LC to SC Duplex Armored Fiber Patch Cable, OS2, LSZH

This duplex armored patch cable joins an LC UPC pair on one end to an SC UPC pair on the other, on OS2 9/125µm single-mode fiber inside a helical stainless steel tube with a low smoke zero halogen jacket. It is the single-cord answer when modern LC-equipped hardware has to land on an SC-terminated plant inside a building zone where LSZH cabling is specified.

Product Highlights

• LC UPC to SC UPC hybrid duplex, OS2 9/125µm single mode
• LSZH jacket: low smoke, zero halogen in a fire
• Helical stainless steel armor against crush, impact and rodents
• G.657.A1 bend-insensitive fiber, 10/5D bend radius
• Insertion loss ≤0.3dB, return loss ≥50dB
• Stock lengths 1m to 30m; custom lengths and jackets on request

A hybrid duplex cord removes the adapter pair that would otherwise sit between the equipment and the frame: LC on the transceiver side, SC on the panel side, both terminated and tested as one assembly. Every adapter eliminated is a mated pair and its loss removed from the channel, and one less part to stock, clean and eventually troubleshoot.

Tunnels, stations, airports, hospitals, ships and high-occupancy office towers routinely forbid halogenated cable jackets because of the smoke and corrosive gas they emit in a fire. This cord meets those specifications while keeping the armored construction, so the safety case and the mechanical case are both satisfied by the same part number.

Public-area pathways see more abuse than equipment rooms: cleaning equipment, luggage, maintenance work and constant foot traffic. The helical stainless tube inside the LSZH jacket absorbs that abuse without conduit, and at 3.0mm the cord still routes through standard managers and surface raceway.

Buildings that grew over decades commonly present SC on the riser side and LC on the new equipment side. A hybrid armored LSZH cord makes that transition link by link, with no adapter inventory and no change to the fixed plant. As the plant gradually re-terminates toward LC, the same family supplies the LC-LC LSZH version, so the jacket policy and the protection level stay constant through the migration.

Standard lengths are stocked for fast delivery: 1m (3ft), 2m (7ft), 3m (10ft), 5m (16ft), 10m (33ft), 15m (49ft), 20m (66ft) and 30m (98ft), covering the common rack-to-rack, access and frame connections this cord is built for. Custom lengths beyond this range are manufactured to order. Surveyed public-area routes should be ordered at the measured length so no surplus cable accumulates in the evacuation pathway or raceway. Specifying the exact route length avoids both the slack storage problem of an overlong cord and the strain risk of one that is too short.

Each hybrid assembly is terminated with precision zirconia ferrules on both interfaces and measured for insertion loss and return loss before packing; the 0.3dB and 50dB figures are verified per cord. Ferrule geometry is checked on both polish ends, and the LSZH compound is batch-verified against the jacket specification.

Refer to the LC-SC OS2 LSZH armored family when requesting a quotation, stating the route length and referencing the LSZH requirement. An LC to SC APC variant exists in the same jacket system, and other connector mixes are available through the customized armored program.