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Fiber and Copper
How to Calculate Conduit Fill
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Interlock Armored Cable Application Guide
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Pathway Separation Between Telecommunication Cables and Power Cables
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Premises Cable Conduit Fill Quick Reference
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Premises Cable Installation Guide
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Premises Cable Temperature Guidelines
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Using OSP Indoors
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What is Indoor/Outdoor Cable?
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Packaging
Descriptions
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OSP Reel Handling and Storage
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OSP Broadband Cable Reel Transfer Guidelines
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Reel Dimension Diagram Key
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Premises Fiber Reels
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OSP Fiber Wood Reels
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OSP Fiber/Copper Steel Reels
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OSP Copper Wood Reels
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Miscellaneous
Glossary of Terms
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Metric Measurement Conversions
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Fiber
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Basics
Optical Fiber Types
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Optical Fiber Selection Chart
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ANSI/TIA/EIA-598-B Standard Colors
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Standard Jacket Colors
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OSP Fiber Cable Temperature Guidelines
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OSP Fiber: Dry or Gel-Filled Loose Tube Construction Which is Right for Me?
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OSP Flooding Compound and Jacket Marking Options
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OSP Central/Strength Member Options
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Fire Resistance Ratings
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Application/
Installation Guides
Attaching a Pulling Line to Optical Fiber Cable
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Recommended Breakout Kits
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Recommended Preparation Tools
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Solving the Problem of Excess Drop Cable
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Wind Farm Products
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Sag and Tension Guides
Loose Tube Figure 8
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Loose Tube Single Jacket Single Armor Figure 8
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Loose Tube Double Jacket Single Armor Figure 8
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Single Loose Tube Figure 8
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Single Loose Tube Single Armor Figure 8
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Splicing Practices
Loose Tube End Preparation
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Loose Tube Mid-Span Access
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Single Loose Tube End Preparation
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Single Loose Tube Mid-Span Access
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Universal/Toneable FTTP End Preparation
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Copper
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Basics
American Wire Gauge (AWG) Sizes
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Balanced Twisted Pair Transmission Categories
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Decoding the Print Legends of Premises Copper Category Cables
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NEC Fire Resistance Ratings
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Canadian Central Office Insulation Color Codes
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OSP Copper Core Lay-up Diagrams - Full Count
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OSP Copper Core Lay-up Diagrams - Mirror Image
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OSP Copper Cable Temperature Guidelines
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OSP Pair and Binder Identification Colors
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Maximum Pulling Tension
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Minimum Bend Radius
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Selecting the Right Fire Alarm/Security Control Cable
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Specification Information
ANSI/TIA-568-C.2 Category 6A
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| 09.16.10
ANSI/TIA-568-C.2 Category 6
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ANSI/TIA-568-C.2 Category 5e
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| 09.16.10
Decoding BELL Product Codes
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Decoding RUS Product Codes
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RUS PE-39 vs. PE-89
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Telcordia (Bellcore) vs. RUS
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| 09.15.10
Application/
Installation Guides
ADP NMS Access
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ADP S Application Guide
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BW NS End Preparation for Splicing
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Cable Lubricants
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Central Office Features and Applications
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Copper Twisted Pair for Below-Grade Conduit
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Does CAT 6 Support 10GBASE-T?
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Mechanical Protection (+M) for Extreme Risk Environments
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OSP Broadband Installation Guidelines
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OSP Copper Features and Applications
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Telephone Wire/Cable for Power, Control and Similar Applications
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Sag and Tension Guides
ADP NMS
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ADP NMS (6x24) Compact Design
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ADP S
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Aerial Drop Wire
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ADW
C-Rural Wire
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IMRDW
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IMRDWS
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Integrated Messenger Wire
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IM/F and IM/H
SEALPIC-84 and SEALPIC-FSF-84
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Superior Essex makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of the technical guidelines provided in this section. It is always recommended that any installation be in accordance with NEC/NESC codes as well as applicable state, county and local ordinances.