Here’s a quick set of tips for a clean and reliable fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) installation:
1. Use One Continuous Fiber Cable
Minimize connectors — each joint adds time, cost, and signal loss.
Avoid crushing, excessive bending, or machine pulling during installation.
2. Indoor/Outdoor Routing
Use conduits or trays indoors and avoid sharp bends.
Outdoor connections should be fusion-spliced and placed in protective enclosures.
3. Prefer Fusion Splicing
Cold connectors are fast but have higher loss (0.3–0.5 dB).
Fusion splicing provides the best performance (≤0.1 dB), especially for high-speed projects.
Splice Closure
Splice Closure
Termination Box
4. Test Before Going Live
Use an optical power meter to confirm the loss is within acceptable range.
If not, inspect the splice points until resolved.
