OPTICAL GROUND WIRES

with capacity up to 288

optical fibres

OPGW
Ref: s011

Introduction
Features and benefits
This cable has been custom designed to best match
with customer requirements from optical, electrical,
mechanical, quality and cost point of view,
optimizing diameter, weight, breaking load and
short circuit capacity.

Cable structure
Optical core is made of optical fibres [1] covered by
one or more stainless steel tubes [2] that leave the
fibres free from strain even at highest operating
loads.
The wires of...
aluminium clad steel [3].
aluminium alloy [4]

[1]
[2]
[3]

[4]

...provides the cable with:

the required strength.
best solution to avoid cable corrosion.
the remaining short circuit capacity.

Fibre characteristics
See our technical document reference 4377
SMLight G.652.B, FreeLight G.655.D, multimode
50/125 and multimode 62.5/125 optical fibers and
document reference 4647 MagniLight G.652.D.

[3]

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The information contained within this document must not be copied, reprinted or reproduced in any form, either wholly or in part, without the
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Rev.:
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Date:
21-oct-2011

Issued by:
E. Castillo
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OPTICAL GROUND WIRES

with capacity up to 288
optical fibres

OPGW
Ref: s011
Cable characteristics

Optical unit composed by 1 to 6 stranded stainless steel tubes.

Temperature range: -40C to 80C
Lay direction armor: left (S) or right (Z)

FIBER (max)

OPGW
REFERENCE

FAULT
CURRENT

TOTAL
CONDUCTOR
AREA

OVERALL
DIAMETER

WEIGHT

RBS

SAG10
CHART #

(kA)sec

in

mm

in

mm

lbs/ft

kg/m

lbs

kg

24

20A42Ds (7978)

41

0.1233

79.53

0.472

12.0

0.282

417

14947

6780

1-1461

36

20A37Ds (7979)

41

0.1180

76.12

0.472

12.0

0.251

370

12269

5565

1-350

24

41F47Ds (7975)

96

0.1764

113.81

0.555

14.1

0.320

473

15621

7086

1-1438

24

46H47Ds (7976)

116

0.1896

122.32

0.575

14.6

0.321

474

14782

6705

1-430

96

60J62Ds (7977)

137

0.2140

138.05

0.630

16.0

0.420

620

20091

9113

1-1170

96

64J67Ds (7980)

152

0.2254

145.45

0.646

16.4

0.452

668

22191

10066

1-917

96

70K71Ds (7981)

177

0.2412

155.63

0.669

17.0

0.478

706

23303

10570

1-917

144

60H62Ds (7982)

118

0.2017

130.12

0.630

16.0

0.417

616

19866

9011

1-1440

144

64J66Ds (7983)

132

0.2131

137.51

0.646

16.4

0.449

663

22059

10006

1-350

144

70K70Ds (7984)

152

0.2289

147.7

0.669

17.0

0.474

700

23051

10456

1-1440

192

60G61Ds (7985)

100

0.1894

122.18

0.630

16.0

0.415

612

19641

8909

1-536

192

64H66Ds (7986)

114

0.2008

129.58

0.646

16.4

0.446

659

21642

9817

1-420

192

70J70Ds (7987)

134

0.2166

139.76

0.669

17.0

0.472

697

22800

10342

1-536

288

60D60Ds (7990)

71

0.1654

106.72

0.630

16.0

0.405

598

19048

8663

1-1166

288

60E64Ds (7992)

80

0.1764

113.81

0.630

16.0

0.435

642

21131

9585

1-1461

288

66G68Ds (7991)

98

0.1931

124.57

0.653

16.6

0.461

680

22300

10115

1-1166

Please note that PLS-CADD files are available at http://www.powline.com/files/cables.html

Routine tests
100% of optical fibers will be measured by OTDR technique before leaving factory.

Installation procedure
Prysmian recommends to install the cable described in this specification following the latest version of our
"Installation procedures for OPGW fiber optic cable" reference SIG-07-PE-PA-013, "Instruction for the installation of
the EWMJ joint box" reference SIG-07-PE-PA-015 and "Instruction for the installation of the EWJ joint box"
reference SIG-07-PE-PA-008.

PRYSMIAN 2006, All Rights Reserved.

The information contained within this document must not be copied, reprinted or reproduced in any form, either wholly or in part, without the
written consent of Prysmian. The information is believed to be correct at the time of issue. Prysmian reserves the right to amend this specification
without prior notice. This specification is not contractually valid unless specifically authorised by Prysmian.

Rev.:
01

Date:
21-oct-2011

Issued by:
E. Castillo
page 2 of 2