I think a lot of people that use ribbon end up breaking it out and splicing one at a time anyway for that exact reason. When we got our splicer, the Sumitomo guy also demoed a ribbon machine, and after like a dozen tries even with him doing half of them, we couldn't get a good burn on all 12.
On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > I hate ribbon. Seems every time I try to splice it one of the ribbons > does not fuse right. I lose patience. Others eventually get it to work or > they note the bad burn on the records. It does not seem to be a time saver > to me. > > > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman > *Sent:* Monday, September 22, 2025 10:28 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 2" conduit vs. 1 1/4"? > > > > Both ways. > > > > If you spent the money on ribbon, you can just pinch it from the sides and > the glue breaks them apart. Gotta be careful and all that, never know when > not to push it. > > > > You can also buy the cheaper loose tube stuff and ribbon it yourself. My > techs are good enough to just do it by hand, but I use a bottle of glue and > some cheap plastic clips. > > > > Assuming it's modern stuff. If this free 48ct is from pre-2010 it could > be the same or totally different. > > > > On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM Dev <[email protected]> wrote: > > Can you peel apart the 12 count into individual strands and splice them, > or do you have to have a ribbon splicer? > > > > On Sep 22, 2025, at 9:12 AM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I'm pretty confident the guys in the trench will disagree it's no > additional cost difference. > > > > On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM Dev <[email protected]> wrote: > > We’re drilling it ourselves, so no cost differential there, and the city > didn’t know what to do with a few thousand feet of 48 count ribbon, and > some 12 and 4 count, so they donated it, so that part is free, except > labor, which or course isn’t. > > > > On Sep 22, 2025, at 6:33 AM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > If the drill cost is the exact same, go for it. But I doubt a driller is > going to look at 2" for the same price as a 1.25". > > > > Why you're doing 48 ribbon is beyond me. I didn't even know they made it > in that low of a count. We have 288 LT and ribbon in 1.25". I sincerely > regret every bit of ribbon cable - it's a waste of money, eats a ton more > labor, and provides little to no value. > > > > If you're paying an extra 50c for 2" labor and saving 37c for > pipe...that's just dumb... > > > > On Fri, Sep 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM Chuck <[email protected]> wrote: > > Never. But i have had gophers eat .75 and microduct before. Even 1.25 > once. So i guess 2” would more gopher resistant. > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Sep 19, 2025, at 1:33 PM, Dev <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > We’re drilling a development, and we have some spare 2” sitting > around, but wondering whether for two rows of 50 homes we could really get > away with ordering a roll of 1 1/4” to do that rest? We’re likely doing > GPON and have some 48 count ribbon fiber for the project, and some 4 and 12 > count drops. Will we ever wish we used 2” for everything? > > -- > > 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 > > -- > 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 > > -- > 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 > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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