Cut Fiber Optic Cable Repair

If you need additional assistance on how to locate the damage register for aeromotive s fiber optic wire training webinar.

Cut fiber optic cable repair. Clean the cable gel with cable gel remover cutting away any yarn or sheath and separate the fiber tubes. You ll now need to twist the kevlar fibers causing them to form a strand the resembles a rope. Prepare the fiber by stripping about 9 feet of the cable with the cable rip cord and gently peel back the jacket to expose the fiber optic tubes inside and remove the excess jacket. Squeeze the handles of the tool until it cuts all the way through the cable and the damaged end falls off.

Use the diagonal cutters to cut the cable. Trim off any damage from the cut ends of the cable with a fiber optic cutter. Having removed the fiber optic cable s outer jacket you should now see glass fiber tubing several coated wires and a number of exposed kevlar fibers. If you see a marked line with an exposed cable or wire and it doesn t say at t be sure to report it directly to that company.

Call our buried wire center at 800 924 9420 monday through friday between 7 30 a m. Some utility companies mark or paint their lines. Link 1. This number is just for unburied ground cables.

Fiber optic cable cutter and fiber optic stripper are important tools in the fiber optic splicing and some other fiber optic cable cutting applications. The most typical factor which could cause this accident may be the utilization of backhoe while digging. If it happens to you you can simply search for backhoe and obtain the cut cables. Repair fiber optic cable underground fiber optic cables can be accidentally cut.

The diagonals are. How to splice broken optical fiber cable practically watch my more video. How to splicing a patch cord with f. Step 2 cut the kevlar fibers.

Fiber optic cable is a standard bright orange or brown in color the area of damage will have exposed fiber and nicks or breaks in the orange shielding.