AWESOME, WATCH THESE PRO TECHNICIANS PREPARE TO LAY FIBER OPTIC CABLES UNDERGROUND 

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Interesting. Thank you.

Haha, right.

Interesting, taught me something.

Proud of you. Keep going.

Alrighty then.

Tape not needed. Let it flow in the basket. Creating more work for the next guy.

Strain relief from buffer tube to fibers is a good idea. That colored tape, i have a yellow roll, is very low stick glue. He is probably using that. Always leave a lot of slack for the next guy. If you are worried about slack, why not go straight into the splice tray? Don't worry about saving time. Money is not everything. You are just making more money for the corps. Good job guys.

@@papertrader3269 time is everything though. Irreplaceable, especially when it doesn't have to be wasted. Somehow you made time and money the same exact word, but when we have more money we have more time. Because yeah, trust me. I'm God

That guy looks to be making easier for the next guy who gets in that case. It's been my experience having retired after 34 years as a cable splicer, paper tape if fine for paper insulated cables, but over time becomes harder to remove than vinyl tape. We use the gel end cases for our fiber splices. One because that's what the company decided and because they were faster to assemble. We also used fiber cables with steel strength members instead of the ones in the cable in the video. That way,the entire system was grounded and bonded.

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.

Looks like that job can start off at about $21 per hour and can go up from there. Depends on the state.

Always gotta expand your celery.

@@memback you gotta expand your lettuce too!

Is that right? Please enlighten us as to why.

They are so much faster and easier to put on than the 450's. The gel system is a pain in the ass. I hate it.

I bet.

Could be an EPA or even a DOT thing. The former would be concerned about the gasses on the atmosphere and the latter about the gasses being on the trucks. In Arkansas, US, we use torches.

You should take pride in your work. Agree on that part.

I agree bro those enclosures were so bad 🤣

Sorry to hear that.

Good question.

What those two guys are working on are main fiber splices. The guy placing the one cable is adding it to an existing fiber splice. What was shown as he started pulling out individual fibers were the fibers he will be splicing the new fibers to. Once he gets everything sorted, he will then use a fusion machine to join the fibers together. Depending on the fusion machine, he may have to strip off the coating manually, or the fusion machine may do it actomatically. (The coating is the thin colored coating put on the individual fibers.) Then the fiber will be cleaved, scored, then pressure applied to break that portion of the fiber at the cleaved location. An alcohol pad is used to clean off anything on the bear fiber before it's placed in the fusion machine. After both fibers are placed in the fusion machine, the cover is closed, a button is pressed, and the guy can watch a screen built into the fusion machine to watch the fusion machine line up the two fibers, pre flash them before finally a strong electrical arc melts the fibers together. Then, a splice protector is slid over the created splice, having been slid over one fiber before being spliced, placed in a heater on the fusion machine, and when the timer goes off, the splice protector has been heated until it shrinks over the splice. In that video, it looks like he'll be splicing each fiber individually, unless he ribbonizes those fibers he's pulling out. It he was making a ribbon to ribbon splice, the fusion machine would fuse 12 fibers at one time. This is the basics of splicing fibers in a new or existing splice.

You get told what to wear? I am happy to wear whatever I want, as long as I can be seen in the dark.

Yea the company gives us annual allowances and the catalog to order clothes from; so it's whatever designs are offered that year. I still wear the uniforms I ordered years ago as long as there are no holes. We have some old heads still wearing Southwestern Bell shirts😂

Not sure. Wagner is good.

Glad it helped.

In ingles, fiber optic splicing table.

Naww never use electrical tape on bare fiber like that

That’s beyond my scope of knowledge at this point. Just highlighted the expertise.

По моему наблюдению и опыту, бывают случаи когда оболочка перегревается становится мягкой и пухнет. Обычно такое происходит когда делаешь горелкой газовой овальный ввод на 2 кабеля с крупной термоусадкой и прищепкой. В основном ничего страшного если делать аккуратно, и знать об этом, на одиночные ввода вообще не критично. Но я на 2х кабельный ввод хотя бы стараюсь поставить фольгу, там дольше прогревать термоусадку и он всегда перегревается.

для защиты буферных трубок и оптоволокна от нагрева

We call it a "A-Box". We used primarily in copper splicing because we could attach couplers to it to mount our splicing rigs to it. It'll probably be hard to find. I had both a plastic one and wood one when i was a tech.

The A Box is your friend. They are hard to find though. Took my boss 4 months to finally get some for 2 new guys on my team

Yeah, they seemed to do it with ease.

It's like saying "the guy at my garage that specializes in Diesel and Gas cars didn't even know how to repair my Tesla". If I wouldn't have done it at home I would know how to crimp a RJ45 jack, because I work with fiber and not copper. So why would my company train me on stuff we don't do?

There are 2 types of techs at AT&T, Uverse techs and outside plant techs. Uverse techs were never trained about regular phone service. They only know fiber and uverse. They don’t fox anything and install only.

@@twinzinc Is that right?

There are many departments/garage and the majority are only trained for specific job's so technicians that work underground like these guy's more than likely wouldn't know how to do a home ONT&router install unless they transferred and got additional training for that garage

That’s what I said Chris.

I’m sure.

Not as many as there used to be

Check online for fiber optic splicing tables.

Those are NAPCO tables. There are large , medium, and small ones. They were great because they fold flat and easy to store in the truck. I used the one thag was a tripod to be able to adjust heights to reach high terminals at buildings to splice, or low to sit and splice on a stool.

I use a dewalt table with a bunch of holes in it, good for keeping fibers organized when doing 24 count CCH cassettes.

They are also way to heavy if you have to lug them far!

Oh really. Thanks for the tip.

Because the learning curve for not doing any damage comes at a greater cost in the long run. Why take the risk and of creating a week of additional work for 10 minutes?

@@papertrader3269 It's 100% worth learning and I'd argue that no ones a proper jointer till they've got good at gas shrinkdowns. I've never caused any damage to joints in all my years as I was shown properly by an experienced jointer with 34 years on the tools. I wouldn't even consider it hard to learn, it's a mark of pride being taken in your work instead of people just throwing poor quality joints in the ground. You'll never see a full gas shrinkdown cable ripped out the bottom of a joint!

@@xxrtrdxx5191 what is your experience with the reusable gel packs?

@@xxrtrdxx5191 What is this process you are talking about? Using gas on the cable shrinkdowns?

Moderately physically demanding.

Ok guy.

lol look at franky fiber know it all

What would have been your choice?

@@Caliber8Tools I'd prefer no background music, what's important is what you are showing and saying, Background music distracts from your dialog. But it you feel you must have some background music. Very low volume, much less drums and something that doesn't repeat every few seconds. Keep in mind , if I want to listen to music while watching your video, I can do so. But I can't turn off your music. In any even thanks for asking and keep up the good work.

@@dicklieber1441 Noted

😂

No comment. Lol.

That’s funny, but thanks for the feedback.