UNIT 9 Lab
Tools that would be helpful when install fiber would be the following.
Safety Glasses - This would protect your eye from fiber glass.
Cable Toning Tool – This would help you to make sure that the cables are hooked up right from point A to point B.
Pulling eye – This tool helps you run the cables through the walls.
Cleaver – This tool is used to cut the fiber.
Cleaning fluid and Lint free wipes – You would put the cleaning fluid on the lint free wipes and use these items to clean the ends of the fiber after cutting so you can wipe away the fiber shaving.
Adjustable Strippers – You would use this tool to strip off the coating from the wire so you can add the tips.
And a Fusion Stripper – This makes the job easier to connect the optical fiber together.
When running the fiber inside a building you would use cable with less cladding so you would have a better bending radius to make it around the corners of the building. When running cable outside the building you would use cable with more cladding to protect the cable from weather. The node would connect to the outside of the building so you can get to it. If you are running a cable from building to building you would build a trench to run the cable through.
Safety procedures you will need to follow are no drinking or eating in your work area due to the glass fibers can get into your drinks and your food. Don’t look into the light because it could ruin your eyes. If you are using a microscope, which can efficiently focus all the light into your eye, it should have infrared filters to reduce the danger of invisible infrared light. Do to the sharpness of the glass it could get into your fingers which would be hard to get out due to its so small its hard to see. Wear disposable aprons so you don’t get the fiber glass on your clothes that could later be ingested into your throat. Always wear your safety