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Technical Specifications

General Information

• Part Number: 109-24108

• Product Description: 8C Outdoor Armor Fiber Cable Loose Tube Self Supporting Aerial Type, OS2

• Fiber Count: 8 Fibers

• Category: OS2 (Single-Mode)

• Fiber Type: G.652D

Construction Details

• Fiber Coating: Colored, 250µm ±15µm

• Fiber Colors: Blue, Orange, Green, Brown, Grey, Natural, Red, Black

• Loose Tube Material: PBT

• Loose Tube Dimension: 2.0mm ±0.05mm

• Strength Member: Stranded Steel Wire, 3.0mm diameter

• Outer Jacket Material: PE (Polyethylene)

• Outer Jacket Color: Black

• Outer Jacket Dimension: 8.0mm ±0.3mm

Optical Performance

• Attenuation (@1310nm): ≤ 0.36 dB/km

• Attenuation (@1550nm): ≤ 1.0 dB/km

• Cable Cutoff Wavelength: ≤ 1260 nm

• Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD): ≤ 0.2 ps/√km

• Core Diameter: 9.2µm ±0.4

• Cladding Diameter: 124.8µm ±0.7

Mechanical & Environmental

• Tensile Load (Long Term): 1000 N

• Tensile Load (Short Term): 3000 N

• Crush Resistance (Long Term): 300 N/10cm

• Crush Resistance (Short Term): 1000 N/10cm

• Minimum Bend Radius (Dynamic): 20x Cable Diameter

• Minimum Bend Radius (Static): 10x Cable Diameter

• Installation Temperature: -20°C to +60°C

• Operating Temperature: -40°C to +70°C

• Storage Temperature: -40°C to +70°C

Standards & Compliance

• ISO/IEC 11801

• ANSI/TIA-568.2-D

• IEC 60794-1

• Bellcore GR-20-CORE

• CENELEC EN 50173

Applications

• Aerial Network Installations (Pole-to-Pole)

• Telecommunications Backbone Infrastructure

• Long-Haul and Metropolitan Network Trunks

• FTTx (Fiber to the x) Distribution Networks

• Broadband Service Provider Networks

• Local Loop and Feeder Cables