So you want to build yourself some FTTH?<\/p>\n
Many people seem to be working on this and have requested some required equipment and parts to be posted\/shared<\/p>\n
Here’s a quick list of items you will need:<\/p>\n
Fusion Splicer – Cost around $1200<\/a> Drop Cable – varying types If you are doing underground work, you want something like the RD4000 locate wand and transmitter. These can be had on eBay for varying prices used.<\/p>\n You also will want to get something like the FlexScan FS200 OTDR so you can find cable faults.<\/p>\n Few other pro-tips: So you want to build yourself some FTTH? Many people seem to be working on this and have requested some required equipment and parts to be posted\/shared Here’s a quick list of items you will need: Fusion Splicer – Cost around $1200 Jonard Fiber Optic Strippers (These are better than the ones that come in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,24],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/puck.nether.net\/~jared\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/puck.nether.net\/~jared\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/puck.nether.net\/~jared\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puck.nether.net\/~jared\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puck.nether.net\/~jared\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/puck.nether.net\/~jared\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207,"href":"https:\/\/puck.nether.net\/~jared\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions\/207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/puck.nether.net\/~jared\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puck.nether.net\/~jared\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puck.nether.net\/~jared\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nJonard Fiber Optic Strippers (These are better than the ones that come in the Signal Fire Fusion Splicer kit – Cost around $21<\/a>
\nScisors for Cutting the Kevlar in patch cords – $12<\/a>
\nKimtech Wipes to clean and prepare fiber – $6 or so<\/a>
\nLight Meter to check your fiber – $30<\/a>
\nVisual Fault Locator & FC-LC Connector – $29<\/a>
\nPigtails for your fiber – $1 per connector<\/a>
\nSplice Enclosures – Varying types<\/p>\n\n
\n<\/a>Graybar – Single strand tone capable drop cable<\/a>
\nBaltic Networks – 2 strand cable<\/a><\/p>\n
\nYou can also cut patch cords, these can be cheaper per connector than pigtails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"