Fiber Prep Kit with Connector Cleaners, Visual Fault Locator+ (TK-161)

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The Jonard Tools TK-161 Fiber Prep Kit+ is the case for getting a fiber cable open, stripped, and clean, and for finding the fault when a link won't come up. Four slitting and ringing tools open round cable, drop cable, buffer tubes up to 6 mm, and mid-span entries from 1.2 to 3.3 mm; the three-hole JIC-375 strips the 1.6 to 3 mm jacket, the 600 to 900 µm buffer, and the 250 µm coating down to the glass; Kevlar shears cut the strength member; the FCC-125 and FCC-250 cleaners and a pack of wet fiber wipes clean 1.25 mm and 2.5 mm ferrules in LC, MU, SC, FC, and ST connectors and the adapters they sit in; and the VFL-150 visual fault locator lights up a break, a tight bend, or a bad connection with visible red light. Diagonal cutters, long nose pliers, a multi-bit screwdriver, and a zoom flashlight round out a 21-pocket case that keeps fourteen tools in their places. It's the TK-151 without the cleaver, for a technician who terminates with pre-polished connectors, works from a splice trailer that has its own cleaver, or wants the prep and cleaning set without paying for a tool they already own.

What's in the Kit

• Cable access. BTR-6 buffer tube ringer (up to 6 mm); FOD-2000 fiber optic drop cable slitter; MS-306 mid-span slit and ring tool (1.2 to 3.3 mm); CST-1900 round cable strip and ring tool. Between them they slit and ring the fiber cable types an installer meets without touching the fibers inside.
• Stripping and cutting. JIC-375 three-hole fiber optic stripper, for the 1.6 to 3 mm jacket, the 600 to 900 µm buffer coating, and the 250 µm coating, exposing the 125 µm glass; JIC-186 wire and Kevlar cutting shears for the strength member, cable insulation, tape, and ties; JIC-2288 8 in high-leverage diagonal cutting pliers; JIC-842 long nose and side cutting pliers.
• Cleaning. FCC-125 fiber connector cleaner for 1.25 mm ferrules in recessed adapters and LC and MU connectors; FCC-250 fiber connector cleaner for 2.5 mm ferrules in recessed adapters and FC, SC, and ST connectors; FW-5 wet fiber wipes, pack of 5.
• Testing. VFL-150 visual fault locator kit, which detects fiber breakpoints, leaks, poor connections, and stress points.
• General tools. SD-61 six-in-one multi-bit screwdriver with Phillips and other bits; FL-2000 LED flashlight with zoom lens.
• H-90 rugged 21-pocket tool case. A pocket for every tool and room for the small parts, so a missing tool shows before you leave the site.

Where It Fits

It suits installers terminating with pre-polished mechanical connectors who need prep and cleaning but not a cleaver, FTTH and MDU technicians opening drop cable and mid-span entries and cleaning connectors at the ONT and the terminal, maintenance teams who need to find a break and clean a connector without calling in a contractor, a splice crew's second case for the technician who isn't at the splicer, and a company outfitting new fiber technicians with a matched set from one maker.

Good to Know

This is a prep and cleaning kit, not a termination kit: it gets the fiber opened, stripped, and clean, and the cleaver, the fusion splicer or connector kit, and the loss test gear come from elsewhere; the TK-151 is this kit with the FC-500 precision cleaver added, for fusion work. Set the depth on a scrap before the first live cut on a cable you haven't opened before, since the aim is to cut the sheath and nothing underneath. 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. Strip in stages with the three-hole stripper, jacket, then buffer, then coating, taking the coating off in short pulls rather than one long one so the glass isn't scored. Clean every ferrule before every mating, and look before you connect; the push cleaners handle the ferrule in a connector and down inside an adapter, and the wet wipes are for the bulk cleaning before that. The wipes are a consumable, so stock refills. The visual fault locator puts a visible red laser down the fiber, and a break or a tight bend glows through the jacket on short runs; use it on a dark fiber, never look into the output or into an unterminated fiber while it's on, and remember it finds the gross faults, not the loss, which is a power meter and light source's job. Confirm what's in a hybrid cable before you open it, since none of these tools are rated for cutting into a cable that may carry power. The kit weighs about 7 lb loaded.

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