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I have no experience with terminating connectors directly. There appear to be all kinds available, even ones with gel inside them but they suffer a lot more los

I have no experience with terminating connectors directly. There appear to be all kinds available, even ones with gel inside them but they suffer a lot more loss than if I splice a fiber. Using the splicer gave me the flexibility to splice pig-tail ends or just two fibers together with a small loss.

archi42 4y ago
From what I read (never tried and not my area of expertise) for our short runs at home loss isn't that big of an issue, especially for 10km transceivers.
mrb 4y ago
I have no experience either. But terminating seems easy, for example this guy is terminating singlemode fiber in just a few minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKDYw0jPskc&t=2m35s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKDYw0jPskc&t=2m35s He uses DINTEK Singlemode ezi-FIBER Connectors which have a low loss of 0.1-0.2 dB: https://www.dintek.com.tw/index.php/singlemode-ezi-fiber-connector.html https://www.dintek.com.tw/index.php/singlemode-ezi-fiber-con... Such a low loss seems to be a non-issue for short fiber runs in a single residence, and cheaper than using a fusion splicer.
- sschueller 4y ago
  My loss per splice was around 0.01 dB to 0.02 dB according to the splicer.
  - mrb 4y ago
    Your 10G SFP modules have a power budget of 6.2 dB https://www.fs.com/products/11603.html https://www.fs.com/products/11603.html Assuming zero losses at the fusion-spliced pigtail connectors this would be enough for a ~12.4 km fiber link (~0.5 dB attenuation per km). With the connectors I linked, 0.2 dB loss at each end, the power budget is reduced to 5.8 dB which would be enough for a ~11.6 km fiber link. As you see this makes no difference for a residence where all your links are much shorter than even 0.1 km ! All I'm saying is you had cheaper options than buying a fusion splicer. But I understand you for buying it — it's a cool tool to have fun with, and to get some experience. I would have probably done the same since fiber is also a hobby of mine (though I reiterate I have never built a cable myself) :)

archi42 4y ago

From what I read (never tried and not my area of expertise) for our short runs at home loss isn't that big of an issue, especially for 10km transceivers.

mrb 4y ago

I have no experience either. But terminating seems easy, for example this guy is terminating singlemode fiber in just a few minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKDYw0jPskc&t=2m35s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKDYw0jPskc&t=2m35s He uses DINTEK Singlemode ezi-FIBER Connectors which have a low loss of 0.1-0.2 dB: https://www.dintek.com.tw/index.php/singlemode-ezi-fiber-connector.html https://www.dintek.com.tw/index.php/singlemode-ezi-fiber-con... Such a low loss seems to be a non-issue for short fiber runs in a single residence, and cheaper than using a fusion splicer.

sschueller 4y ago
My loss per splice was around 0.01 dB to 0.02 dB according to the splicer.
- mrb 4y ago
  Your 10G SFP modules have a power budget of 6.2 dB https://www.fs.com/products/11603.html https://www.fs.com/products/11603.html Assuming zero losses at the fusion-spliced pigtail connectors this would be enough for a ~12.4 km fiber link (~0.5 dB attenuation per km). With the connectors I linked, 0.2 dB loss at each end, the power budget is reduced to 5.8 dB which would be enough for a ~11.6 km fiber link. As you see this makes no difference for a residence where all your links are much shorter than even 0.1 km ! All I'm saying is you had cheaper options than buying a fusion splicer. But I understand you for buying it — it's a cool tool to have fun with, and to get some experience. I would have probably done the same since fiber is also a hobby of mine (though I reiterate I have never built a cable myself) :)