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BICSI Field Guide 3 Fiber 2023 2ndEdition

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ICT Installation Practices Field Guide, Volume 3 – Optical Fiber Cabling, 2nd Edition

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BICSI 2023 161
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Newly updated to their second editions, BICSI’s three new ICT Installation Practices Field Guides continue to be the must-have companions for every ICT and low voltage cabling installer and technician. Whether it’s General Cabling, Copper, or Optical Fiber Installation, these newly updated guides are sized for your pocket or toolbox. Many additions and updates were incorporated into the three field guides with new accepted ICT technologies, current codes, standards, and industry best practices. Each volume is arranged to quickly place the information you need at your fingertips. This updated guide focuses on in-the-field optical fiber cabling installation and maintenance techniques based on applicable codes, standards and industry best practices. Throughout its pages you will find everything likely to come up on the job site, from optical fiber cable classification, splicing, applications, performance specifications, length limitations, termination, troubleshooting, and much more.

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PDF Pages PDF Title
1 ICT Field Guide Vol III, 2nd Edition
2 Preface
5 WARNING
6 Acknowledgments
8 Acronyms
10 Table of Contents
14 Figures
18 Tables
19 Example
Steps
20 Optical Fiber Cabling Media
Optical Fiber Strands
21 Multimode
22 Singlemode
23 Bandwidth
Dispersion
24 Modal Dispersion
Chromatic Dispersion
25 Attenuation
Cable Construction
26 Tight-Buffered Optical Fiber Cable
28 Loose-Tube Optical Fiber Cable
30 Ribbon Optical Fiber Cable
Cabling Performance Classification
33 Optical Fiber Cable and Strand Color Codes
35 Cable Jacket Listings
37 Type OFNP and OFCP
Type OFNR and OFCR
Type OFCG and OFNG
Type OFC and OFN
Type LSZH and LSHF
39 Cabling Architectures
Hierarchical Star Backbone Fiber Cabling
Backbone Fiber Cabling
40 Horizontal Fiber Cabling
41 Centralized Optical Fiber Cabling
42 Centralized Optical Fiber Cabling Distances
Pull-Through Method
Interconnection and Splice Methods
43 Passive Optical Networks (PONs)
46 Cabling Installation
Optical Fiber Cabling Hazards
48 Cable Bend Radius
51 Optical Fiber Hardware
53 Pulling Optical Fiber Cables
63 Air-Blown Optical Fiber
Air-Blown Optical Fiber Cable
Air-Blown Optical Fiber Tubes
64 Installation Conditions
Establishing Optical Fiber Pathway
Tube Couplers
65 Tube Management
66 Testing Primary Tubes or Tube Bundles
Blowing Optical Fiber Cable
67 Terminate Cable
Single/Dual-Strand Connectors
69 Array (Multi-Strand) Connectors
71 Higher Density Connectors
72 Coupling of Optical Fibers
Fiber Connector Polarity
73 Perform Pre-termination Functions
75 Simplex, Zip Cord, and Breakout Cable Preparation
76 Multifiber Tight-Buffered Cable Preparation
Loose-Tube Cable Preparation
77 Optical Fiber Cable Termination
78 Field Polished Connector Installation
80 Scribing and Polishing the Connector
84 Inspecting and Cleaning Optical Fiber Connectors
Inspection Tools
85 Microscopes
87 Inspection Practices
89 Cleaning Materials and Methods
Dry Wipes
Dry Swabs
90 Solvents with Wipes or Swabs
91 Cleaning Machines
Canned Air
Solvents
95 General Guidelines for Cleaning
97 Optical Fiber Cable Splicing
100 Splice Closures
102 Optical Fiber Strand Preparation
104 Mechanical Splicing
105 Fusion Splicing
113 Testing Optical Fiber Cable
Test Equipment
116 Pre-installation Testing
117 Acceptance Testing
118 Configuration Testing
Preventive Maintenance Testing
119 Test Measurement Documentation
122 Test Scenarios and Considerations
123 Attenuation
126 Circuit Configurations
129 Optical Loss Test Set (OLTS)
Test Configuration Methods
130 Mode Filter
131 One Jumper Method Referencing
132 One Jumper Method Testing
Two Jumper Method Referencing
133 Two Jumper Method Testing
134 Three Jumper Method Referencing
135 Three Jumper Method Testing
136 Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR)
138 OTDR Testing Procedures
139 Typical OTDR Fault Presentations
Reflective Break
140 Non-reflective Break
141 Defective Splices
143 Microscope and Interferometer
Radius of Curvature
144 Offset of Polish
145 Optical Fiber Height
146 Troubleshooting Optical Fiber Media
147 Isolating the Problem
151 Verifying the Problem
152 Repairing the Problem
153 Testing the Repaired System
156 Index
A
B
C
157 D
E
F
H
158 I
J
L
M
159 O
P
R
S
160 T
U
161 V
W
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BICSI Field Guide 3 Fiber 2023 2ndEdition
$18.96