Fiber Optic Termination- How to terminate fiber optic cable using Giganet Fibre Optic connectors

[pmgodfrey]

Hey! That's not as difficult as it seemed to be. With a little practice, you'll be terminating fiber with the pros!

[EminoMeneko]

Nice vid. Very interesting to see the process. I never thought preparing FO expected so much work and care. I believe it becomes piece of cake with practice but it's completely new to me. :)

[itzmebruh13]

lol just learned FO this week thru YouTube!

I really wanted to see the loss on a power meter rather than just checking the face end thru a microscope. He must be veteran on this FO tech! Anyhow good video and nice tools also! Some of them buffers hard to clean without good strippers. One note seems like you pulled more fiber compare to where you scribed it! lol :)

[imagepromoter]

@itzmebruh13 thanks for the kind comments. Light source and power meter testing would be the next step after both ends were terminated. We may make some testing videos later this year. You're right, some buffers are a nightmare so good strippers and technique are essential. If I remember, we had one take of the scribing and pulling, maybe the change in camera angle makes the lengths seem different. Finally, yep I'm getting too old for this game!

[adamsathome]

@imagepromoter ahhh.. age is just a number.. remember, your only as old as you feel.. EXCELLENT video BTW.. :-)

[imagepromoter]

@adamsathome thanks, you make me feel a lot better now :)

[DaBossk]

what is he doing in this video? what does terminating fire optics mean?

[ZuldicCtus]

@DaBossk He means that hes terminating the crap on the connecting end of the of the fiber.

And what hes doing? Hes showing/teaching you how to make your own fiber cable connector.

[vjt989]

excellent video!!

[u2cgailforcewinds]

@u2cgailforcewinds to @Cold1Forged- I have some info for you but Youtube wone allow me to post it gailsh3@yahoo.com

[zimtower]

My first cable had a loss of 0.25dB, then the next one had a loss of 0.08 dB. I spent like 4 minutes polishing those suckers using just 12um and 3um pads. I found that fiber optic cables are far easier and more reliable to terminate than RJ-45 cables, it's just that optical fibers require crafty polishing and cleaning.

[TNTechHD]

Excellent video, keep up the good work imagepromoter.

[imagepromoter]

@TNTechHD - thanks, I'm hoping to put some more on line in the new year.

[jambie11]

A detailed and informative video. Great tutorial for anyone terminating fibre. Many thanks.

[imagepromoter]

@jambie11 Thanks

[kolotking]

thank you for sharing this info....more power to you....imagepromoter

[imagepromoter]

@kolotking and hrbear - thanks for your kind words.

[hrbear]

Excellent video, very detailed. Congratulations.

[imagepromoter]

@hrbear - thanks, I appreciate your kind comment.

[Philscbx]

If only all instructional were this high class.

Nothing less than 5 star best lighting and detail.

I studied fiber optic 30 yrs ago from Dupont manuals.

Most people today probably assume it's plastic vs real glass.

[imagepromoter]

@Philscbx - thanks for the kind comments. It sounds like we've been in the business for about the same amount of time ;-)

Have you looked at the fusion splicing video I produced for TCM? I'd be interested to know if you think it's useful.

All the best

[Cold1Forged]

Dude... don't touch the fiber, the glass is so thin that it can break in your skin, and it works its way in instead of out. In bas cases it can slip into your blood stream and stop your heart.

[imagepromoter]

@Cold1Forged - This is an urban myth. We have checked all the health and safety reports for the UK and there have never been any cases of this happening. If anyone can provide concrete evidence of it happening anywhere else in the world (not just hearsay) we would be very interested. The fact is there is no way around having to touch the fibre unless you want to have it break down inside the ferrule. Tweezers etc. can easily crush the fibre.

The point is to follow sensible safety procedures.

[imagepromoter]

@Cold1Forged - sorry I ran out of space. Just to say, the fibre actually does work it's way out rather than in, just like a splinter; I know this from first-hand experience. Also, as it's been cleaned by alcohol, there is less chance of it becoming infected.

The most important safety procedures are to protect your eyes with wrap-around safety glasses when cleaving the fibre and to make sure all cleaved shards are disposed of properly.

Look out for a fibre safety video coming soon ;-)

[Cold1Forged]

@imagepromoter Really (it's an urban myth)? Hmm, that surprises me but I was only told that at work so I'll take your word for it, still, wouldn't want that crap in your skin, and you terminate differently then we do so I guess you have to touch it, but we try out best not to, still great vid and good tip with the safety glasses lol.

[imagepromoter]

@Cold1Forged - Thanks for the great feedback :-) Yes we've heard the story so many times but just can't find any cases of it happening. You're right, you don't want that stuff in your skin (although it's quite tough to get it to puncture your skin deliberately because the fibre is a bit too thin and flexible). It's good if you use a dfferent method that avoids touching the fibre but there will probably still be fibre shards floating around that need dealing with in the way we show in the video.

[blackmkiv]

This is a great video!

[Evx80]

thanks alot really helpful video

but it's really hard i thought it's like RJ 45 :)

[ahs1426]

really a helpful video... thanks alot

[Gerling2day]

And I thought RJ-45 connectors were difficult...  Thanks for the video!

[imagepromoter]

lol...it always looks more difficult when it's broken down into stages. Once you've done a few they become quite easy and take about 2 minutes per end.

[empress242100]

nice

[cochise7969]

WOW

[sambaza2]

Fascinating. No more pigtails.....

[lowfokus]

great video, thanks for offering.

[guyver8201a]

no wonder why my school wont teach us that hands on, theres so much that can go wrong, great vids

[Tagarashi]

wow, didnt know it was that involved.

[Arturgrmos]

Thanks...is very  "interesting"...jeje... ¬¬