LST(TM) Single-Tube, Gel-Free Cable

Corning Cable Systems FREEDM LST(TM) Gel-Free Cables are flame-retardant, indoor/outdoor, riser-rated cables designed for interbuilding and intrabuilding backbones in aerial, duct and riser applications. With a riser rating, there is no need for a transition splice when entering the building. Available in a compact design, these cables are protected against water penetration by innovative waterblocking tapes and yarns that swell to absorb water. Waterblocking without the use of messy gels provides more efficient and craft-friendly cable preparation, allows easier cable access and simplifies the use of buffer tube fan-out kits. The buffer tubes and fibers in each tube are color-coded for quick, easy identification.

This cable is available in 12 different jacket colors - blue, orange, green, brown, slate, white, red, black, yellow, purple, rose and aqua. The colored jacket allows for easy visual identification of the cables while still providing all of the required environmental protection of an indoor/outdoor cable jacket.

Features

• Riser rating; No transition splices when entering buildings

• Gel-free waterblocking technology; Craft-friendly cable preparation

• Color-coded fibers; Quick and easy identification

• All-dielectric construction; Requires no grounding or bonding

• UV-resistant, flame-retardant jacket; Rugged, durable and easy to strip

Applications

Aerial, Direct Buried, Duct, General Purpose Horizontal, Vertical Riser

Specifications

• Cable Type: Loose Tube

• Environment: Indoor/Outdoor

• Fiber Category: Single-mode (OS2)

• Flame Rating: Riser (OFNR)

• Product Type: Dielectric

• Fiber Coloring: Blue, Orange, Green, Brown, Slate, White, Red, Black, Yellow, Violet, Rose, Aqua

• Fiber Count (cable): 12

• Fibers per Tube: 12

• Number of Active Tubes: 1

• Number of Ripcords: 1

• Number of Tube Positions: 1

• Outer Jacket Color: Black

• Outer Jacket Material: Flame-Retardant, UV-Resistant

• Tensile Strength Elements and/or Armoring - Layer 1: Dielectric strength members

• Tensile Strength Elements and/or Armoring - Layer 2: Water-swellable dielectric strength members

• Max. Tensile Strengths, Long-Term (Metric): 400 N

• Max. Tensile Strengths, Long-Term (US): 90 lbf

• Max. Tensile Strengths, Short-Term (Metric): 1350 N

• Max. Tensile Strengths, Short-Term (US): 300 lbf

• Min. Bend Radius Installation (Metric): 111 mm

• Min. Bend Radius Installation (US): 4.4 in

• Min. Bend Radius Operation (Metric): 37 mm

• Min. Bend Radius Operation (US): 1.5 in

• Nominal Outer Diameter (Metric-mm): 7.4 mm

• Nominal Outer Diameter (US): 0.29 in

• Weight (cable) (Metric): 56 kg/km

• Weight (cable) (US): 38 lb/1000 ft

• Temperature - Installation (Metric): -10 C to 60 C

• Temperature - Installation (US): 14 F to 140 F

• Temperature - Operation (Metric): -40 C to 70 C

• Temperature - Operation (US): -40 F to 158 F

• Temperature - Storage (Metric): -40 C to 70 C

• Temperature - Storage (US): -40 F to 158 F

• Tech. Info & Standards

Approval and Listings: National Electrical Code (NEC) OFNR, CSA OFN FT-4; Common Installations: Outdoor lashed aerial and duct; indoor vertical riser and general purpose horizontal according to National Electrical Code (NEC) Article 770; Design and Test Criteria: ANSI/ICEA S-104-696; Free of hazardous substances according to RoHS 2002/95/EG

Product Documents

MANUAL - INDOOR APPLICATIONS 
PROCEDURE - SHEATH REMOVAL - FREEDM LST 
PROCEDURE - SCORING FIBER OPTIC BUFFER TUBES 
PROCEDURE - INDOOR INSTALLATION 
PROCEDURE - CUTTING AND RESPOOLING FO CABLE 
SPEC SHEET 
SPEC SHEET - PRODUCT FAMILY