Fix Fiber Optic cable DIY?

[JeffersLos]

A pet bit through our fiber optic internet cable again.

 

I'd like to learn how to fix it myself, instead of getting the internet company service staff to come to the house every time.

 

Is it possible to easily splice and reconnect the fiber optic cable with a ready made tool/adapter?

 

 

[FritsSikkink]

If it is their cable, i doubt you are allowed to fix it yourself. Better let them fix it and make something around the cable so your pet can't touch it anymore.

[OneMoreFarang]

You definitely need special tools.

 

[digbeth]

The cost of the tool to splice together broken cable will be too prohibitive, like 50-100,000 baht machine, if it's indoor cable (typically yellow) between the box on the wall and the router, maybe you can get the patch cord to replace it

[JeffersLos]

[vinci]

the equipment to fix it is more greater then calling their services, plus how often do you break it probably not too many, the equipment will sit there for the rest of its life for using only 1 time.

[worgeordie]

18 minutes ago, JeffersLos said:

Is that a Fiber optic cable , does not look like mine , looks more like a telephone wire

regards Worgeordie

[treetops]

Mechanical splicing equipment is cheap and cheerful, although probably won't give the efficiency of the unspliced cable if that is an issue.

[Rimmer]

I have watched the CAT technicians join fibre optic a number of times, they use some sort of optical device to ensure the ends are square before they join them, if they are not happy with wht they see in their optics they will cut it agin and and do another take.

[tgw]

1 hour ago, JeffersLos said:

it would be helpful to know what both ends of this cable connect to and to get a photo of the connectors too.
then we could assess what this cable exactly is and how it needs to be replaced.

 

but: an optic fibre cable normally has more "innards" than what is visible on this picture, so the pet might just have gnawed through the suspension cable.
does your connection still work?

if yes, you might just wrap it with duct tape and maybe order an armored cable as a replacement.

[Yellowtail]

48 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Is that a Fiber optic cable , does not look like mine , looks more like a telephone wire

regards Worgeordie

It looks like my AIS fiber.

[Nojohndoe]

5 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

It looks like my AIS fiber.

Same as our 3BB. It is  exterior cable with one strand being a high tensile suspension support wire.

[Crossy]

1 hour ago, worgeordie said:

Is that a Fiber optic cable , does not look like mine , looks more like a telephone wire

regards Worgeordie

 

Our incoming fibre looks like that. One side is the fibre the other is a suspension wire for when it's strung between poles.

 

It goes into a small box on the wall and is spliced (no connector) to a typical thin fibre that plugs into the router.

 

Probably not a DIY job.

 

Get it fixed and then pet-proof it (route out of reach perhaps).

 

[BritManToo]

10 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Get it fixed and then pet-proof it (route out of reach perhaps).

This gal bit through our fibre 3-4x in two months, 3BB were always round within 24hrs, but we gave the guy 100bht to keep him keen.

This girl is very good at climbing and jumping ............... and chewing through wires ........

 

[Crossy]

Just now, BritManToo said:

This guy bit through our fibre 3-4x in two months, 3BB were always round within 24hrs, but we gave the guy 100bht to keep him keen.

This girl is very good at climbing and jumping ............... and chewing through wires ........

 

Time for some nice, edible, galvanised conduit ???? 

[recom273]

Not really .. you need a fusion splicer to join two cables together.

 

What you could do for the future is a buy some kind of make to female (or similar) sc adaptor, you can even get plate for a wall box. Then you get.a few pigtails (they are usually yellow) from 3bb or AliExpress, and then next time it happens, just swap out the pigtail between the box and the router.

 

Check with the installer the connectors you need, there are two types, sc and lc. 
 

Another option is to ask the ISP for an ONT, which is a box which you can attatch to the wall out of the creatures way and then run an Ethernet cable to the router.  

[JeffersLos]

They came and fixed it already. 

 

[Yellowtail]

51 minutes ago, Crossy said:

 

Time for some nice, edible, galvanised conduit ???? 

Or a nice rabbit pie...

[Led Lolly Yellow Lolly]

On 1/3/2022 at 12:34 PM, treetops said:

Mechanical splicing equipment is cheap and cheerful, although probably won't give the efficiency of the unspliced cable if that is an issue.

Mechanical splicing is almost impossible to do right on Single Mode fibre (what ISPs use). It's just too thin and the tolerances too tight. As has already been pointed out, the equipment used is called a fusion splicer i.e. it actually melts the fibre together, We have one, it cost us over 50,000 Baht and that was with an 'industry insider' discount. You can get them cheaper but not very good and limited functionality. The good ones will have optical Time Domain Reflectometers that actually read the light 'shape' of the fibre and give you a pretty accurate location of fault distances to help you locate them. . . In summary, forget about fixing it yourself.