Honestly, I just found out the average fiber drop cable can handle a bend radius of like 20 times its diameter without signal loss. Read it in a spec sheet from Corning.

I was always super careful, basically treating it like glass. Had a job last week where the path was tight around a corner in an attic, and the homeowner showed me the spec from the box. Tried it, and the signal was perfect. Been overthinking it for years. What's the tightest bend you guys have had to make that still worked okay?

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the_drew25d ago

That Corning spec sheet is a real eye-opener. I had a nearly identical moment last year running a line through a pre-war building's conduit. The existing path had a hard 90-degree turn that made me cringe. I held my breath testing it, but the light levels were spot on. It's funny how we build these habits based on old fears. Makes you wonder what else we're being too careful about.

oliver_nguyen1525d ago

Old fears become hard habits. We stick to rules that don't matter anymore just because they feel safe. It takes a real world test to finally let go.

claire87225d ago

Man, you just made me realize something. We always worry about the cable itself, but what about the connectors? I had a perfect signal on a tight bend once, but the cheap plastic housing on the connector cracked from the stress a week later. The bend was fine, but the weak point moved.