12-Strand SC/APC Single-Mode Fiber Pigtail, Removable Jacket, 3 Meter (PGTSC12-SMA)

This is a 12-fiber single-mode SC/APC pigtail, 3 meters long, with a removable yellow outer jacket. Each of the 12 OS2 fibers is a 900 µm tight-buffered strand with a factory-tested green SC/APC connector on one end and bare fiber on the other for fusion or mechanical splicing. The APC polish is the 8-degree angle, with a return loss typically above 60 dB. 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 SC end plugs straight into an adapter panel, so a 12-fiber cable spliced to this pigtail becomes 12 SC/APC ports in one tray. It's sold individually, as one 12-strand pigtail. For the same APC pigtail with no jacket at 2 meters, the PGUSC12-SMA; for a UPC plant, the jacketed PGTLC12-SM in LC or the PGUSC12-SM in SC; for the enclosure, the WMFP-015 wall-mount APC box and the RMFP rack-mount panels.

Features

• 12 fibers, SC/APC. Single-mode OS2, 9/125 µm, with a green APC connector on each strand.
• 8° APC polish. Return loss typically above 60 dB, for PON and RF-over-glass plants that need low back reflection.
• 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.
• For fusion or mechanical splicing. Bare fiber at the splice end.
• 3 meter length.
• 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 and the tray sits a rack unit or two away from the adapter plate. 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. CATV and RF-over-glass crews building out a headend or a node cabinet use it, and so do contractors terminating a PON in a wall-mount box in an MDU basement. Any plant that specifies APC and wants the bundle protected on the route from the tray to the adapters 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 the unjacketed 2 meter APC version, the PGUSC12-SMA. For a UPC plant, the PGUSC12-SM in SC or the jacketed PGTLC12-SM in LC. For a wall-mount APC enclosure, the WMFP-015. For rack-mount splice panels, the RMFP-016 and RMFP-018. For the SC/APC patch cords on the other side of the panel, the SCASCASM, and for SC/APC to LC/APC, the LCASCASM.

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 jacket is yellow, as on any single-mode pigtail; the green is on the connector bodies, and that's the color to check when you're sorting APC from UPC in a tray. 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 meter 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. 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; the APC angle is on the connector end and has nothing to do with the splice, so the splicer settings are the same as for any single-mode fiber. 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, blue through aqua for fibers 1 through 12, and match it to the incoming cable's buffer tubes so the as-built is honest. Clean and inspect every connector before it goes into an adapter, and keep the dust caps on until then; an APC end face is angled, so use an inspection scope that can see it and a cleaner made for APC.

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