Minimum Bend Radius & Maximum Pulling Tension for Fiber Optic Cable
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>> Minimum Bend Radius & Maximum Pulling Tension for Fiber Optic Cable Based on ANSI/TIA 568 (C.0, C.2, C.3)
Cable Type and Installation Details | Maximum Tensile Load During Installation | Minimum Bend Radii While Subject to Maximum Tensile Load (During Installation) | No Tensile Load (After Installation) |
Inside Plant Cable with 2 or 4 Fibers Installed in Cabling Subsystem 1 | 220 N | 2 inches | 1 inch |
Inside Plant Cable with more than 4 Fiber | Per Manufacturer | 20 times of Outside Diameter (O.D.) | 10 times of Outisde Diameter (O.D.) |
Indoor/Outdoor Cable with up to 12 Fibers | 1335 N | ||
Indoor/Outdoor Cable with more than 12 Fibers | 2670 N | ||
Outside Plant Cable | 2670 N | ||
Drop Cable Installed by Pulling | 1335 N | ||
Drop Cable Installed by Directly Buried, Trenched or Blown into Ducts | 440 N |