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The Impact of Weather on Optical Cables

Using indoor cable outdoors increases the risk of early jacket failure. Environmental vibration from traffic, machinery, or nearby construction continuously stresses the cable. Wind causes movement in aerial. Cold weather can affect fiber optic cables, but they are generally more resilient to temperature extremes compared to other types of cables, such as copper. These fibers are surrounded by a cladding layer that. The fiber carries data as pulses of light, and has nowadays overtaken copper wire as the medium of choice – primarily because it is lower cost, faster and less bulky. Unlike electrical signals in copper wires, light is immune to electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio frequency interference (RFI), primary culprits in weather-related.