way,the entire system was grounded and bonded.

[@c_hunting]

They are running this in my neighborhood & of course I don't want it. Can anyone share any safety sheet info?

[@Caliber8Tools]

Sorry to hear that.

[@dougfaiella4179]

The guy with the orange jumper has an old AT&T Uverse buttoned up shirt. Miss that shirt, it's way better than the ones they have us wearing now

[@florichi]

You get told what to wear? I am happy to wear whatever I want, as long as I can be seen in the dark.

[@1973drummerboy]

Yea the company gives us annual allowances and the catalog to order clothes from; so it's whatever designs are offered that year. I still wear the uniforms I ordered years ago as long as there are no holes. We have some old heads still wearing Southwestern Bell shirts😂

[@lovingtruth8157]

We use torches on the heat shrinks, way faster but you have to be careful.

[@Caliber8Tools]

I bet.

[@emg910728]

Could be an EPA or even a DOT thing. The former would be concerned about the gasses on the atmosphere and the latter about the gasses being on the trucks. In Arkansas, US, we use torches.

[@racsonhernandez2450]

Como se llama la mesa con que están trabajando como la consigo

[@Caliber8Tools]

In ingles, fiber optic splicing table.

[@RaizARukis]

At 9:13 anyone know the brand of the gray stool he's sitting on?? Looks like a stool with trash bin under.

[@Steelwind88]

We call it a "A-Box". We used primarily in copper splicing because we could attach couplers to it to mount our splicing rigs to it. It'll probably be hard to find. I had both a plastic one and wood one when i was a tech.

[@1973drummerboy]

The A Box is your friend. They are hard to find though. Took my boss 4 months to finally get some for 2 new guys on my team

[@guangzhoucsttechnologyco.l5802]

perfect job

[@ronjones3977]

Naww never use electrical tape on bare fiber like that

[@sharkyshark3296]

where can get that table from ?

[@Caliber8Tools]

Check online for fiber optic splicing tables.

[@Steelwind88]

Those are NAPCO tables. There are large , medium, and small ones. They were great because they fold flat and easy to store in the truck. I used the one thag was a tripod to be able to adjust heights to reach high terminals at buildings to splice, or low to sit and splice on a stool.

[@papertrader3269]

I use a dewalt table with a bunch of holes in it, good for keeping fibers organized when doing 24 count CCH cassettes.

[@dhaire1982]

They are also way to heavy if you have to lug them far!

[@thegrandthrone9687]

The AT&T techs at my house didn’t even know how to properly terminate copper cat5, this guy seems to be doing a better job at an even harder task

[@Caliber8Tools]

Yeah, they seemed to do it with ease.

[@florichi]

It's like saying "the guy at my garage that specializes in Diesel and Gas cars didn't even know how to repair my Tesla". If I wouldn't have done it at home I would know how to crimp a RJ45 jack, because I work with fiber and not copper. So why would my company train me on stuff we don't do?

[@twinzinc]

There are 2 types of techs at AT&T, Uverse techs and outside plant techs. Uverse techs were never trained about regular phone service. They only know fiber and uverse. They don’t fox anything and install only.

[@Caliber8Tools]

@@twinzinc Is that right?

[@CapeBuffalo]

There are many departments/garage and the majority are only trained for specific job's so technicians that work underground like these guy's more than likely wouldn't know how to do a home ONT&router install unless they transferred and got additional training for that garage

[@JD-np9ii]

Doing trade in the Escalade

[@twinzinc]

There are a lots of bright intelligent people working for AT&T .

[@Caliber8Tools]

I’m sure.

[@CGrantL]

Not as many as there used to be

[@uzer-nevolin]

Извините. Для чего на кабель клеите фольгу под термоусаживаемой трубкой?

[@TxeMeen]

По моему наблюдению и опыту, бывают случаи когда оболочка перегревается становится мягкой и пухнет. Обычно такое происходит когда делаешь горелкой газовой овальный ввод на 2 кабеля с крупной термоусадкой и прищепкой. В основном ничего страшного если делать аккуратно, и знать об этом, на одиночные ввода вообще не критично. Но я на 2х кабельный ввод хотя бы стараюсь поставить фольгу, там дольше прогревать термоусадку и он всегда перегревается.

