Depending on whatever you want on the patch panel it's something like a 72 ct SCA to stub cable. SC APCs get patched in the panel and the tail goes to a splice case in a hand hole etc. For indoor we splice in a budi enclosure on the wall or just mount the splice case on the wall.
On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < [email protected]> wrote: > How does that work in a "central office" style setup - i.e. a couple > hundred strands coming into a rack which need to be potentially patched to > each other, filters, SFP optical ports, etc? Are you talking about using > a pre-formed and terminated tail from a patch panel to a splice point > somewhere else? I.E. something like a MTP with a tail on the other side? > > We've always brought them from outside (or wherever they came from) up the > rear of a 2 post rack and then terminated them into a patch panel of some > sort. > > On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM Carl Peterson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I prefer a tail to a splice case or splice cases. >> >> On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'm looking for a source/model/etc for fiber patch panels, which are >>> similar to those found in a comm room/meet me room/etc. I think these >>> might be called "distribution panels". >>> >>> Specifically, one designed to be mounted in a 2-post rack, with the >>> fixed plant cable/splicing all happening in the rear, and the patching all >>> happening in the front, and no need to unmount/move the patching in the >>> front if some splicing work needs to occur in the rear. That way, the >>> outside plant people can do their work in the rear without having to deal >>> with patches in the front. >>> >>> So far, almost everything I've seen tends to be either cassette-based, >>> where you do all the terminations and then somehow mount that in a rack, >>> but if you have to gain access to the splices again, you have to pull the >>> whole cassette out, OR the style where the entire splice tray and >>> connectors slide out the front - in which case you have to leave enough >>> slack or otherwise pay special attention to the patching for the slide-out >>> function to work after you have several patch cables plugged in. >>> >>> An ebay search for "adc fiber distribution panel" gives me some examples >>> of what I'm looking for, but they aren't exactly plentiful and I also want >>> to use something consistent. >>> >>> -- >>> - Forrest >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> Carl Peterson >> >> *PORT NETWORKS* >> >> 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 >> >> Baltimore, MD 21202 >> >> (410) 637-3707 >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > > > -- > - Forrest > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- Carl Peterson *PORT NETWORKS* 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 637-3707
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