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6.0 Install Splice Jacket
6.1 Over wrap the exposed conductors on each side of
splice bodies with jacket pieces saved from step 2.1.
Bind the cable jacket pieces in place with one
half-lapped layer of Scotch
™
88, 1 1/2" wide tape.
6.2 At both ends of splice, apply four wraps of 2228
rubber mastic, around the cable jacket 1/2" from
jacket ends.
Stretch the rubber mastic to three-fourth original
width when applying.
6.3 Install a Cold Shrink jacket tube on each cable with
the leading end just covering the 2228 mastic and the
tube extending toward the splice bodies.
Pull while unwinding the loose core ribbon end in
a counterclockwise direction to install jacket tubes.
6.4 Apply one half lapped layer of 88 tape over the
unjacketed area in splice center. Do not overlap the
Cold Shrink jacket tubes.
overwrap jacket piece
with vinyl tape
2228 rubber
mastic
88 vinyl
tape
Cold Shrink jacket
tube