[@jjosephm7539]

для защиты буферных трубок и оптоволокна от нагрева

[@diazanderson6774]

Man I wish AT&T calls me up

[@SelfHouse]

Ribbon fiber should only be used for long haul. That enclosure will be a mess in no time.

[@Caliber8Tools]

Is that right? Please enlighten us as to why.

[@jameshruska273]

Looks like a minimum of 12 strands of 12 count ribbon fiber

[@EddieButler-fv9tr]

At least it’s dry cable no icky pick

[@BIGxSPLICE]

You need to take pride in your work. Especially when it’s a New Case Build. This case is sloppy for someone with “Experience”.

[@Caliber8Tools]

You should take pride in your work. Agree on that part.

[@noah-bd9vu]

I agree bro those enclosures were so bad 🤣

[@hichpharma]

The first step was narrated wrong, he was puling the inner thread to safely cut the plastic cover.

[@Viratt18]

Why not splitter instead of this mess? Can u explain?

[@Caliber8Tools]

That’s beyond my scope of knowledge at this point. Just highlighted the expertise.

[@paulinotech]

Que bueno

[@Caliber8Tools]

Glad it helped.

[@BilalAkram20001]

I want job do u help me

[@xxrtrdxx5191]

Why arent you using gas on the cable shrinkdowns? So much quicker, thats how we do it here in UK

[@Caliber8Tools]

Oh really. Thanks for the tip.

[@papertrader3269]

Because the learning curve for not doing any damage comes at a greater cost in the long run. Why take the risk and of creating a week of additional work for 10 minutes?

[@xxrtrdxx5191]

@@papertrader3269 It's 100% worth learning and I'd argue that no ones a proper jointer till they've got good at gas shrinkdowns. I've never caused any damage to joints in all my years as I was shown properly by an experienced jointer with 34 years on the tools. I wouldn't even consider it hard to learn, it's a mark of pride being taken in your work instead of people just throwing poor quality joints in the ground. You'll never see a full gas shrinkdown cable ripped out the bottom of a joint!

[@papertrader3269]

@@xxrtrdxx5191 what is your experience with the reusable gel packs?

[@SecondClassCitizen]

@@xxrtrdxx5191 What is this process you are talking about? Using gas on the cable shrinkdowns?

[@larryjohnson3699]

Forget the title and audio track. The technicians are preparing a central loose tube cable into a Commscope splice closure and to the storage tray. There is no underground installation taking place and the narrator doesn't know what is being worked on. Turn the audio off and watch the technicians instead.

[@chrismbugua1887]

Wow

[@Caliber8Tools]

That’s what I said Chris.

[@salemhameed8661]

Sim my watch

[@TheTank8]

How physically demanding is this job?

[@Caliber8Tools]

Moderately physically demanding.

[@justingodfrey3857]

Ribbon fibers eww. Could be a bit cleaner in putting it away. At least they are in a Dcan

[@richarddenton3274]

Look at that tray I would freak if I saw all those fibers not laid up nice and net you got them going all over the place. Take pride in your work!! Learn how to trim

[@Caliber8Tools]

Ok guy.

[@papertrader3269]

lol look at franky fiber know it all

[@SuperSmithdan]

great video execpt i had to turn of the repetative 30 min porn music

[@Caliber8Tools]

😂

[@arrowarrow6924]

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[@axnchandu]

Only cable entry and routing 23min !!! We are doing armored cable midspan and another one LMC armored cable with 2nos splicing also same 23min

[@WA9NNN]

Would be much better without the annoying music.

[@Caliber8Tools]

What would have been your choice?

[@dicklieber1441]

@@Caliber8Tools I'd prefer no background music, what's important is what you are showing and saying, Background music distracts from your dialog. But it you feel you must have some background music. Very low volume, much less drums and something that doesn't repeat every few seconds. Keep in mind , if I want to listen to music while watching your video, I can do so. But I can't turn off your music. In any even thanks for asking and keep up the good work.

[@Caliber8Tools]

@@dicklieber1441 Noted

[@gregmckinley5178]

AT&T is a Joke. i will never use any of there products again.

[@Caliber8Tools]

No comment. Lol.

[@qasimsheraz8423]

Very slow and lazy team effort

[@Caliber8Tools]

That’s funny, but thanks for the feedback.