How to Install Fiber Patch Panel?

Nowadays, fiber optic patch panel are becoming more and more popular in fiber optic wiring systems, especially in high-density wiring environments. Such as data centers and server rooms. Fiber patch panel are convenient for people to access fiber optic cables in the box. And they can protect fiber optic cables well. In addition, the drawer-type structure facilitates high-density wiring and cable management. Since fiber optic cables fragile and easily damaged by pulling, bending or squeezing. We should very careful when installing fiber optic cables in fiber optic patch panels.

Installing a fiber patch panel can divided into three steps. Installing the fiber optic patch panel on the rack. Introducing the fiber optic cable into the fiber optic patch panel. And planning the fiber optic cable path in the fiber optic patch panel. Here are the detailed instructions for the three steps:

1.How to install the Fiber Patch Panel on the Rack?

This step is very easy. We only need to install the brackets on both sides of the fiber patch panel. And then fix the brackets in the designated position of the rack with screws. Before installing the fiber optic patch panel. We should first confirm the installation direction of the optical distribution box according to our needs.

2.How to introduce Fiber Optic Cables Into the Fiber Optic Patch Panel?

After the fiber optic patch panel fixed on the rack, the fiber optic cable can introduced into the fiber optic patch panel through the cable hole. At this time, it is necessary to prepare a suitable sheath to help us guide and fix the fiber optic cable in the fiber optic patch panel. The fiber optic cable here usually uses pre-terminated branch fiber optic jumpers or pigtails.

Since the front panel of the fiber optic patch panel can pulled out. The length of the fiber optic trunk cable in the patch panel should long enough. As shown in the figure below, in order to ensure that the fiber optic cable not subjected to excessive tension when the front panel of the patch panel is fully pulled out. The cable length between A and B should not less than 31 inches. In addition, A, B and other necessary locations in the fiber optic patch panel need to use cable ties to fix the optical cable. Removable cable ties also used in the figure above. Single branch cables do not need to be fixed with ties.

3.Planning the Fiber Optic Path in the Fiber Optic Distribution Box

After the optical cable is fixed. You can start routing the branch optical cable. First, connect each pre-terminated fiber pigtail to the adapter panel to ensure that the ports correspond to each other. Then fix the fiber optic adapter panel to the front panel of the distribution box by the bending radius control clamp. During this process, please careful not to exceed the bending radius of each optical cable.

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