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Re: fiber optic bundles
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"end glow fiber optic pool lighting" in Google will likely yield a few manufacturers. I have only seen pre-made bundles up to 13mm (126Strand), but I'm sure there are larger. These typically have a black ABS or PVC sheath. To get the size you want, a custom bundle would be needed of about 100,000 strands. It could be packed into an 18" flexible plastic culvert pipe. There are also side-emitting bundles, if the goal is to be able to see the glow along the sides of the cable. 

Regards from sunny California!


Stephen Miles Uzzo, PhD.
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On Dec 12, 2011, at 5:15 PM, Glen Moore wrote:

> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
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> I used thick fibres for something similar (approx 20mm dia). They were used for lighting swimming pools etc from a remote light source.
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> From: Informal Science Education Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Eric Siegel
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> Subject: Re: fiber optic bundles
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> hi, steve!  just light
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> On Dec 12, 2011, at 3:55 PM, Stephen Uzzo wrote:
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>> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
>> Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions.
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>> Are you looking to have images or just light go from one end to the other?
>> 
>> Stephen Miles Uzzo, PhD.
>> VP, Science & Technology
>> New York Hall of Science
>> 47-01 111th Street
>> Flushing Meadows Corona Park, NY 11368 USA
>> V +1.718 595.9177
>> F +1.718.699.5227
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>> On Dec 12, 2011, at 1:15 PM, Eric Siegel wrote:
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>>> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
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>>> hello, all:
>>> 
>>> We are talking about making a fiber optic bundle for an exhibition.  I envision something about a 18 inches to 2 feet across (could have a hollow core, but it needs to have a big cross section), and running about 50-75 feet.
>>> 
>>> A few questions...
>>> 
>>> 1) Sources?
>>> 2) Anything I should know about in casting about for this?
>>> 3) Costs?
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance!
>>> 
>>> Eric
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