Fibre Optic Overhead Group Wire Optical Ground Wire (OPGW) is used in power utility for dual function as a ground or static wire and a path for transmission of voice, video or data signals through optical fibres allowing for fast, reliable and cost effective installations. Fibres are placed in a central stainless steel tube with water-resistant jelly filling; it is inserted into an aluminium pipe which provided added crush protection and increasing the conductivity. Over it one or two layers of aluminium coated steel wire or aluminium wire or aluminium alloy wire are stranded, stranded wires are selected to optimize mechanical and electrical properties of cable. They have high tensile load, long span and high crush resistance. Their small diameter and light weight minimize load to the tower.
Fibre Optic Overhead Group Wire Optical Ground Wire (OPGW) is used in power utility for dual function as a ground or static wire and a path for transmission of voice, video or data signals through optical fibres allowing for fast, reliable and cost effective installations. Fibres are placed in a central stainless steel tube with water-resistant jelly filling; it is inserted into an aluminium pipe which provided added crush protection and increasing the conductivity. Over it one or two layers of aluminium coated steel wire or aluminium wire or aluminium alloy wire are stranded, stranded wires are selected to optimize mechanical and electrical properties of cable. They have high tensile load, long span and high crush resistance. Their small diameter and light weight minimize load to the tower.
COMPLIANCEITU-T G652.B OS1ITU-T G652.D OS2 ITU-T G651.1 OM1 OM2 OM3 Om4 IEC60793-2-10 type A 1a.1/A 1b OM1/OM2 IEC60793-2-10 type A 1a.2 OM3 IEC60793-2-10 type A 1a.3 Om4 ISO/IEC 11801, ISO/IEC 24702 ANSI/TIA/EIA 568C.3 RoHS Compliant Directive 2002/95/EC |
Characteristics | Short Term |
Bend Radius (Short Term) |
20D |
Bend Radius (Long Term) |
10D |
Operating Temperature |
-20 °C to +60 °C |
Storage Temperature |
-40 °C to +85 °C |
Fibre Type | Max. Attenuation (dB/Km) |
Min. Overfill Launch Bandwidth (Mhz*Km) |
Min. Gigabit Ethernet Link Distance (M) |
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Gigabit | 10Gigabit | ||||||||
850nm | 1300nm | 1310nm | 1550nm | 850nm | 1300nm | 850nm | 1300nm | 850nm | |
OM1 62.5/125μm |
≤2.7 |
≤0.6 |
- |
- |
≥200 |
≥600 |
275 |
550 |
- |
OM2 50/125μm |
≤2.5 |
≤0.7 |
- |
- |
≥500 |
≥500 |
550 |
550 |
- |
OM3 50/125μm |
≤2.3 |
≤0.6 |
- |
- |
≥1500 |
≥500 |
1000 |
600 |
300 |
OM4 50/125μm |
≤2.3 |
≤0.6 |
- |
- |
≥3500 |
≥500 |
1000 |
600 |
550 |
OS1 9/125μm |
- |
- |
≤0.34 |
≤0.20 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
OS1 9/125μm |
- |
- |
≤0.34 |
≤0.24 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Fibre Number | Fibre Colour | ||
Fibre 1 |
Blue |
Fibre 1 |
Red |
Fibre 2 |
Orange |
Fibre 1 |
Black |
Fibre 3 |
Green |
Fibre 1 |
Yellow |
Fibre 4 |
Brown |
Fibre 1 |
Violet |
Fibre 5 |
Slate |
Fibre 1 |
Rose |
Fibre 6 |
White |
Fibre 1 |
Aqua |
Fibre 13 and higher the colour code is repeated with added black stripe or dash |
Part Number | Fibre Count | Outer Diameter (mm) |
Weight (Kg/Km) |
Breaking Strength (KN) |
20oC DC Resistance (Ohm/Km) |
Short Circuit Current (KA/sec) |
3117-41006FXXCL |
6 |
10.0 |
470 |
67 |
1.598 |
4.2 |
3117-41012FXXCL |
12 |
10.0 |
490 |
67 |
1.598 |
4.2 |
3117-41016FXXCL |
16 |
11.0 |
525 |
81 |
1.321 |
5.1 |
3117-41020FXXCL |
20 |
12.0 |
561 |
96 |
1.11 |
6.1 |
3117-41024FXXCL |
24 |
14.0 |
480 |
56 |
0.341 |
11.2 |
3117-41036FXXCL |
36 |
15.0 |
649 |
64 |
0.297 |
12.8 |
3117-41040FXXCL |
40 |
16.0 |
687 |
73 |
0.261 |
14.6 |
3117-41048FXXCL |
48 |
17.0 |
793 |
82 |
0.231 |
16.5 |