So the NID is just being used as a cross connect box and you want to put something else in it to hold a coupler? A fiber wall plate? https://www.fibermint.com/product/fiber-optic-outlet/11-series/ Or a whole 8 port fiber enclosure with a built in splice tray etc https://www.fibermint.com/product/fiber-optic-floor-box/42-serise/ ?
On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 2:29 PM Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: > We have a bunch of AFL NIDs that our previous OSP manager used. > > https://www.mce1000.com/mainsource/1jnK/100-111085_spec.pdf > > They're somewhere around $150/each. Great for broadband-level services! > *rolls eyes* > > Anyway, he deployed them without any sort of support for the bulkhead > connector that we're using to transition from the drop to the on-prem > cable. That leaves us with a loose pigtail that has been spliced onto the > drop cable (fine), going into a coupler that's not mounted to anything, > going into the rugged on-prem cable on the way to the ONT. That puts > ridiculous strain on the pigtails, some of which are doing 90-degree or > more bends within a half-inch. That's a failure waiting to happen. > > I have one of my guys get pricing on the interconnection kit mentioned in > the PDF so that we can install them in the NIDs and support the cables that > are in there. > > $80/each. > > We're not looking to spend $80/NID in materials to unscrew all of these > things when our regular NIDs (that work just fine) are more like $60/each > for the whole thing (though plastic, not metal). > > What options do you see? > > 1) We see buying them all and being done with it. > 2) Replacing all of those NIDs with the regular NIDs we use. > 3) Buying one of those kids and having a local shop clone them. > > > Thoughts? > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > 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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