Hello all,
I came across this site and was hoping someone could point me in the right direction. I am in need of a Visual Fault finder that can be used to troubleshoot fiber optic cable a long distance. I have several different types of these all red in color. They work well to identify fiber that is not terminated to something, but seem to have a relativity short distance they are effective. Usually about 3 to 5 miles is about all they are good for. The tool I have say they are about 10mw up to 30mw ( so they claim). Would it be possible to build something high powered that could be used to identify fiber say at 20 or 30 miles or more without burning through the fiber optic glass? I have used the smaller ones to see rodent chews in cable before, but it has to be very dark and you have to be within a few hundred foot of where the damage is. The units I currently use are like the link below. Now I know a if there is a solution it will cost a lot more and not be as portable as the cheap one below.
https://www.banggood.com/30mW-Red-L...-p-1133902.html?rmmds=search&cur_warehouse=CN
Any help would be appropriated,
Thanks,
I came across this site and was hoping someone could point me in the right direction. I am in need of a Visual Fault finder that can be used to troubleshoot fiber optic cable a long distance. I have several different types of these all red in color. They work well to identify fiber that is not terminated to something, but seem to have a relativity short distance they are effective. Usually about 3 to 5 miles is about all they are good for. The tool I have say they are about 10mw up to 30mw ( so they claim). Would it be possible to build something high powered that could be used to identify fiber say at 20 or 30 miles or more without burning through the fiber optic glass? I have used the smaller ones to see rodent chews in cable before, but it has to be very dark and you have to be within a few hundred foot of where the damage is. The units I currently use are like the link below. Now I know a if there is a solution it will cost a lot more and not be as portable as the cheap one below.
https://www.banggood.com/30mW-Red-L...-p-1133902.html?rmmds=search&cur_warehouse=CN
Any help would be appropriated,
Thanks,