As its name indicates, there are no metallic components and the cable does not require a support or messenger wire. Fittings used with ADSS cable may be tension type, used at dead-ends where the cable terminates or changes direction, or may be suspension type, only holding the weight of a span with tension transmitted through the next span of cable. The ADSS cable must be pulled through the travelers under tension to damage from minimum bending radius The. ADSS, short for All Dielectric Self-Supporting fiber optic cable, is a specialized aerial cable engineered to two non-negotiable requirements: All Dielectric: No metallic materials (e., steel wires, copper conductors) in its construction. "All-dielectric" means it has no metal parts.
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