scope:

This European Standard covers passive optical fibre street cabinets for use in outside plant 58 environments under category A according to EN 61753-1. This document contains the dimensional, optical, mechanical and environmental performance requirements of an installed passive optical fibre street cabinet, in order for it to be categorized as an EN standard product. The street cabinet is a protective housing containing modular fibre management systems with splice trays for various fibre separation levels and connector mounting plates. The street cabinet may contain 64 one or more of the following: 65 • storage and routing of fibre and cable; 66 • uncut (looped) fibre and cable storage; 67 • splice trays; 68 • adaptors and connectors; 69 • passive optical components (optical power splitters and wavelength division multiplexers). 70 Street cabinets can also contain active optical components (amplifiers, converters, power supplies), 71 but these applications are not part of this document.