Fiber Optic Equipment
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Product Description
The Visual Fault Locator launches 650nm visible laser light into the fiber. When the light encounters a break or sharp bend, it scatters, and the scattered light can be observed
emerging from the cable. The Visual Fault Locator can locates breaks in short patchcords, which an OTDR cannot detect due to their operating dead zone. A fault locator is
also much cheaper than an OTDR. However, they are not recommended for using with dark-colored or armored cables.
The Pen-type Visual Fault Locator can be operated in either continuous wave mode (CW mode) or in pulsed mode. Pulsed mode aids in locating faults under high ambient light
conditions and improve battery life. It also could be used in checking connector quality. Often a connector may appears to be perfect. But inside the connector ferrule itself, poor
gluing or dirty may create a microbend in the fiber. This microbend will produce excess insertion losses or return losses, and may result in premature failure of the connector. As
the visual light launches through the fiber, it emerges from the connector in question, one can readily see the distortion as a series of rings superimposed on a normal output.
Bending or twisting the fiber may affect the overall intensity pattern, but not the ring pattern itself.
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Holight Fiber Optic Co.Ltd
Fiber optic Products
Address: China,
guangdong, shenzhen
China, 518109
Tel: 86-755-23222851
Fax: 86-755-82592433
