I think this is duplex LC if that's your poison https://www.ebay.com/itm/286736112185?_skw=commscope+ifc&itmmeta=01K1EMXC7NG45TDZXETNXBZ34B&hash=item42c2cdda39:g:Q1oAAeSwA49oiBpg
On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM Carl Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- Carl Peterson *PORT NETWORKS* 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 637-3707
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