Took a chance on those cheap fiber splicers from eBay

I figured $150 was too good to be true for a fusion splicer. Last month it actually fused a 12-count ribbon clean on the first try in a wet pedestal in Ohio. Anybody else gamble on budget gear and get lucky?

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burns.brooke1d ago

Lucky find... those things usually just melt the buffer.

kellyj231d ago

Wait, you're telling me those things actually work without torching the whole buffer? I had one fry a drive so bad it smelled like burnt toast for a week. Guess I got the defective batch or something.