Help!!!!! Fiber optic repair ?
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From: vero beach fla. usa
Help!!!!! Fiber optic repair ?
How do you fix a broken fiber optic line? I have a cut line is there a good way to repair it? Does anyonr make or sell a repair kit for these.
Thanx.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Casa Grande AZ
Re: Help!!!!! Fiber optic repair ? (78/81vette-medic)
I have seen a repair splice unit for sale someplace - not sure where.
I repaired one of mine by using a small tube for support and super glue. The tube was from the inside of a spray bottle but you could use a wire splice of the correct diameter. Don't crimp it though! Use a razor blade to cut the ends fresh and straight. Then slide them together inside the tube and orient the fibers for best light travel. Then glue so they stay in place. The tube should fit snuggly.
Short of running a new line, nothing you can do will give you back the original intensity of the light. Some WILL be lost in any splice.
I repaired one of mine by using a small tube for support and super glue. The tube was from the inside of a spray bottle but you could use a wire splice of the correct diameter. Don't crimp it though! Use a razor blade to cut the ends fresh and straight. Then slide them together inside the tube and orient the fibers for best light travel. Then glue so they stay in place. The tube should fit snuggly.
Short of running a new line, nothing you can do will give you back the original intensity of the light. Some WILL be lost in any splice.
Safety Car
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From: San Antonio TX
Re: Help!!!!! Fiber optic repair ? (78/81vette-medic)
Burning Brakes
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Re: Help!!!!! Fiber optic repair ? (78/81vette-medic)
Contact MELVIN(wherever he is) he was deffinitely the Guru of Fibre Optics,if you look in Archives you might find his posts--Spring or late Winter 2001 sounds bout right if my bonehead serves me right--Good Luck
SEMPER FI--1970 Dave
SEMPER FI--1970 Dave
