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PE-89 Outside Telephone Cable

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PE-39 Outside Telephone Cable

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PE-54 Outside Telephone Cable

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PE-86 Outside Telephone Cable
Description N/A Applications
Filled Aerial Direct Burial Duct

Conductors
Solid, soft drawn, annealed bare copper

Insulation:
Solid, virgin high-density polyethylene, with telephone industry color-coding.

Cable Core Assembly
Twisted pairs with varying lays

Shielding Options
0.008" coated aluminum
0.005" copper
0.005" Alloy 194, gopher-resistant
0.008" coated aluminum plus 0.006" coated steel, gopher-resistant

Outer Jacket
Black, low density, high molecular weight virgin polyethylene

Footage Marking
Printed sequentially every two feet along the outer jacket

Filling
The entire cable within the outer jacket is flooded with a petrolatum-polyethylene gel filling compound.
N/A Applications
Filled Aerial Direct Burial Duct

Conductors
Solid, soft drawn, annealed bare copper

Insulation:
An inner layer pf polyethylene or expanded 50% by volume, plus a 0.002” outer wall of color-coded solid polyethylene or polypropylene.

Cable Core Assembly
Twisted pairs with varying lays

Shielding Options
0.008" coated aluminum
0.005" copper
0.005" Alloy 194, gopher-resistant
0.008" coated aluminum plus 0.006" coated steel, gopher-resistant

Outer Jacket
Black, low density, high molecular weight virgin polyethylene

Footage Marking
Printed sequentially every two feet along the outer jacket

Filling
The entire cable within the outer jacket is flooded with a petrolatum-polyethylene gel filling compound.
N/A Applications
Filled, Direct Burial

Conductors
Solid, soft drawn, annealed bare copper

Insulation
Solid, virgin high-density polyethylene, with standard telephone industry color-coding

Cable Core Assembly
Twisted pairs with varying lays

Inner Jacket
Black, low density, high molecular weight virgin polyethylene

Shielding Options
  • 0.008" (0.203 mm) aluminum tape shield with corrosion-resistant, blue tinted ethylene copolymer coating on both sides, applied longitudinally with overlap.
  • Gopher-resistant 0.005" (0.127 mm) corrugated copper-clad stainless steel or 0.005" copper clad alloy tape, applied longitudinally with overlap.
Outer Jacket
Black, low density, high molecular weight virgin polyethylene

Filling
The entire cable within the outer jacket is flooded with a petrolatum-polyethylene gel filling compound.
N/A Applications
Filled, Direct Burial

Conductors
Solid, soft drawn, annealed bare copper

Insulation
Solid, virgin high-density polyethylene, with standard telephone industry color-coding

Cable Core Assembly
Twisted pairs with varying lays

Inner Jacket
Black, low density, high molecular weight virgin polyethylene

Shielding Options
  • 0.008" (0.203 mm) aluminum tape shield with corrosion-resistant, blue tinted ethylene copolymer coating on both sides, applied longitudinally with overlap.
  • Gopher-resistant 0.005" (0.127 mm) corrugated copper-clad stainless steel or 0.005" copper clad alloy tape, applied longitudinally with overlap.
Outer Jacket
Black, low density, high molecular weight virgin polyethylene

Filling
The entire cable within the outer jacket is flooded with a petrolatum-polyethylene gel filling compound.