lutful
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join:2005-06-16
Ottawa, ON
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Re: Off Topic: Fibre Optic Microscope
Noyes scopes seem more affordable than other brands based on on-line pricing at Tessco and other sites. Electrorent may have them in Canada.
BTW an OTDR will not distinguish between the various types of fault at the connector, so you may need to use a red laser source to check for poor mating. Noyes makes several models. |
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LLigetfa
join:2006-05-15
Fort Frances, ON
| While I don't own an OTDR I have used them on occaision and realize their limitations. The intention of the OTDR is not to test connectors, just building fibre. For end-to-end with connections, I already have a laser light source and detector. That was what I used to determine that the buried cable is damaged. The OTDR will tell me where the damage is so I can dig it up. We had a very sudden cold spell right after a bout of freezing rain so I suspect frost heaving.
I've also used the Fluke optical microscope that displays on an LCD screen. Image quality is good but the unit I borrowed did not have fittings for MTRJ and could only look at the male ends of LC and was shaky at that. |
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