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Lecture 47 DIY FTTH Connect Anza

by The Fiber Optic Association Added 8 years ago 469 Views / 0 Likes

FOA gets calls all the time from users planning a fiber optic network. Quite a few are about building their own FTTH - fiber to the home - systems. Here is an example of another successful DIY (do it yourself) FTTH network, Connect Anza, the Internet serv
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Fiber Optic Cable: Part 4 - Breakout Cable

by The Fiber Optic Association Added 8 years ago 424 Views / 0 Likes

Breakout Breakout is a rugged cable made from simplex cables enclosed in a outside jacket. It's a very rugged cable for premises applications, especially industrial. Individual cables can be separated and terminated directly.
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Fiber Optic Cable: Part 3 - Distribution Cable

by The Fiber Optic Association Added 8 years ago 372 Views / 0 Likes

Distribution Distribution cable is the most popular cable for premises applications. It can have many fibers in a small cable and the 900 micron fibers can be directly terminated using all connector types.
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Fiber Optic Cable: Part 2 - Zipcord

by The Fiber Optic Association Added 8 years ago 368 Views / 0 Likes

Zipcord Zipcord is used for patchcords and short premises links. It also is a good cable to show general fiber optic cable construction and how to pull fiber optic cable. This video shows zipcord construction, how NOT to pull fiber optic cable and how to
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Fiber Optic Cable: Part 1 - Introduction

by The Fiber Optic Association Added 8 years ago 348 Views / 0 Likes

Intro Before you pull, terminate or splice fiber optic cable, you need to understand its construction to attach pulling eyes or prepare fibers for splicing or termination. This video introduces the series of FOA videos on cable preparation for the most co
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Fiber Optic Cable: Insertion Loss Testing

by The Fiber Optic Association Added 8 years ago 386 Views / 0 Likes

Fiber Optic Cable Insertion Loss Testing This video shows how to use a light source and power meter to test the loss of a fiber optic patchcord or other terminated cable using industry standard single-ended and double-ended tests.
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Fiber Optic Cable: Mechanical Splice

by The Fiber Optic Association Added 8 years ago 404 Views / 0 Likes

Fiber Optic Cable Mechanical Splice This video shows how to splice two fibers using a mechanical splice. It covers cable preparation, fiber preparation, cleaving, splicing and using a visual fault locator to optimize the splice.
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Fiber Optic Termination: Part 8 - Distribution Cable

by The Fiber Optic Association Added 8 years ago 425 Views / 0 Likes

Narrator: Dominick Tambone, FOA Certified Fiber Optic Instructor Fiber Optic Termination part 8 The FOA Fiber Optic Termination videos show how to terminate a multimode fiber optic cable with adhesive/polish connectors. Video 8 shows the differences in te
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Fiber Optic Termination: Part 7 - Inspection

by The Fiber Optic Association Added 8 years ago 377 Views / 0 Likes

Narrator: Dominick Tambone, FOA Certified Fiber Optic Instructor Fiber Optic Termination part 7 The FOA Fiber Optic Termination videos show how to terminate a multimode fiber optic cable with adhesive/polish connectors. Video 7 shows how to inspect the fi
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Fiber Optic Termination: Part 6 - Polishing

by The Fiber Optic Association Added 8 years ago 408 Views / 0 Likes

Narrator: Dominick Tambone, FOA Certified Fiber Optic Instructor Fiber Optic Termination part 6 The FOA Fiber Optic Termination videos show how to terminate a multimode fiber optic cable with adhesive/polish connectors. Video No. 6 shows how to cleave and
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Fiber Optic Termination: Part 5 - Connectorization

by The Fiber Optic Association Added 8 years ago 373 Views / 0 Likes

Narrator: Dominick Tambone, FOA Certified Fiber Optic Instructor Fiber Optic Termination part 5 The FOA Fiber Optic Termination videos show how to terminate a multimode fiber optic cable with adhesive/polish connectors. Video No. 5 shows how to attach the
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Fiber Optic Termination: Part 4 - Stripping

by The Fiber Optic Association Added 8 years ago 356 Views / 0 Likes

Narrator: Dominick Tambone, FOA Certified Fiber Optic Instructor Fiber Optic Termination part 4 The FOA Fiber Optic Termination videos show how to terminate a multimode fiber optic cable with adhesive/polish connectors. Video No. 4 shows how to strip the
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Fiber Optic Termination: Part 3 - Adhesive

by The Fiber Optic Association Added 8 years ago 366 Views / 0 Likes

Narrator: Dominick Tambone, FOA Certified Fiber Optic Instructor Fiber Optic Termination part 3 The FOA Fiber Optic Termination videos show how to terminate a multimode fiber optic cable with adhesive/polish connectors. Video No. 3 shows how to properly m
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Fiber Optic Termination: Part 2 - Jacketed Cable Prep

by The Fiber Optic Association Added 8 years ago 423 Views / 0 Likes

Narrator: Dominick Tambone, FOA Certified Fiber Optic Instructor Fiber Optic Termination part 2 The FOA Fiber Optic Termination videos show how to terminate a multimode fiber optic cable with adhesive/polish connectors. Video No. 2 shows how to prepare ca
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Fiber Optic Termination: Part 1 - Setup & Tools

by The Fiber Optic Association Added 8 years ago 356 Views / 0 Likes

Narrator: Dominick Tambone, FOA Certified Fiber Optic Instructor Fiber Optic Termination part 1 Setup & Tools The FOA Fiber Optic Termination videos show how to terminate a multimode fiber optic cable with adhesive/polish connectors. The first video shows
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Fusion Splicing

by The Fiber Optic Association Added 8 years ago 366 Views / 0 Likes

Fusion splicing uses an electric arc to "weld" two fibers together. The process is simple: the operator strips, cleans and cleaves the fibers and inserts them into the holders on the fusion splicer. When both fibers are in place, the operator runs the spl
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The Fiber Optic Tester In Your Pocket?

by The Fiber Optic Association Added 8 years ago 396 Views / 0 Likes

Fiber optic networks and testers generally use infrared light in the 850-1600 nm range, invisible to the human eye. But high power in fiber optic systems can be harmful to your eyes, so it's important to know if power is present in a fiber. A fiber optic
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FOA Lecture 1: Fiber Optics & Communications

by The Fiber Optic Association Added 8 years ago 283 Views / 0 Likes

This is the first of a series of short lectures on fiber optics by Jim Hayes, FOA President. This lecture covers how fiber optics is used in various types of systems such as telecommunications, CATV, security, Smart Grid, etc. Future lectures will cover f
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FOA Lecture 2: Safety When Working With Fiber Optics

by The Fiber Optic Association Added 8 years ago 311 Views / 0 Likes

Fiber optic safety is important on the job and in the classroom. This is an overview of how to recognize the potential dangers of working with fiber and how to avoid problems.
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Fiber Optic Termination: Prepolished Splice Connectors (Corning Unicam)

by The Fiber Optic Association Added 8 years ago 322 Views / 0 Likes

Prepolished/splice connectors eliminate the need for adhesives and polishing for field termination. Instead they use a factory terminated connector with a stub fiber in the ferrule and a mechanical splice to terminate the fiber. Termination only requires
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