Volume 5, Issue 7

Repairing a faulty cleave

July 1, 1997

The adhesive in fiber-optic hot-melt connectors tends to set up slowly after heating. Although you wait, as you should, until the connector is cool before you attempt to cleave...

Cabling Installation

Launching a splicing business

July 1, 1997

Q: I am thinking of starting my own splicing technician/contractor business. Are there other people doing fiber-splicing contracts only, or should I also consider installation...

RJ45 UTP & Shielded

Terminating UTP on 66 blocks made easy

July 1, 1997

Terminating a large unshielded twisted-pair (utp) riser plant on 66 blocks in a building can take considerable time and effort.

Fiber

Lighter serves as temporary replacement for fiber cleaver

July 1, 1997

When testing unterminated fiber-optic cables, it is customary to use a temporary mechanical splice to connect the bare fiber to a test instrument, such as an optical time-domain...

Home

Reduce the risk of shorting a circuit when using a tone generator

July 1, 1997

When using a tone generator from the station side, you normally have to use a probe to carefully touch each contact to pick up and amplify the signal at the other end of the cable...

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Fiber Optic

Spacer ring and insert modules

July 1, 1997

The fiber storage/spacer ring attaches to the back of a flush-mount, double-gang multimedia outlet system (mos) wallplate. It stores one meter of 2-strand jacketed fiber. The ...

Fiber Optic

Polishing disk

July 1, 1997

The Universal Polishing Disk accommodates any fiber-optic connector built around a standard 2.5-millimeter cylindrical-alignment ferrule. It can handle up to four ST, SC, or FC...

Cabling Installation

Floor boxes provide unique access

July 1, 1997

Bringing the necessary power, voice, data, and video cables to the workstation can be done many ways depending on a building`s design and the customer`s needs and specifications...

Cabling Installation

Wiring for multimedia

July 1, 1997

Multimedia applications are becoming more common and must be supported by the network infrastructure.

Fiber

Networking catalog

July 1, 1997

This 32-page catalog describes cable testers, adapters, switchable hubs, power supplies, patch panels, and operating-system software. It also lists repeaters, transceivers, test...

Home

LAN cable tester

July 1, 1997

The TroubleShooterPlus lan cable tester locates network failures within Thinnet and Thicknet coaxial-cable and Category 3 to Category 5 installations within 1 inch over distances...