Advanced Backpack Fiber Prep Kit (TK-179B)

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The Jonard Tools TK-179B puts a fiber technician's access and prep tools on their back instead of in a case: eighteen tools for opening, slitting, ringing, stripping, and cutting fiber optic cable, in a padded technician's backpack that goes up a ladder, down a manhole, or across a campus with both hands free. The cable access side is broad. Four mid-span slit and ring tools cover 1.2 to 12 mm, a cable slit and ring tool and a round cable strip and ring tool handle jackets, a buffer tube ringer takes tubes to 6 mm, and two duct cutters, one for microduct and one for large fiber duct, open the ducts that blown fiber runs in. The three-hole fiber stripper takes the jacket, buffer, and coating down to the glass, Kevlar shears cut the strength member, and a splicing knife, a 10 to 22 AWG wire stripper, diagonal cutters, long nose pliers, an insulated probe pick, a multi-bit screwdriver, and a zoom flashlight cover the rest of what a closure, a cabinet, or a pedestal asks for.

What's in the Kit

• Mid-span slit and ring tools, 1.2 to 12 mm. MS-306 (1.2 to 3.3 mm), MS-316 (2.9 to 6.8 mm), MS-326 (5 to 10 mm), MS-426 (5.8 to 12 mm), for opening a cable sheath between its ends without touching the fibers inside.
• Jacket and buffer tube access. CSR-1575 cable slit and ring tool; CST-1900 round cable strip and ring tool; BTR-6 buffer tube ringer, for tubes up to 6 mm.
• Duct cutters. MDC-14 microduct tube cutter and MDC-64 large fiber duct cutter, for a square cut on the ducts that blown and pushed fiber runs in.
• Stripping and cutting. JIC-375 three-hole fiber optic stripper, for the jacket, the buffer coating, and the 250 µm coating down to the 125 µm glass; JIC-186 wire and Kevlar cutting shears for the strength member; JIC-1022 wire stripper, 10 to 22 AWG; KN-7 ergonomic cable splicing knife; JIC-2288 8 in high-leverage diagonal cutting pliers; JIC-842 long nose and side cutting pliers.
• General tools. JIC-22035 insulated probe pick for working wires in and out of contacts; SD-61 six-in-one multi-bit screwdriver with Phillips and other bits; FL-2000 LED flashlight with zoom lens.
• BP-100 technician's tool bag backpack. Carries the whole kit on your back, with the tools organized and padded on the move.

Where It Fits

It suits outside plant and FTTH technicians who walk to the work, from a pedestal to a pole to a hand hole, and want the kit on their back rather than in one hand, blown-fiber and microduct installs where the duct cutters earn their place, splicing crews doing mid-span entries on distribution cable for closures, MDU and campus techs moving between buildings and risers all day, and a company outfitting field technicians who are rarely near the van.

Good to Know

This is an access and prep kit, not a termination kit: it gets you from an unopened cable or duct to a stripped fiber, and the cleaver, the connector cleaners, the fusion splicer or connector kit, and the test gear come from elsewhere. Pick the slit and ring tool by the cable's outside diameter, and set the depth on a scrap before the first live cut on a cable you haven't opened before; the aim is to cut the sheath and nothing underneath. For a mid-span entry, make the two ring cuts first, then the lengthwise slit between them, and peel the sheath in sections. Ring a buffer tube with the BTR-6 and flex it to snap the tube rather than cutting through, which keeps the blade off the fibers. Cut microduct square with the duct cutter rather than with a knife or side cutters, since a crushed or angled duct end snags the fiber on the way in. The three-hole stripper takes the fiber down in stages, jacket, buffer, coating, with the coating off in short pulls so the glass isn't scored, and Kevlar goes to the shears, which stay sharp on it where ordinary cutters don't. The probe pick and the wire stripper are for the copper and the contacts in a hybrid cable or a powered cabinet; check for voltage before you open anything that may carry it. The loaded backpack weighs just under 12 lb, which is the point of the straps.

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