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5.0 Install Armor Continuity (If Cable is Armored)
4.10 Unfold the cable fillers and reestablish their lay
between the cable phase cores. Hold the fillers in
place with a band of 33+ vinyl tape.
4.9 Connect the ground wire(s) from Cable X to the
ground wire(s) from Cable Y. Make the connection
away from the splice bodies.
33+ vinyl tape
connect ground wire(s)
5.1 Apply multiple wraps of Scotch
™
24 shielding tape
around the exposed armor on both Cable X and
Cable Y to fill a valley in the corrugated armor. Half
hitch to tie off.
5.2 Wrap an end of the ground continuity braid around
exposed armor and applied 24 tape on one cable end.
Wrap one wrap only and fold the braid at 90
°
with
the long braid end extending toward splice opening.
Install a large constant force spring around the
braid wrapped on the armor. Spiral wrap the braid
around the splice opening to the other cable armor.
Fold the braid 90
°
and wrap braid end around armor.
Wrap braid end for one wrap only. Cut off and
discard excess braid.
Connect braid by installing other constant force
spring. Overwrap each spring with 33+ tape.
constant
force
spring