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How accurate are handheld light meters?

I’m talking bout the cheap ones from Amazon, like anything under $150

I ask because I always see wildly different readings from those compared to my routers. Like the meter will read something like -3 and when I connect it to my router is like +2

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u/shedgehog — 4 days ago

Wanted to show how pathetic spectrum fiber is installed

I don’t know what contractors did this, but it’s truly funny how sad of a job some of them do , yet probably act like they have a hard job😂if whoever did this happens to see this i do appreciate you making it as easy as using my finger stick it into the ground and pull your pencil fiber from under the sod and made for a very easy crossing for our HH! Swear these companies are just waiting for someone to hit it to charge them a arm and a leg

u/Admirable-Talk6610 — 5 days ago

Armored fiber grounding underground

Planning on installing an underground fiber run of about 600 ft between 2 houses. Will be using some smurf conduit buried maybe 1 foot down. And then within some armored fiber, which as you know, contains a steel sheath covering.

Question I have a whether I need to be concerned about grounding. There does not seem to be a clear consensus online.

To help mitigate the risk could a solution be to run the armored conduit underground and then couple each end with an unarmored fiber cable into each house?

Any thoughts or experience with this?

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u/true-throwa — 4 days ago
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Fluke DSX and Optifiber Rental near NJ

Looking to rent a Fluke DSX and Optifiber in or around NJ for a few days to certify Cat6A and OTDR Singlemode fibers.
Where are you guys renting from?
Dont do enough certifications a year to justify purchasing.

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u/AnilApplelink — 4 days ago
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Is a charging cable protector can cause any damage to optical fiber cable

My house is recently having rat issues where it bite my fiber cable few days ago I was thinking about buying a cable protector can a charging cable protector can fix this or is this makes it any worse

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u/invader_202 — 5 days ago

Anyways to fix this quickly myself without waiting for technician?

I tore the PON cable by accident, how can I replace it? 1st pic is the yorn cable the other is what it connects to. Sorry for the bad photos. Dont ask why this looks the way it does:)

u/FaithlessnessOk4560 — 12 days ago