FTC Fiber Splicing

Today we're going to talk to John Owens and learn about the process of splicing fiber.
So, right here we have a hand hole. It's buried in the ground, they have cases there that we can access the fiber. In this particular location, we have fiber coming from different streets, that all come together right here. We do the connections inside the trailer. We pull it in, put it through the window, and then when we're done working and close it up in the case, we coil it up and put it over in the hand ho;e. Some of this fiber will feed back to a cabinet that feeds the entire area, and some of it'll bypass to other areas to feed out other areas.
Okay, so what we're working with right now is we've got our fiber into a tray. This is a splice closure, they're waterproof. They protect the fiber from mud, dirt, water, anything that could get in there. We have extra coils right here for future use, in case they have to come in and splice, there'll be extra fiber to use, and we run it into the tray. This is where we do the actual splicing and pack the fiber in, and then anybody who has to access it can look through the clear top, see what they need to work on.
We have some information written on the lid and they can use that to access the fiber they need. Each color represents a number, and basically we multiply using the colors to get our count. It's too small to write a number on a fiber, so we have to go by the color order. We have this coating, that is the color, and we have to clean that off of it. Inside it's like a plastic glass polymer, it's basically just a straw, a tube, and the light travels through that. But we have to clean off the outside sheathing before we can splice.
It's a fusion splicer. So the machine has electrodes on either side and they shoot an electrical arc through on the fiber, and it actually melts the fiber on both sides and it pushes it together. Has to have a perfect alignment or you'll get an offset on it and it'll mess up your light traveling through it. So once it arcs it, the machine will also do a pull test. It'll pull on it to test the strength of it, and it'll hit it with light and test the quality of the burn on it. It does all that in a few seconds. After that these small shrinks, they go over this spot that was cleaned previously and it's put into the back. This is a heater and it'll heat it up, shrink it down and it protects it.
That's actually a really good idea to go through and set up an entire network like this. They have a lot of control over the quality control, doing the entire network new like this, and I think it's going to be really good for the area. It'll definitely speed up their data rates around here.
So this is a pedestal and the cable that we just worked on, the main line down the road feeds to here. So we mark different sides, the blue would be our office side, and the green will be our field side. Then we have, what's called a drop, this runs to the house, and it's where we access the fiber in the tray. This particular house is Fiber 138, and we write the fiber number and then the address in, and this is where the house is heated up and connected to the main line system.
And that will do it. Thanks to John and the splicing crew, and thank you for watching.
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[@areurdytoparty]

I had no clue fiber optics was this involved, amazing

[@masterwaymack9029]

Wow, amazing job. Pretty cool to watch. I work with 32g clear insulation wires with 65 fine copper strands inside using thermal strippers.

[@ericsmith8825]

I remember the old days when we had to do all of that by hand. Cutting, buffing and joining. Must be nice to have a machine to do it all for you.

[@paulrojina]

Show off.

[@sekhon4588]

Hy I'm indian

[@berrex5152]

@@paulrojina theres always that one "back in my days" guy

[@CapCitySmoker-py2ry]

And it probably took you a week to do what we can now do in a few hours. along with cutting way down on bad splices, terminations etc.

[@harryjohnson615]

Yeah back in the *"...old days..."* when 10k of fibre was considered to be _long haul_ 😁

[@yng_anderson7315]

That’s cool I make optic fiber. Interesting to see the application

[@shahzaibbaloch7475]

Well defined keep it up sir. And also need for splicing and OTDR job

[@BradChadley]

Man, I love the 70S

[@Mazwell96]

Americans have it easy, not sitting in the manhole in the pissing rain trying to keep water out of your splicer while the council tells you to pack up for not having a permit.

[@abdulfofanah2297]

so amazing

[@wojtek7229]

Nice trailer:))

[@ricardojansevanrensburg2906]

COOl thank you for the fibre

[@wwland]

So nice you get to do this inside an air-conditioned trailer while some people have to perform this same method aboard a military ship with no AC or ventilation. Some spaces we work in are 120 degrees and up.

[@kallekarlsson2181]

Is there any db loss, when spliceing a fiber cable?

[@florichi]

Typical a splice has 0.1-0.2dB loss, max for our company are 0.5db

[@kallekarlsson2181]

@@florichi Thanks for the answer. So splicing a fiber cable into a house for example and ad like 15 more meters will not have any bigger effects on the data transfer? 15 meter = 50 feets

[@florichi]

@@kallekarlsson2181 no, splice losses are a valid threat on long kilometer long runs when you have 10-20 splices. Usually a single run only has a handful splices, so with regular input levels there is no threat of the signal not reaching the customers

[@kallekarlsson2181]

@@florichi Okey, Thank you for the answer :)

[@peteradams7457]

@@florichi maybe your typical splices. Those are high numbers. Should be around .02.-05

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I want a job fiber splice in dubai

[@michaeldupras5547]

Why wouldn’t you make ribbons instead of doing all singles?

[@harryjohnson615]

FTTCS Fibre to the cow shed

[@quandarkumtanglehairs4743]

Fiber to the moo

[@jarrellofficial3214]

How can I get started doing this

[@rammone5241]

BICSI

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[@offcialsadique25]

Sir here how jobs this field

[@rps714]

Whats the pay for Doing a Fiber optic splice case?

[@NinebalancedGuy]

28 to 32 dollar an hour in midwest

[@mosharefhossain2523]

Sir 80s ,70s,62s+, 60,and 50s use it.

[@nickcraft1154]

My man had some loss in that splice

[@Todd.T]

The unit only estimates the loss.

[@rammone5241]

I was like it must be residential.

[@nationalondemand1506]

👷👷‍♂👏👏👏

[@jarrellofficial3214]

Is the money as good as they say it is 😅

[@paulrojina]

Century link uses the same color coding as you. Blue goes back to c.o. green the other way

[@Todd.T]

It's based on old telephone wiring color coding.

[@rajacable70]

Sir ji Can you please please help me

[@Sharmadamak]

Hello sir I'm damak sharma from India i have 14 years experience in offticul fiber technician any job for me

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Hello ferand... I.. M.. Kuldeep Singh...Indian Fiber optic cable and cable tv experience 2005 tu 2021 experience 16 years Plz job

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