purple, rose and aqua. The colored jacket allows for easy
visual identification of the cables. The standard jacket
color will be determined by the dominant fiber type in
the cable and will use the standard part numbers shown
here. Contact Customer Care at 1-800-743-2675 to order
other color options.
Standards
Approval and Listings
National Electrical Code
®
(NEC
®
) OFNR, CSA FT-4,
ICEA S-83-596
UL-1666 (for riser and gen-
eral building applications)
Flame Resistance
Flame-Retardant
Outer Jacket
Tight-Buffered
Fiber
Dielectric Strength
Members
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Flame-Retardant
Outer Jacket
Tight-Buffered
Fiber
Dielectric Strength
Members
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False
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Specifications
Temperature Range
Storage
Operation
-40 °C to 70 °C (-40 °F to 158 °F)
-20 °C to 70 °C (-4 °F to 158 °F)
*
Corning Cable Systems recommends storing cable in a proper temperature environment prior to installation to allow the cable temperature to meet installation
temperature range specifications for best installation results.
Mechanical Characteristics Cable
Max. Tensile Strengths, Short-Term
Max. Tensile Strengths, Long-Term
Fiber
Count
Multimode
2
2
2
Interconnect
Interconnect
Interconnect
1.6 mm x 3.3 mm
(0.06 in x 0.13 in)
2 mm x 4 mm
(0.08 in x 0.16 in)
2.8 mm x 5.6 mm
(0.11 in x 0.22 in)
50 mm
(2 in)
50 mm
(2 in)
50 mm
(2 in)
8 mm
(0.3 in)
10 mm
(0.4 in)
14 mm
(0.55 in)
4.6 kg/km
(3.1 lb/1000 ft)
6.7 kg/km
(4.5 lb/1000 ft)
12.8 kg/km
(8.5 lb/1000 ft)
Product Type
Nominal Outer Diameter
220 N (50 lbf)
66 N (15 lbf)
Min. Bend
Radius
Installation
Min. Bend
Radius Opera-
tion
Weight
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Fiber
Count
Product Type
Nominal Outer Diameter
Min. Bend
Radius
Installation
50 mm
(2 in)
50 mm
(2 in)
50 mm
(2 in)
Min. Bend
Radius Opera-
tion
25 mm
(1 in)
25 mm
(1 in)
25 mm
(1 in)
Weight
Single-Mode
2
2
2
Interconnect
Interconnect
Interconnect
1.6 mm x 3.3 mm
(0.06 in x 0.13 in)
2 mm x 4 mm
(0.08 in x 0.16 in)
2.8 mm x 5.6 mm
(0.11 in x 0.22 in)
4.6 kg/km
(3.1 lb/1000 ft)
6.7 kg/km
(4.5 lb/1000 ft)
12.8 kg/km
(8.5 lb/1000 ft)
*
Installed single-mode minimum bend radius of 20 mm is acceptable with a length no longer than 1 m subjected to the bend.
Chemical Characteristics
RoHS
Free of hazardous substances according to RoHS 2002/95/
EG
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Transmission Performance
Fiber Type
Fiber Core Diameter (µm)
Fiber Category
Fiber Code
Performance Option Code
Wavelengths (nm)
Maximum Attenuation (dB/km)
Min. Overfilled Launch (OFL)
Bandwidth (MHz*km)
Minimum Effective Modal
Bandwidth (EMB) (MHz*km)
Serial 1 Gigabit Ethernet (m)
Serial 10 Gigabit Ethernet (m)
Induced Attenuation @ 7.5 mm
Radius (dB)
Multimode
62.5
OM1
K
30
850 / 1300
3.4 / 1.0
200 / 500
220 / -
300 / 550
33 / -
Multimode
50
OM2
T
31
850 / 1300
2.8 / 1
700 / 500
950 / -
750 / 600
150 / -
Multimode
50
OM3
T
80
850 / 1300
2.8 / 1
1500 / 500
2000 / -
1000 / 600
300 / -
< 30 up to 80
Multimode
50
OM4
T
90
850 / 1300
2.8 / 1
3500 / 500
4700 / -
1100 / 600
550 / -
Multimode
50
OM4
Extended
Distance
T
91
850 / 1300
2.8 / 1
3500 / 500
5350 / -
1100 / 600
600 / -
5000 / - / -
10000 / - /
40000
Single-mode
8.2
OS2
E
31
1310 / 1383
/ 1550
0.65 / 0.65
/ 0.5
* Assumes 1.0 dB maximum total connector/splice loss.
* Assumes 0.7 dB maximum total connector/splice loss.
* Meets 0.75 ns optical skew when used in all Corning Cable Systems Plug & Play™/Pretium EDGE
®
Systems Solutions.
* ITU-T G.652 D compliant.
Notes:
1)
Improved attenuation and bandwidth options available.
2)
Bend-insensitive single-mode fibers available on request.
3)
Contact a Corning Cable Systems Customer Care Representative for additional information.
4)
50 µm multimode fiber macrobend loss ≤ 0.2 dB at 850 nm for two turns around 7.5 mm radius mandrel.
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Ordering Information |
Contact Customer Care at 1-800-743-2671 for other options.
This cable is available in 12 different jacket colors - blue, orange, green, brown, slate, white, red, black, yellow, purple, rose and aqua. The colored jacket allows
for easy visual identification of the cables while still providing all of the required environmental protection of an indoor/outdoor cable jacket. Black is the standard
jacket color using the standard part numbers shown here. Contact Customer Care at 1-800-743-2675 to order other color options.
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