Hey Forrest, Not sure what connectors you are looking for but these are a deal and a half if you are doing indoor work and don't need APC.. 72 SC/UPCs. They have multiple in stock.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/365732185670?_skw=commscope+ifc&itmmeta=01K1EMXC7NJ2SW6QGW8K837V90&hash=item5527564646:g:Tq8AAeSwk2hodrP9 This should be the spec sheet - double check me on P/N https://www.commscope.com/product-type/frames-panels-cassettes-modules/fiber-panels-modules-cassettes/fiber-panels/itemfpx-3fs7-07au016/ You can also email Geneva Garraton <[email protected]> if you want to buy them directly. Let them know Port Networks sent you. On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM TJ Trout <[email protected]> wrote: > Fiber fixer.com seems to be popular with some of the ISP guys, you can > order a panel custom made to spec > > On Wed, Jul 30, 2025, 11:13 AM Forrest Christian (List Account) < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >>>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/401+E+Pratt+St,+Ste+2553+%0D%0A+Baltimore,+MD+21202?entry=gmail&source=g> >>>>> >>>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/401+E+Pratt+St,+Ste+2553+%0D%0A+Baltimore,+MD+21202?entry=gmail&source=g> >>>>> >>>>> Baltimore, MD 21202 >>>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/401+E+Pratt+St,+Ste+2553+%0D%0A+Baltimore,+MD+21202?entry=gmail&source=g> >>>>> >>>>> (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 >>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/401+E+Pratt+St,+Ste+2553+%0D%0A+Baltimore,+MD+21202?entry=gmail&source=g> >>> >>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/401+E+Pratt+St,+Ste+2553+%0D%0A+Baltimore,+MD+21202?entry=gmail&source=g> >>> >>> Baltimore, MD 21202 >>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/401+E+Pratt+St,+Ste+2553+%0D%0A+Baltimore,+MD+21202?entry=gmail&source=g> >>> >>> (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 >> > -- > 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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