How to identify the refurbished optical transceiver module

How to Identify The Refurbished OpticalTransceiver Module

Nowadays, there is a variety optical transceivers on the market and some of them may be therefurbished optical transceivers. Driven by the huge economic profit, some unscrupulous manufacturersmislead customers to use the refurbished or inferior optical transceiver modules on their switches,servers, base station equipment or storage devices. What's worse, they have even faked the famousbrand optical transceiver modules. These shoddy refurbished optical transceivers illegally entered themarkets may result in heavy losses to us. This article is explaining how to identify the refurbishedtransceiver modules, and buy a high-quality transceiver module.

Sources & Disadvantages of the Refurbished Optical Transceiver ModuleSource

In general, the sources of refurbished transceiver module include the following two ways.

Some transceiver modules have been used for certain years, and they will be eliminated due to theupdate of equipment or damaged due to improper use. The unscrupulous manufacturers recyclethese old or damaged transceiver and refurbish them, these refurbished transceiver modulesgenerally have serious impact on the service life.Some unqualified transceiver modules can not pass the on line tests and ready to destroy. Theseunqualified transceivers are used by the unscrupulous manufactures to fake the high-qualitytransceivers. However, the parameters of these transceivers are not standard. It will have a greatimpact on the stability of data transmission, and even have serious damages on the equipment.

Disadvantages

The generally speaking refurbished transceiver modules are referred to the secondhand or unqualifiedtransceiver modules mentioned above. They are bought by some unscrupulous businessmen of lowprices and renewed with a number of technical renovation (for example: replacing the shell, replacingthe clasp, or replacing the labels, etc). These refurbished transceivers have a lower price than theoriginal one and can easily attract the users. However, many issues have been occurred when using:

Pollution on the light pathEasy to damageShort using lifeLow receiving sensitivityCannot meet the high or low temperature working environment

How to Identify The Refurbished Optical Transceiver Module

Here are three methods to identify the refurbished optical transceiver module:

Appearance recognition. Check the appearance of the transceiver modules: new module'sappearance generally has good consistency while the refurbished module is not glossy, and havesome wear and scratches in the rim angle. Many refurbished transceivers are replaced with a newshell, in this case, we can see the interface of the modules, if there is dust and not smooth, it isthe refurbished modules.Check the ferrule. Pulled out of the dust cap, we can see the ferrule in the bore. In general, themultimode transceiver has plastic ferrules or metal ferrules while the singlemode transceiver hasthe metal ferrule. A second-hand old module is lack of glossy, and generally rough and withscratch that has a bad consistency. The ferrules of a new quality module is brightness of color and

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lustre and has a good consistency.Put the modules working under the status of 50-60 °C and see if it is working properly. Ingenerally, a refurbished optical transceiver module can not work well or even disconnect.

Avoiding Refurbished Transceiver Module, A Quality Vendor Is Necessary

No matter there are how many tips or methods on how to identify, the best way to avoid buyingrefurbished transceiver module is to choose a quality vendor. The reason why many users have boughtthe refurbished transceivers is the attractive low price of them. As we know, the costs for transceivermodules modules keep adding up over time. In order to save more, a low cost option of the transceiveris the expectation of the users. How and where to find a quality vendor? Fiberstore is your best choice.Fiberstore provides a full set of compatible fiber optic transceiver module solution cover all the famousbrands, such as Cisco, HP, Finisar and so on, which can satisfy you with a full range of services. Inaddition, we can also offer the custom service for your special requirements.

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