MX-SERIES – FIGURE-8 MESSENGER CABLES

INSTALLATION ZONE RECOMMENDATION

Outdoor aerial installations along utility poles for cable television, telecom or other outside plant campus backbone applications without the need for cable lashing

FEATURES:

• Figure-eight construction for use with standard messenger clamping and support hardware
• Ideal for new installations; the figure-eight messenger cable reduces installation time and cost by approximately 50% compared to separate installation of a messenger wire and the lashing of the cable to the messenger
• Wide operating temperature range of -40°C to +85°C
• 1/4-inch galvanized messenger standard
• Polyethylene outer cable jacket for excellent UV and weather resistance
• Designed to the NESC requirements for light, medium and heavy storm loads (see cable characteristics table for maximum span lengths) *All-dielectric messenger available upon request.

STANDARDS:

OCC figure-eight tight-buffered fiber optic cables meet the functional requirements of the following standards:

• ICEA-S-87-640
• TIA-568
• TIA-598