When technicians strip too much coating off optical fibers, they're committing what's known as over-stripping, which weakens the fiber and affects how well it works. The actually required strip length may be specified by the supplier of a fusion splicer or fiber connectors to be applied. In cases where a longer length needs to be stripped, one should usually not strip. Unless the weakened fiber breaks during production processing, there is no way to measure if the fiber has been. Executive Summary: Fiber optic cable failures cost enterprises an average of $15,000 per hour in network downtime—yet most catastrophic losses stem from a handful of preventable installation errors.
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