Re: Hello!!!

[Jim Davis <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Monday, August 23, 2021 at 10:43:24 PM UTC-4, ABLE1 wrote:

> Absolutely, Pre-Terminated!! The alternative really sucks!!=20
> Yes, it took a lot of work to find the right matching parts.=20
> Particularly, the cable end connectors. I tried calling some=20
> friends to see what their knowledge level was in Fiber.=20
> Well lets just say I now excel well past them.=20
> I order the stuff off of eBay and just received the stuff last=20
> Friday. I set up in my office to my laptop and network switch.=20
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> Data Converter on each end of a 328 Foot (100 Meters) Multimedia=20
> LC/LC Fiber Optic Cable. Powered up and got about 28Mbs++ Speed=20
> to my Laptop which is a bit slow in today's world.=20
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> The first challenge was that the cable came coiled up in a plastic=20
> bag. It was on spool from mfg. but pulled off and placed in the bag.=20
> I had a empty wire spool in my storage locker. I set it up and=20
> my wife was turning the spool wrapping the fiber neatly as I was=20
> un-spooling in my hands. That went well for about 50 -75 feet.=20
> Then things got ugly!!! Took about 45 minutes to de-tangle the rest=20
> of it out on my yard. It is amazing how quick a single cable can=20
> get twisted. &%$#((@*&#**^%!! I need to come up with a better=20
> solution for the next time. Any hints???=20
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> I also got a Pulling Eye to pull the cable through the conduit.=20
> My only concern right now it the length. I 'think' I will have=20
> an extra 20-30 feet. I need to do some extra measuring when I=20
> get on site. Last thing I need it to be 2" short!!=20
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> If this works as I want I have another job waiting in the wings=20
> to install two IP cameras on a pole 200' from a building. I was=20
> actually going to do it with CAT5e cable with surge protection=20
> and stuff until I was woken up with these damaged Data Switches.=20
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> Will know more after Wednesday!!=20
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> Later,=20
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> Les

I laughed out loud when I read that.=20

I can't stand those little plastic bags of four conductor wire for the same=
 reason. You get down to the last 50 feet or so and it's got no weight so y=
ou can't pull it out of the bag. So you're trying to shake the bag off of t=
he end of the wire like an idiot waving a flag around while trying to creat=
e new swear words at the same time. And then when the wire finally comes ou=
t of the bag, in an instant you've got the Gordian Knot.
I don't have a suggestion for you unless you were running into the same pro=
blem repeatedly. The electricians around here make up an expandable four sp=
oked rack to pull their romex wire from. but it's always the approximate sa=
me size spool so they don't need different sizes for different size spools.=
 If you're still interested I'll go into an explanation of how they make an=
d use it.=20

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