Ok, so you have like 72 SC connectors directly terminated on the end of a 72-count cable, which goes to wherever a reasonable splice enclosure is. I'm assuming this is relatively robust (as opposed to strands coming out of a loose tube and being spliced in a splice tray, which lives in the back of the splice panel).
We used to do it at least somewhat this way (like 10+ years ago, when counts were a lot lower), but staff at some point decided they wanted their splices IN the patch bay, so we got all of these hokey slide-out splice tray things, which are a PITA to deal with if you have a bad splice or broken strand after you've got a pile of production circuits going through the tray. On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM Carl Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- - Forrest
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