Re: [SAGE] Non-Orange Fiber Cables

[Phil Pennock <phil.pennock@globnix.org>]

I'm digging up this old item for a good reason, a caveat.

On 2004-08-17 at 11:22 -0700, Nick Stoughton wrote:
[ Nick quoting Phil Pennock: ]
> > AIUI the fiber stuff has an industry colour code already in use; Orange
> > for a particular multi-mode, etc.  That's what I was told by our Network
> > Engineer.

> ANSI/TIA/EIA-598-A on the other hand specifically deals with color
> coding for fiber cables, and there is a good chart at
> http://cablingdb.com/Charts/Fiber_Cordage_Jacket_Colors.asp with the
> approved colors ... and for what you want, ORANGE is it!

Since there's been some discussion about international stuff recently,
it might be worth noting that this standard doesn't always hold.

We just got some orange single-mode cables.

Since there's only one standard and it's in the biggest market, it makes
sense for manufacturers to use it everywhere; that's what's happened
until now.  So the cynic in me believes that the manufacturer screwed
up and realised that they could off-load the results in any country
where ANSI stuff doesn't routinely gain force of law (ie, outside
the USA).

We've never had to specify standards compliance for cable colouring,
because it was automatic.  Until now.  When this only being an ANSI
standard, and not ISO (much more likely to lead to national adoption)
has bitten us.

We need the cabling, so it's going into service.  Goodbye, sensible
organisation.

Anyone buying fiber cabling outside of the USA might want to put
"compliant to XYZ standards" explicitly onto their purchasing
requirements.
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