12-Fiber SC/APC Single-Mode OS2 Pigtail, Unjacketed 900 µm, 2 Meter (PGUSC12-SMA)

This is a 12-fiber single-mode SC/APC pigtail, 2 m long, with no outer jacket. Each of the 12 OS2 fibers is a 900 µm tight-buffered strand, color-coded for identification, with a factory-terminated and tested green SC/APC connector on one end and bare fiber on the other for splicing. The APC polish is the 8-degree angle, with a typical insertion loss under 0.3 dB and a typical return loss above 60 dB. Because there's no jacket, the 12 strands fan out loose from the connector end, which makes them easy to route to a splice tray and lets them bend tighter inside a crowded enclosure than a jacketed fan-out would. It's sold individually, as one 12-strand pigtail. For the enclosure, the WMFP-015 wall-mount APC box and the RMFP rack-mount panels; for the SC/APC adapters and the fusion splicer, see the fiber collections.

Features

• 12 fibers, SC/APC. Single-mode OS2, 9/125 µm, with a green APC connector on each strand.
• Unjacketed, 900 µm tight buffer. The 12 strands fan out loose for routing to a splice tray; color-coded.
• Factory-terminated and tested. 8° APC polish; insertion loss typically under 0.3 dB, return loss typically above 60 dB.
• 2 m length.
• 1310 and 1550 nm. Yellow single-mode fiber.
• Sold individually. One 12-strand pigtail.

Where It Fits

It suits FTTH and FTTB splice enclosures where a 12-fiber feeder is spliced out to SC/APC adapters in one tray. It suits optical distribution frames and fiber distribution units in a central office or a headend, where APC is the standard for low back reflection. Data center and campus crews terminating single-mode backbone in a rack panel use it, and so do contractors building out a wall-mount box in an MDU basement. Any PON or RF-over-glass plant that specifies APC is a candidate. It goes with the single-mode bulk fiber, the SC/APC adapters, the splice trays and sleeves, and the fusion splicer from the fiber collections. For a wall-mount APC enclosure, the WMFP-015. For rack-mount splice panels, the RMFP-016 and RMFP-018. For a splice box on a pole or an outside wall, the WMFP-005.

Good to Know

APC and UPC don't mix: a green APC connector mated to a blue UPC adapter or cord gives an air gap at the angled face, high loss, and possible end-face damage, so the adapters in the panel and the patch cords on the far side all have to be APC too. The 12 strands are 900 µm tight-buffered, which is the right size for a splice tray's holders and for a fusion splicer's clamps; strip the 900 µm buffer and the 250 µm coating back to bare fiber, cleave, splice to the incoming cable, and seat the sleeve in the tray. With no jacket there's no strength member, so the pigtail is for inside an enclosure only, never for a run between boxes, and the bundle wants to be dressed and tied loosely to the tray so the connectors aren't carrying the fibers' weight. Keep the bend radius generous even though the bare strands will tolerate tighter curves than a jacketed cable; the splice point is where a hard bend shows up as loss. Follow the color code when you splice: strand 1 blue through strand 12 aqua is the standard sequence, and matching it to the incoming cable's buffer tubes is what keeps the as-built honest. Clean and inspect every connector before it goes into an adapter, and keep the dust caps on until then. If 2 m is more than the tray needs, coil the excess in the tray's slack ring rather than cutting it short; a 2 m pigtail re-spliced later is worth having.

Specifications

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