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[Starman]

Hello all,
Following my FTTP install in October I was left with a rather poor install with a few aesthetic issues.

Primarily would anyone know the diameter size of the dual sheathed EZ-Cable used beyond the customer service point? Also the external drop cable was also cable tied to my guttering drop pipe so I'd like to potentially clip that to the wall if there is a size suggestion.

I could probably buy a selection via and resolve via trial and error if needs be.

[burakkucat]

Primarily would anyone know the diameter size of the dual sheathed EZ-Cable used beyond the customer service point?

Just to clarify, are you asking the diameter of the cable when deployed externally (i.e. with both sheaths in situ) or when deployed internally, with the black outer sheath stripped off?

. . . the external drop cable was also cable tied to my guttering drop pipe so I'd like to potentially clip that to the wall if there is a size suggestion.

If it is Dropwire 10B (CW1411), two pairs, or Dropwire 11 (CW1415), one pair, both have a nominal 5.3 mm diameter sheath. (Looking in two separate documents I see they both agree. Diameter: minimum 5.1 mm, target 5.3 mm, maximum 5.6 mm.)

Edited to add:

I can't put a paw on the exact figures for EZ-Bend cable but, for example, Dexgreen inside/outside (insideout) cable has an inner sheath diameter of 2.9 mm and an outer sheath diameter of 5.0 mm.

[Alex Atkin UK]

I was actually looking for an extension myself as the engineer left no slack inside, I found a few things similar but not a plain extension.

Ideally I'd just get an engineer to pull some more through from outside but that would be expensive.  There's a little slack on the wall even, but I'm not sure if you can safely open the termination point on the inside without breaking it.