The steel tape armor provides increased mechanical protection and gopher resistance
Tinde foam skin insulated filled telephone cables are intended for duct and direct buried installations where protection against water and moisture entry is required and may also be installed aerially.
Conductors: Solid annealed copper
Insulation: Dual insulation consisting of an inner layer of foamed polyolefin surrounded by a solid polyolefin skin, color-coded in accordance with telephone industry standards
Core Wrap: Dielectric tape applied longitudinally with an overlap Shield: Corrugated, copolymer-coated, 0.008” Al tape applied longitudinally with an overlap
Jacket: Black, linear low density polyethylene
Telephone Cable