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

New Zealand engineering teams can use the documented values below to compare the product with the intended channel and as-built requirements. This fiber drop cable carries a sealed optical interface at the two connection points: hardened SC APC connectors, every IP68 rated, mate directly with the outdoor terminal ports at the two sides of the optical path. It serves the spans where neither end is indoors: terminal to terminal, closure to pedestal, pole to facade box. The relevant cable is the round 5.0mm outdoor design 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

• 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
• Sealed tool-less mating with outdoor terminal ports

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 optical path between two sealed enclosures. On those spans the two connectors live outdoors, and the two need the sealed interface. The hardened-to-hardened drop cable provides exactly that: every end threads onto a matching terminal port and closes to IP68; therefore, the end-to-end 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 design 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 design. The relevant cable tolerates the tension of an aerial sag, the incidental pull during physical installation 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. G.657.A2 bend-insensitive glass tolerates a 7.5mm fiber bend radius; therefore, the pigtail section inside the hardware can be dressed tightly without adding loss. The glass is fully compatible with the G.652.D feeder plant upstream, keeping the loss-budget calculation of the access network unchanged.

Repeatability for network builds

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

Length range and customization

Each drop cable in this product line is manufactured to the length stated with the order rather than picked from fixed stock sizes, given that last-mile routes differ from a few meters to well over a hundred. The relevant 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 the two enclosures. Specifying the measured channel length avoids the two the slack storage problem of an overlong cable and the strain risk of one that is too short.

Optical testing and quality checks

Each optical assembly is terminated with precision zirconia ferrule hardened connectors and optically tested as a full cable: insertion loss is verified against the 0.3dB ceiling and return loss against the 60dB minimum. The two connectors are checked for seal integrity as well as optical behavior; therefore, the delivered optical path can be threaded onto the terminal ports and put into service without on-site rework.

How to Specify and Order

Refer to the hardened-to-hardened drop cable product line when requisitioning a quotation and state the span length, terminal types and quantity per length. For mixed builds with a standard SC APC end for the subscriber side, or other hardened connector styles, send the site requirement with the enquiry and the factory will cross-check the manufacturable specification before production is released. New Zealand project orders can include documentation and labeling requirements alongside the technical configuration.