Rodent Protection For Fiber Optic Cables

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Rodent protection for fiber optic cables.

This rodent protection gives a 100 effective protection. Those methods include surrounding the cable with a physical barrier the use of lethal toxins poisons the use of repellants or the use of non lethal chemicals. The cable is of relatively lightweight and has a good flexibility. Applied photonic devices danielson ct is now the general photonics division of general cable the rodents chewed completely through severing the jacket kevlar and fiber.

As standard the tape is 0 155 mm. The anti rodent fiber optic cable is suitable for use in many places with lots of rats. During the cable manufacturing process the tape is corrugated in order to give the cable better bending performance. Recently mice chewed through a section of fiber optic zipcord located inside one of our trailer offices.

The cable is an opti pak ofnr rated product manufactured by apd inc. Its special material prevents communication interruption caused by fiber damage in the cable. I know that outdoors fiber cable is. There are several methods to protect cables from rodent damage and ultimately discouraging rodents from chewing on the outer surfaces of a cable assembly jacket.