Hardened SC APC to Hardened SC APC Fiber Drop Cable, OS2, IP68, Custom Length

For Tanzanian site work, correct product selection should be followed by careful transport, connector inspection and retention of the fiber records. This fiber drop cable carries a sealed optical interface at both connector ends: hardened SC APC connectors, each IP68 rated, mate directly with the outdoor terminal ports at both sides of the connection. It serves the spans where neither end is indoors: terminal to terminal, closure to pedestal, pole to facade box. The supplied cable is the round 5.0mm outdoor build with one G.657.A2 bend-insensitive OS2 fiber, rated at 1200N tensile load and 1200N crush resistance, factory terminated and manufactured to the ordered length.

Product Highlights

• Sealed tool-less mating with outdoor terminal ports
• Round 5.0mm construction, 1200N tensile and crush rating
• G.657.A2 bend-insensitive fiber, 20/10D cable bend radius
• Insertion loss ≤0.3dB, return loss ≥60dB
• Manufactured to the ordered route length
• Hardened SC APC (IP68) at both ends

Specifications

Sealed at both ends for outdoor spans

Some drop routes never come indoors: a distribution terminal on the pole feeding a facade box across the street, a closure feeding a pedestal in a garden plot, a handhole connection between two sealed enclosures. On those spans both connectors live outdoors, and both need the sealed interface. The hardened-to-hardened drop cable offers exactly that: each end threads onto a matching terminal port and closes to IP68; thus, the entire channel is environmentally sealed without a single field splice or enclosure seam.

The 1200N round construction

Spanning between structures asks more of a cable than a wall entry does. The round 5.0mm build carries its strength members around the core, rated at 1200N short-term tensile load and 1200N crush resistance per 100mm, roughly three times the rating of the flat drop build. The supplied cable tolerates the tension of an aerial sag, the incidental pull when deploying the product through conduit, and the crushing loads of duct sharing and ground work. The 20/10D cable bend radius keeps the glass safe at pole hardware and enclosure entries.

G.657.A2 glass in sealed hardware

Sealed terminals and pedestals are compact inside, and the fiber within them bends sharply around splice trays and port fields. Because G.657.A2 bend-insensitive glass tolerates a 7.5mm fiber bend radius, the pigtail section inside the hardware may generally be dressed tightly without adding loss. The glass is fully compatible with the G.652.D feeder plant upstream, keeping the optical link budget of the access network unchanged.

Repeatability for network builds

Terminal-to-terminal links repeat across a network by the hundreds. Specifying one cable build, one connector pair and a length layout per span type lets the factory build every connection identically, with the identical optical test record on each. Crews install the identical unit at every location, spares reduce to a handful of length variants, and the documentation for the whole rollout follows one template.

Custom lengths as standard practice

Since last-mile routes differ from a few meters to well over a hundred, every drop cable in this series is manufactured to the length stated with the order rather than picked from fixed stock sizes,. The supplied cable is manufactured to the length stated with the order; measure the span including the sag allowance on aerial routes and the dressing slack inside both enclosures. Specifying the measured path length avoids both the slack storage problem of an overlong cable and the strain risk of one that is too short.

Factory quality control and testing

Every supplied assembly is terminated with precision zirconia ferrule hardened connectors and optically tested as a complete cable: insertion loss is verified against the 0.3dB ceiling and return loss against the 60dB minimum. Because both connectors are checked for seal integrity as well as optical operation, the delivered connection may generally be threaded onto the terminal ports and put into service without on-site rework.

Purchase and Factory Support

Refer to the hardened-to-hardened drop cable series when purchasing a quotation and state the span length, terminal types and number of units per length. For mixed builds with a standard SC APC end for the subscriber side, or other hardened connector styles, send the site specification with the request and the factory will ensure the manufacturable specification before fabrication. For Tanzanian deliveries, the order details should include any site identification needed by the installation team.