12-Fiber LC/UPC Single-Mode OS2 Pigtail, Jacketed, Removable Jacket, 3Meter (PGTLC12-SM)

This is a 12-fiber single-mode LC/UPC pigtail, 3 m long, with a removable yellow outer jacket. Each of the 12 OS2 fibers is a 900 µm tight-buffered strand with a factory-tested LC/UPC connector on one end and bare fiber on the other for fusion or mechanical splicing. The jacket protects the bundle on the way from the box to the tray and can be stripped back as far as you need, so the strands fan out loose where the space is tight and stay bundled where it isn't. The LC end plugs straight into an adapter panel, so a 12-fiber cable spliced to this pigtail becomes 12 LC ports in one tray. It's sold individually, as one 12-strand pigtail. For the same pigtail with no jacket at 2 m, the PGULC12-SM; for SC/APC, the PGUSC12-SMA; for the enclosure, the RMFP rack-mount panels and the WMFP wall-mount boxes.

Features

• 12 fibers, LC/UPC. Single-mode OS2, 9/125 µm, with a UPC connector on each strand.
• Removable jacket. Strip it back for a tight bend radius in a cramped enclosure, or leave it on for a longer route to the tray.
• 900 µm tight buffer. Sized for splice tray holders and splicer clamps.
• Factory-tested. Low insertion loss and return loss.
• For fusion or mechanical splicing. Bare fiber at the splice end.
• 3 m length.
• Sold individually. One 12-strand pigtail.

Where It Fits

It suits data centers and enterprise LANs terminating single-mode backbone in a rack panel, where LC is the port on the switch and the panel and the tray is a rack unit or two away from the adapters. It suits fiber distribution units and optical distribution frames in a telecom room, and splice trays in a wall-mount box. Crews who want the bundle protected on the route from the splice tray to the adapter plate, and bare only where it has to bend, use it, and so do installers who've had a loose unjacketed fan-out snag on a tray edge. A high-density panel where 12 LC ports have to come out of one tray is a candidate. It goes with the single-mode bulk fiber, the LC adapters, the splice trays and sleeves, and the fusion splicer from the fiber collections. For the unjacketed 2 m version, the PGULC12-SM. For SC/APC, the PGUSC12-SMA. For rack-mount splice panels, the RMFP-016 and RMFP-018. For a wall-mount box, the WMFP-011. For the LC patch cords on the other side of the panel, the LCLCSM.

Good to Know

Decide how much jacket to remove before you cut: the jacket is the strength member and the snag guard, so leave it on for the length of the route between the adapter plate and the tray and strip it only where the strands have to fan out and bend, which is usually the last foot or so at the tray. A 3 m pigtail gives you a meter more than the unjacketed version for exactly that reason; coil the excess in the slack ring rather than cutting it short. UPC is the flat-polish connector, usually blue, and it mates with UPC adapters and UPC cords; don't put it against an APC adapter or an APC cord, since the angled face meets the flat one with an air gap and the loss goes up. Strip the 900 µm buffer and the coating back to bare fiber, cleave, splice to the incoming cable, and seat the sleeve in the tray. Dress the bundle and tie it loosely to the tray so the connectors aren't carrying the fibers' weight, and keep the bend radius generous even where the strands are bare. Splice in the standard color sequence and match it to the incoming cable's buffer tubes so the as-built is honest. Clean and inspect every LC connector before it goes into an adapter, and keep the dust caps on until then.

Specifications

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