prSSH EN IEC 60794-1-216:2025

Optical fibre cables - Part 1-216: Generic specification - Basic optical cable test procedures - Environmental test methods - Compound flow (drip), Method F16

Scope

IEC 60794-1-216:2025 defines test procedures to ensure the filling and flooding compounds will not flow from a filled or flooded fibre optic cable, at stated temperatures. NOTE The environmental testing of optical cable would be valuable for some applications. Useful information about suitable test methods can be found in the optical fibre standards IEC 60794-1-2.

This document partially cancels and replaces the second edition of IEC 60794-1-22:2017. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to IEC 60794-1-22:2017:

a) Addition of new Clause 10.